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JOURNALIST på Göteborgs-Posten köptes med kyrkans stipendier för sin propaganda. Fallet har redovisats på Fred i Mellanösterns blogg; se ett tiotal inlägg på FiM-bloggen Angående Yrkes-Etiska Nämndens behandling av anmälan mot journalisten och stipendiet från Svenska kyrkan Dokumentation Journalistresa...De så kallade ”journalistresorna” till Israel och Palestina som Svenska kyrka

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Investigative journalist Fátima Monterrosa has received death threats after publishing an article exposing government corruption in Tlaxcala, Mexico for the magazine MX.Entitled “A Viceroyalty Named Tlaxcala” (“Un Virreynato llamado Tlaxcala” in Spanish), the article exposed an alleged series of financial investments made using public resources.In an interview with human rights organisati

I was greeted with this piece of good news as I woke up this morning. Ces Drilon, together with her cameraman and a professor from Mindanao, were freed by their Abu Sayyaf kidnappers early this morning. After more than a week of captivity, with news of ransom demands and negotiations filling our daily headlines, it's finally over. Kudos to the negotiators who made this possible, and praise to a

During an interview with Sky News, President Bush accused British journalist Adam Boulton of “slander[ing] America” when he noted that, despite the President’s lofty rhetoric of spreading freedom, Guantanamo Bay and rendition are really “the complete opposite of freedom.” Bush bragged that the prisoners are getting their day in court, and the reporter pointed out that it was only because

Former President Bill Clinton has provided yet another example of why some feel he has proven to be a strategical and imagery negative for his wife Senator Hillary Clinton’s Presidential nomination campaign — delivering a new lashing-out tirade to a writer for The Huffington Post, this time aimed at a former New York Times [...]

How does banking regulation differ between three of the world's largest economies: Britain, America and Japan?Here are some thoughts I had for an essay for my short course at City University:Financial regulation in Britain:In Britain, regulation is governed by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The FSA is an independent non-governing body , which means that its actions are not controlled by e

Investigative Journo Survives Africa, Parasite, Death of Magazine Journalism | mediabistro.com's Daily FishbowlNYWhen Richard Behar's not pissing off the Scientologists or the Russian government he's traveling to remote areas of the world and contracting parasites... all in the name of journalism. For his latest article, which takes up a remarkable 24 pages in Fast Company (who says long-form jour

The International Women’s Media Foundations has awarded Serkalem Fasil with their 2007 Courage In Journalism Awards. This is a story about courage, sacrifice and perseverance. Serkalem Fasil is an Ethiopian Journalist who had been a political prisoner for a year and a half, along with her husband, for reporting on a story about the 2005 ethiopian [...]

(Lack of) freedom of speech on full display in Afghanistan Afghan journalism student facing death over alleged Islam insult says he was tortured KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan journalism student sentenced to death for allegedly insulting Islam told an appeals court Sunday he confessed to writing materials that questioned the religion’s treatment of women because he was [...]

Cross posted from The Jawa Report Campaign Launched for Yemeni Journalist al-Khaiwani, Please Join Sign here please. Its a letter campaign to the Yemeni government, US, UK, UN and EU for my friend Yemeni journalist al-Khaiwani who may be sentenced to death in two weeks for insulting the president. We can’t have that. No. So please [...]

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead an Iraqi reporter on Sunday after pulling her out of a car in northern Mosul, a notoriously violent city where journalists are often targeted and live in fear of their life. Police said Serwa Abdul-Wahab, in her mid-30s, was on her way to work when gunmen forced her from [...]

ISLAMABAD: Bullet ridden bodies of Senior Journalist Khalil Malik and his wife were found on Wednesday morning at his residence in the federal capital.Khalil Malik, 50, Director of a private TV channel ATV, was found dead along with his wife Sarah Malik, 22, also a reporter for TV One, at his residence cum office in PHA flats in G-8.Police sources told media that according to their initial investigations it appears that Khalil Malik was shot dead by his wife Sarah Malik, who later shot herself in the head.Office employees told the police that spouse of Khalil Malik, Sarah came to the office at around 9:00 am and took him to the next room. After a short while they heard two gunshots.The employees informed the police at once who opened the door of the room and found the bullet-ridden bodies

Freelance Journalists to contribute exciting, informative and engaging editorial for a new magazine that is aimed towards the South East Asian community readership. The magazine will contain thoughtful, well researched and informed editorial; balancing lifestyle with more topical issues. The magazine will be published to a high specification; excellence in design and photography as well as written content will all be key to ensure we can effectively engage with our target audience. What we are looking for in an applicant: South East Asian (Punjabi) language skills desirable Familiarity with South East Asian culture and practices Ability to portray objectiveness and unbiased works Deadline oriented individual Excellent communication and organizational skills All qualified applicants will re

The life of murdered journalist Shivani Bhatnagar would soon be made into a movie "Judgement" starring Sunny Deol and Sameera Reddy, director K.S. Adhiyaman told reporters here Monday. "I decided to make the film after sustained study of the subject and meeting family members of Shivani besides understanding the role of politicians in the tale," Adhiyaman said.

Chennai, April 28 (IANS) The life of murdered journalist Shivani Bhatnagar would soon be made into a movie 'Judgement' starring Sunny Deol and Sameera Reddy, director K.S. Adhiyaman told reporters here Monday.

    HRW: The Israeli government should conduct an immediate and independent investigation into the deaths of four civilians, including a Reuters cameraman and two teenage boys, in Gaza on April 16, 2008, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch’s investigations at the site found evidence suggesting that an Israeli tank crew fired recklessly or deliberately at the journalist’s team. “Israeli soldiers did not make sure they were aiming at a military target before firing, and there is evidence suggesting they actually targeted the journalists,” said Joe Stork, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. “Israel should investigate these deaths and, if crimes were committed, hold to account those responsible.” Fadel Shana’a, a 23-year-old cameraman employed by

A British journalist held hostage for more than two months has praised the Iraqi army’s “bravery” in rescuing him. A news by AsianLoveStories.com. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fasianlovestories.com%2Fkidnap-journalist-thanks-rescuers'; addthis_title = 'Kidnap+journalist+thanks+rescuers'; addthis_pub = 'asianlove';

I run this video for two reasons. The first is that this is probably an example of the kind of citizen journalism we are going to see more and more of. The second is that the single point being made is valid but has never been so emphasized by the mainstream media which should hound [...]

BAGHDAD, April 14 (Xinhua) — Iraqi Army forces freed the kidnapped British journalist in the city of Basra, a military spokesman said on Monday.     “I confirm that the British journalist Richard Butler has been freed today in the Jubailah area in Basra,” Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Muhammad al-Askari told Xinhua by telephone.  

On CBS tonight, Leslie Stahl just interviewed Al Gore on 60 minutes. This was the most obnoxious softball interview I have ever viewed in my entire life. She did not challenge Al Gore once, and she did absolutely NO research before this interview began. How can a journalist do no research before giving an interview? Think about the number of recent news stories regarding global warming. No... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.

Questo Sabato per il Journalist, il giornalista; si stratta di un ottimo drink della grande famiglia dei Martini cocktail nato probabilmente negli states intorno agli anni 20 dello scorso secolo. Il probabile inventore potrebbe essere Harry Craddock che lo cita in un suo libro del 1930. Ho scelto questo cocktail per le sue note speziate ed erbacee dovute ai vermouth ed il profumo agrumato

Divya Dutta has not just turned into a new leaf, with her new makeover now, but has also gone ahead and done some bold scenes for a new film, a political drama titled Monica. This political thriller is based on the famous Shivani Bhatnagar murder - a journalist who was found murdered in her Delhi flat [...]

MOSCOW (AP) — A journalist for state-run Russian television was found dead in Moscow early Friday and prosecutors have opened a murder investigation, colleagues and law enforcement officials said.Firefighters found Channel One correspondent Ilyas Shurpayev's body in his rented studio apartment with stab wounds and a belt around his neck, Channel One spokeswoman Larisa Krymova said. She said a fire was apparently set in the apartment after the attack.The Investigative Committee, a branch of the prosecutor's office that announced the murder investigation, said nothing about a possible motive, and Krymova declined to comment on that aspect of the case.State-run Vesti-24 television cited a concierge in Shurpayev's building as saying he had called down from his apartment early Friday to ask h

It's good to know that there was an honest journalist out there who didn't compromise their integrity. Of course he got fired for making such an outrageous stand.From The Source Weekly in Bend:The Bend blogosphere is abuzz with the story of a Bulletin reporter who lost his job after complaining the paper was sugar-coating its coverage of the local real estate market.According to an e-mail that the reporter, David Fisher, sent to Bulletin Human Resources Director Sharlene Crabtree and that has been circulating among the paper’s staff, a story he wrote about the Bend Chamber of Commerce’s annual real estate forecast breakfast on Feb. 25 was edited to take out comments skeptical of an imminent turnaround in the floundering real estate market.Bend appraiser Dana Bratton told the cheering t

Nibal ThawabtehHere's a story of a Palestinian woman who apparently doesn't need a blog or to appear on Fox News to denounce honor killings and terrorism. She apparently does not feel the need to answer critics of Islam, because we all know that every Muslim must categorically denounce violence lest they want the world to think of them as extremists. No, Nibal Thawabteh quietly goes about her business as a council member of a conservative village and publishes a monthly newspaper, Al-Hal, that investigates Palestinian political and social issues. She writes about the hot-button topics of the day: incest, polygamy, honor killings, illegal marriages, lesbianism and the plight of the poor. From what I gather from this article, Nibal Thawabteh is representing the Palestinian people and answe

The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus# Author:Lee Strobel # Format:PDF 2.0MB# Page Count: 304 pages# Publisher: Zondervan (September 1, 1998)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0310209307# ISBN-13: 978-0310209300 Using the dramatic scenario of an investigative journalist pursuing his story and leads, Lee Strobel uses his experience as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune to interview experts about the evidence for Christ from the fields of science, philosophy, and history. Winner of the Gold Medallion Book Award and twice nominated for the Christian Book of the Year Award.A Seasoned Journalist Chases Down the Leads in the Biggest News Story in History If you were a journalist, how would you handle a news story so big it would utterly eclipse all other

The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity# Author:Lee Strobel# Format:PDF 1.3MB# Page Count: 304 pages# Publisher: Zondervan (October 1, 2000)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0310234697# ISBN-13: 978-0310234692Award-winning reporter and author Lee Strobel (The Case for Christ) once again uses his investigative skills to address the primary objections to Christianity. As a former atheist, Strobel understands the rational resistance to faith. He even names the eight most convincing arguments against Christian faith: 1) If there's a loving God, why does this pain-wracked world groan under so much suffering and evil? 2) If the miracles of God contradict science, then how can any rational person believe that they're true? 3) If God is morally pu

André Marty hat vor ein paar Monaten seinen eigenen Blog zu schreiben begonnen, ich meine damit nicht diesen André Marty , sondern Diesen: Den Reporter des Schweizer Fernsehens, welcher seit ein paar Jahren über den Nahen Osten berichtet. “Brücken bauen ** Verständnis schaffen ** Informieren ** Finger drauf halten ** - der Blogger arbeite [...]

Hey everyone,If you have the passion to share your thoughts, vote on newsworthy articles, engage in debates and report news; you can get paid by becoming a citizen journalist with Digital Journal for free.Have a look at the top earners for the month of January, 2008.Digital Journal is a unique revenue sharing initiative. It is the first online community where journalists actually get paid for contributing. They share a portion of their advertising revenue with all journalists registered with them. They have a system where money gets collected in their money pot and every single citizen journalist gets a chance to compete for a share of the money pot. The more you contribute, the more you earn. Scores are determined based on how many articles you contribute and how high they rank.To become

Like Christopher Columbus Robert Sietsema of the Village Voice has discovered something millions of people already knew about - that TV shows aren’t always what they seem. Wow. Sietsema had the good fortune to watch a taping of Iron Chef America and once he saw what television was all about he attacked with the vengeance of [...]

Click here for see the 2008 CalendarSilvia Rocca Biography by celebrity.rightpundits.comSilvia Rocca was born in Turin, Italy on the 18th of February 1973. She is a journalist and model, sister to the actress, Stefania Rocca. At the age of fourteen, she participated in the beauty contest, “The Look of the Year”, where she was classified under the last three contestants. She paraded through fame working for famous Italian stylists such as Armani, Versace, Ferrè, Genny, Krizia, and Rocco Barocco.She began her work as a journalist occupying herself writing editorials for a number of fashion magazines. Her passions are mountain biking, river rafting, water skiing and teaching spinning and modern dance. In 1999, she wrote her first book called, “Esperimenti Pericolosi” (Dangerous

The Journalist, or redefinition of minimalist, is a smart, sophisticated WordPress theme designed for professional journalists - Lucian Marin, theme author said It's a minimalistic wordpress template that could be used for a personal blog. I like It's elegant features, that is why I've decided to share it with you. Demo | Download

I just got this in a newsletter from Seoul Selection which may be of interest:The Magazine Seoul Selection is looking for reporters and writers who can contribute pieces on Seoul's travel and culture scene to major global media. Seoul Selection is currently bidding for a Seoul Metropolitan Government program to help foreign media cover the city, and we welcome any story suggestions from foreign journalists, regardless of nationality and language. Selected journalists will come to Seoul for a one-week stay, and be provided with any and all support they require, including airfare, accommodation and interpreters. Please send your story idea, name of your media company, resume and a story sample to hank < at > seoulselection.com, preferably by Jan 21. Even if we fail to win the bid, we wil

Ricky Ponting faces the media after the contentious match.Ricky Ponting faces the media after the contentious match.Well-known Sydney cricket journalist Peter Roebuck has called for the head of Australian captain Ricky Ponting.In a scathing opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald today, Roebuck, a noted authority on the game, says Ponting's antics in the second test have brought shame upon the honourable traditions of all those who have worn the 'baggy green cap'.English-born Roebuck, a former first-class cricketer himself, says those at the top of Australian cricket have a responsibility to uphold the values of the game."If Cricket Australia cares a fig for the tattered reputation of our national team in our national sport, it will not for a moment longer tolerate the sort of

French authorities have searched the home of a journalist and placed him under official investigation for publishing a document on Al Qaeda that was classified a defence secret, a judicial source said yesterday.Guillaume Dasquie was placed under official investigation overnight – one step short of pressing charges in France – after spending two nights in detention, the source said.Paris prosecutors said a second person, detained at the same time as Dasquie, had also been placed under official investigation, but declined to give the person’s name.The investigation relates to an article published in Le Monde in April entitled Sept 11, 2001 – The French knew a lot about it, in which Dasquie cited reports by the DGSE foreign intelligence service dating back to 2000 and 2001.Dasquie, an independent journalist, is accused of possessing classified defence documents and divulging classified files and information, the source said.“I’m profoundly upset by what I have gone through,”

Digital Journal works just like Associated Content with a little difference on judging how much you're paid. You get paid to write articles and report news as a citizen journalist but there is not fix rate on it. Digital Journal is a revenue sharing site. Portions of the advertising revenue will be shared among the members. Basically if the site earns more money then you'll get paid more. Of cause you also need to be rank high the get the most of it. The more you participate, the more you'll get. That means you need to be active on the site to paid more. You post articles, share your thoughts, vote articles, debates to get to the top rank of the citizen journalist. The higher rank you are, the higher paid you get. The revenue sharing concept feels like you're a part of Digital Journal. It makes me feel like I own a part of it. If the site earns more, then I earn more. Meaning that it's not between you and the site, it's more like you with the site. It creates a situation

Jon Swift, a hilarious satirist, posted on David Broder this week. Lots of it is good, but I’d like to pull one little section that is vaguely relevant to what I’ve been writing (and talking) about lately: Even when President Kennedy was assassinated he didn’t let emotion sway him, as he once explained once to a [...]

From The Article:"Just one week after a public shaming before Congress, Yahoo settled on Nov. 13 a civil lawsuit accusing the Sunnyvale, Calif., Internet power of cooperating with Chinese authorities in the jailing of journalist Shi Tao for a decade. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed".

Yahoo Inc. has settled a lawsuit filed by two Chinese journalists who were jailed after the Internet giant provided information to Beijing security authorities, lawyers for the men said Tuesday. A statement released by the World Organization for Human Rights USA said Yahoo had decided to settle the case following criticism at a US Congressional hearing on November 6. The terms of the settlement are to remain confidential, the statement said. Business journalist Shi Tao and pro-democracy blogger Wang Xiaoning were both jailed for 10 years as a direct result of information provided to Chinese authorities by Yahoo, the suit alleged. Shi was convicted in 2004 of divulging state secrets after he posted a Chinese government order forbidding media organizations from marking the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square uprising on the Internet. Police identified him using information provided by Yahoo. He was sentenced to 10 years in jail. Wang, whose wife had filed the suit in San Francisco earli

I just got an email from Aaron Spitzer, editor of Up Here, that may be of interest to several of you: —————————————————– Hi Up Here contributors and fellow journalists, Up Here Publishing Ltd. is creating a full-time Whitehorse-based associate editor position — someone who would basically be in charge of our Yukon writing-and-editing beat. If you know of any keeners lurking around the Yukon journalism scene looking for work, can you let me know — or let them know? More details can be found on the job-board at masthead.ca. Thanks! Aaron Editor, Up Here Suite 800, 4920 52nd St. Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 3T1 Canada Ph: (867) 766-6710 x314 E-Mail: aaron@uphere.ca Web: http://www.uphere.ca/

It's time already that I said something in defense of the opressed in China, where the one-child law stands out as surely the single most obscene thing the Commies have imposed upon the public there. The man in trouble thanks to some incompetants at Yahoo is Shi Tao, and here's the story of what happened to him: WASHINGTON (AP) - Two top Yahoo Inc. officials on Tuesday defended their company's

I was trying to read this article on mandatory ACT tests being given but I couldn't stand to read it due to the editing mistakes that were so glaring it overshadowed the point of the article. This is from the same news source that regularly lists people's ages in articles as "Tommy Shaw, the twenty-7 year old from New Jersey...." that I often complain about and a couple of you have actually

On the October 15th episode of his radio show, Rush Limbaugh admitted that he blackmailed an unnamed journalist with threats of defamation in order to get the journalist to change a story.From Media Matters:Limbaugh said his target was a reporter, whose name he said he would not "mention," who was writing "a cover story on me coming out of one of the big news magazines, and it was going to totally mischaracterize me and what I do and how I do it." Limbaugh continued: "[W]e found out who was writing it and made a couple phone calls to the person writing it. And we said, 'You know what? We're going to find out where your kids go to school. We're going to find out who you knocked up in high school. We're going to find out what drugs you used. We're going to find out where you go to drink and do -- we're gonna find out how you paid for your house. We're going to do -- and we're going to do exact -- and we're going to say that, you know what? You are no different than Al Goldstein

Who else but me, threatens people in front of a photographer for The Washington Post? First off, before you add me to the list of black celebrities getting bad press in 2007, let me give you the back story: This past Saturday, I was at Union Station, taking pictures with a photographer for an article about area bloggers that will be in this Sunday’s Sunday Source section of the newspaper.  Prior to the photo shoot, I had a few things on my mind, and felt a little stressed. Plus, I didn’t make it to the barbershop in time, so my line-up was non-existant. It took awhile for me to loosen up and smile naturally, because my mind kept traveling back to things that I had little control over at the moment. Once I finally got focused on posing for pictures, this skinny guy with a unibrow similar to Bert from Sesamie Street  walked over and interrupted things. The man was wearing a red sweatsuit, and had a basketball jersey overtop of it. He looked at me and said “He

A student from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) interviewed me via email regarding my experience as a campus journalist. Allow me to share with you my answers to her questions. Naging bahagi po kayo ng Philippine Collegian, ano po ba ang mga naging karanasan ninyo bilang isang manunulat para sa UP noong panahong iyon? Naging bahagi ako ng Philippine Collegian mula 1988 hanggang 1991. Ito ang panahong nagiging kritikal ang mamamayan sa mga polisiya at programa ng administrasyong Aquino. Isang susing usapin noon sa publikasyon kung paano magiging responsable at mapagpamulat ang mga artikulong sinusulat namin. Bagama’t may debate pa kung ang pagtutuunan ba ng pansin ay ang mga lokal o pangkampus na isyu sa halip na mga pambansang isyu, nagkaroon pa rin ng kasunduang maraming pambansang isyung hindi dapat palampasin tulad ng repormang agraryo, base militar ng Estados Unidos at karapatang pantao. Para sa karagdagang detalye, basahin mo ang dati kong isinulat na sanaysay sa wikang

Seymour Hirsch, the “presumably most unpopular disclosure journalist” the White House can possibly imagine, has exclusively disclosed to Germany that 1) George W. Bush believes in God and that 2) he believes he is doing said God’s Will. I mean, who would have thought that? These shocking revelations come on the heels of other brand new, unexpected and thoroughly shocking disclosers, like Bush actually wanting to “build Democracy in Iraq” and “this President has put it into his head to remodel the Middle East. He really believes in this.” Still reeling from these Revelations-type revelations, German readers’ jaws dropped even further when subjected to even more shocking news, although this time coming more in the form of tacit Hirsch admissions about how the so-called Surge is actually working even though everybody with any brains knows that it couldn’t and can’t and how he still refuses to let go of his personal Vietnam obsession he has been obsessing with for the

As usual, the Associated Press disguised an editorial as a real article. The title of the editorial/ article was: “More Bad Air Days for U.S. Cities.” Underneath the title it says, “Study: 10 U.S. Cities Will Have Increase Unsafe Air Days If Global Warming Continues Unabated.” It turns out that the study was conducted by the Natural Resources Defense Council in partnership with several universities, including Yale and Johns Hopkins, and was published in the scientific journal Climatic Change.First, it must be noted that the NRDC accepts funding from environmentalists and has a clear agenda according to its own website: “NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.” Not only is it a lobbying organization by its own admission, this would imply a confl

Today suddenly i saw a feed from Asia times and got few interesting information that i didn't know even being a Bangladeshi where this Indian person is far more knowledgeable and known to our country's internal affairs. How funny? Are they really true journalists? Or just few of the Story writers who loves to make stories on different issues and amuses people with those false information?A journalist writing a report on basis of his guess value. May be someone told him a story and thus he believed it and wrote a report and now he claims someone is said to be a member of some other party. Here i am quoting this paragraph they wrote :"Bangladesh's general election in October 2001 threw up a government that provided a favorable environment for Islamist outfits like HuJI to flourish. A new coalition government led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party came to power in that

It was not long ago that American journalists were expected to approach stories with some measure of objectivity. Editors wielded great power behind the scenes, and their bias could creep in as they decided what was newsworthy, however, news columns were clearly separated from opinion columns, and anchors were clearly distinguished from pundits. Anchors and print columnist were generally expected to use a tone of objectivity without their personal opinions shaping the content they were responsible for reporting.Times have changed to the point where we now tolerate neo-conservative propaganda masquerading as news while Anderson Cooper is praised for his emotional expressions while reporting on Hurricane Katrina. This is not an encouraging trend, and I am increasingly disturbed by a progressive erosion in the factual content of the information American citizens receive. When information is replaced with propaganda, our very democracy is threatened.With these concerns in mind, it should b

Chauncey Bailey (see previous post) was working on a series exposing how a rump group of criminals calling themselves Black Muslims were involved in all manner of crime, including rape, murder, fraud. Take a look at this article from the San Francisco Chronicle's Leslie Fulbright, where a member of the family involved, the Beys, tells of being Bailey's main source.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/07/MNA1RDQAE1.DTLAnd take a look at this piece from the Village Voice, where a journalist named Chris Thompson tells of being threatened by members of that Bey clan when he, too, ventured into dangerous territory -- namely, the truth.http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0732,thompson,77457,2.htmlTrue journalists speak truth to power -- regardless of race, creed, color or anything else -- as often as possible. They are the eyes and ears and noses that try to hold accountable those aspects of government and civil society that mean the difference between true democracy an

On most days being a journalist in the United States is not nearly as dangerous as being a taxi driver. Outside the U.S. the killing of journalists – the killing of the messenger, if you will – is more commonplace. Last week, for the first time in several decades, an American journalist was assassinated in the line of duty in Oakland, California. A masked gunman shot to death Chauncey Bailey, the editor of Oakland’s Black weekly newspaper, The Oakland Post. A 19-year-old member of a splinter Black Muslim group has confessed to the slaying. Hardly anyone believes he acted alone. [[The young man's group is not affiliated with the Nation of Islam.]]West Coast media have paid attention to this. So has CNN. So has Farai Chidaya, host of National Public Radio’s daily program, News and Notes. Richard Prince, the online columnist has been all over this story (http://www.maynardije.org/columns/dickprince).But where there should be outrage-tinged coverage among other media, there has b

You can tell by looking at him that CNN’s Iraq reporter Michael Ware has been banged about a bit. But was it because he was cocking a snoot or was he defending his principles? Looking at the guy, it’s hard to tell; it could easily be either. And that’s the problem with Ware as a TV reporter. You’re never quite sure if he’s hot on the trail of truth, or simply taking the mickey out of a situation, milking it for all its drama. Thus, the headline: Is Michael Ware the last honest TV journalist or does he have an agenda? What Ware does better than all the others, certainly all others at CNN, is to include the larger picture in all his reporting. Just because the sun peeked through for an hour today doesn’t alter the fact that it has been overcast all week. To show how much the big picture matters, let’s look at his compatriots at CNN. King, Henry, Star, McIntyre, Bash — all of them reporting from the White House, from State, from the Pentago

PENANG: A freelance journalist who went for a haemorrhoids operation is suing the hospital for taking photographs of her private parts without her consent. Lee Ewe Poh, 48, obtained a High Court interim injunction yesterday to stop defendants Dr Lim Teik Mau and Loh Guan Lye & Sons Sdn Bhd from publishing, reproducing, distributing or replicating the photographs taken by Dr Lim during the operation last Dec 21. The interim injunction was granted pending the disposal of the suit. The High Court has fixed Sept 6 to hear the defendants’ application to strike out Lee’s claim. During Thursday's hearing of the application for an interim injunction, Lee’s counsel K. Simon Murali submitted that she had sought treatment at the hospital last Dec 20. Following consultation with Dr Lim, Lee agreed to a procedure known as stapler haemorrhoidectomy and she checked into the hospital the same day. “The procedure was carried out by the first defendant (Dr Lim) the next day and to facilit

Singer Sonu Nigam has accused a renowned film journalist of harassment after he rejected the latter's sexual advances.In an open letter to the media, Nigam has stated that senior film journalist — Subhash K Jha — had asked him for sexual favours in return for publicity.“He used to harass me with his homosexual desires to an extent that my family was affected. We all know that the film industry consists of many gays and homosexuals. Even I have many gay friends but they have never tried to come close to me because they know that I am not interested in it,” news website zeenews.com quoted the singer as saying.Nigam alleged that had Jha regularly sent him "vulgar" text messages on his mobile and talked “nonsense on the phone”.“In 2001, he proposed me and said that he loves me. He even misbehaved with me after getting drunk but later apologised in the morning. I even told him that you are Lataji’s friend and elder to me so please don’t talk such things with me as I’m n

Another female journalist murdered in Iraq: A 35-year-old Iraqi journalist was shot to death Sunday on her way home from work in Mosul, officials said, the second female journalist to be killed in the northern city this month. The attack against Zeena Shakir Mahmoud occurred about 3:35 p.m. in the predominantly Sunni Arab neighborhood of Intisar in eastern Mosul, police Brig. Gen. Abdul-Karim al-Jubouri said. ... Mahmoud, a former radio broadcaster, was writing about women's affairs for the Al-Haqiqa newspaper, an organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, according to Abdul-Ghani Ali Yahya, head of Journalists Union of Kurdistan. Although she worked for a Kurdish newspaper, she was a Sunni Arab. These were presumably the kind of people who did it. Source: "Iraqi journalist shot to death on her way home from work in northern Iraq," AP, via International Herald Tribune, June 24, 2007 Technorati tags: bad thinking • journalists • murder

This week a BBC reporter was shown screaming in fury after being hounded by Scientology fanatics. Here, a Mail writer tells how he, too, was the victim of a vicious cult smear campaign. The voice at the end of the line was trembling. “Is that Mr Bracchi?” “Yes, it is,” I replied. The caller could not have been more relieved. I was supposed to be dead. Someone had started a rumour that I had been killed in a fire. The same people who had tried to obtain my exdirectory phone number, handed out pamphlets attacking me, and dispatched an American private detective - an ex-Los Angeles police officer - to Britain to frighten and smear the source who had helped me expose their activities. Almost daily threatening letters arrived by fax and post at the newspaper where I used to work. Messages were left on the answer machine at the home of the managing director. Strangers turned up in his village asking questions about him. And the culprits behind this campaign

The AP released the highlights of the first day of Floyd Landis arbitration hearing in Malibu who is the first Tour de France winner in its 104-year history to be stripped of his title because he tested positive for steroids. What caught my attention and really made me laugh was The Mercury News definition of chromatography : Chromatography is the process labs use to insert gas into a urine sample to separate out different compounds, which helps determine whether someone used steroids.

Whether or not the Pakistani journalist Jawaad Faizi is Muslim himself, that clearly didn't dissuade other, nastier ones from attacking him with a cricket bat:Journalist Jawaad Faizi says he can still feel broken glass showering over him in his car as he fended off blows from a cricket bat in a surprise attack he blames on "religious fanatics."Message to the ignoramuses at the Toronto Star who put in the quotations: they were religious fanatics. Do your homework.A writer for the Pakistan Post, Faizi said he was beaten by three men because he mocked a Pakistani cleric in a column.Faizi said the men smashed the windshield and driver's window of his car as he arrived at his editor's home about 8:45 p.m. Tuesday. He said he was struck by the cricket bat and was cut on his forearm."They were smashing and smashing, hitting and hitting," Faizi said. "I could not stop them."Faizi said both he and his editor, Amir Arain, recently received phone calls warning them to stop writing defamatory a

CHICAGO — A journalist for the Mississauga, Ont.-based newspaper The Pakistan Post was assaulted by two men, one armed with a cricket bat, who warned him to stop “writing against Islam” and a Pakistan-based religious organization, the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) reported Thursday. Journalist Jawaad Faizi was attacked on the evening of April 17 while sitting in his car outside

Parnaz Azima, a journalist of dual US-Iranian citizenship, has been taken prisoner in Iran by Ahmedinejad's dictatorship (H/T: One Jerusalem and Markedmanner):PRAGUE, Czech Republic: The U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said Saturday Iranian authorities have prevented one of its journalists from leaving the country.Parnaz Azima, who is based in Prague where she works for Radio Farda — RFE/RL's Persian service operated jointly with the Voice of America radio broadcaster — arrived in the capital, Tehran, on Jan. 25 to visit a sick relative, the broadcaster said in an e-mailed statement.On arrival, authorities seized her Iranian passport and so far have failed to return it to her, it said. It was not clear what the reason was. The statement said Azima was once asked to cooperate with Iran's intelligence services, which she refused.Azima has dual Iranian and U.S. citizenship, the radio said.I think Britain can be blamed for this, as the hostage situation a few weeks ago t

With Easter upon us there are chocolate eggs aplenty all over the place. Here at Quirk we had our own Easter egg hunt which brought reminiscent smiles to our faces. Talking about eggs and faces, Telkom must surely be getting tired of wiping egg off its face… On Wednesday evening the main prize winner at the Telkom Journalist of the Year Awards was Bronwyn Nielsen. Ironically, she won the award for her Carte Blanche piece which investigated the high price of Internet connectivity in the country – a situation for which Telkom is almost exclusively to blame. Essentially, Telkom has handsomely rewarded a journalist for incisively calling their business practices into question - quite a distinctly odd move, that’s for sure, especially since Telkom refused to even participate in the piece. Nielsen won R40 000 and a fully-paid trip to an international telecommunications conference for her piece which detailed the extent of Telkom’s greed – showing that Internet

The interview is a staple of the travel journalists’ repertoire. guest post by Sarah Stuteville Journalism is a creative job. Despite all the professors who told me articles were a fixed formula plugged up with simple facts and despite the avalanche of clichéd crap that passes for most mainstream journalism, I stand by that statement. The finished product may be a piece of writing that you craft, but the material a result of the interviews you conduct. Like any creative profession, you use your perception to re-interpret the world around you. You try to engage an audience with ideas and issues—you create something meaningful from all the incoherent information and noise out there. But here’s the catch: good journalism is dependent on a total stranger’s cooperation and participation. At the heart of this issue is the interview. The finished product may be a piece of writing that you craft, but the material a result of the interviews you conduct. And while sourc

Messaggio virale, Liberate Daniele Mastrogiacomo. Pubblicate questo messaggio sui vostri blog e siti!Non fate gli indifferenti! questo messaggio ha bisogno del supporto di tutti voi che disponete di un mezzo nella rete per far girare una comunicazione urgente a sostegno del nostro inviato Daniele Mastrogiacomo affinché tutti sappiano che il giornalista italiano deve essere lasciato libero!. Questo il link per la raccolta delle firme da Repubblica.it "Liberatelo, è un giornalista"

Al-Qaeda operative Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said he beheaded journalist Daniel Pearl "with my blessed right hand," according to previously censored passages of a military hearing transcript released today.But Mohammed's personal role in killing Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter whose videotaped beheading in February 2002 shocked the world, was deleted from the transcript until his family had been notified, said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman. "I decapitated with my blessed right hand the head of the American Jew, Daniel Pearl, in the city of Karachi, Pakistan," Mohammed said in a statement he wrote and which was read to the hearing by a military officer representing him. "For those who would like to confirm, there are pictures of me on the internet holding his head," he said.

In addition to my paralegal certificate, I have a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Public Information. I started out my life after graduation as a journalist, but realized quickly that working in law would be more fulfilling.I've been fascinated by law since I was 13. I thought I was going to be a lawyer, because I enjoyed researching and finding both sides of an issue. I enjoyed public speaking, which would be an asset in the courtroom. At the same time, though, I loved to write, and I wanted to be able to tell other people's stories. I wanted to write stories that would explain current events and issues to the average person. In high school, I wrote for the school newspaper and even took Spanish so that I would be prepared for a career as a journalist in Los Angeles. I spent a year writing for a citywide teen newspaper, L.A. Youth. By senior year, I thought journalism was what I wanted, so I enrolled at Emerson College in Boston as a print journalism major.My love for

Another mysterious death of a critical journalist mars Russian media, Kommersant reports. Ivan Safronov, aged 51, was found dead at the entry of his Moscow apartment building on Friday afternoon. Authorities label the death a suicide in lack of other viable explanations. Still, the tragedy remains an enigma to friends, colleagues and family, as Safronov had no obvious reason for committing suicide. This raises questions about foul play. Ivan Safronov was a relatively well-known security and military reporter for the Russian newspaper Kommersant. As a retired colonel, he had unique insight into the workings of the Russian security community. Safronov was also known as an outspoken critic to influential groups among the so called siloviki. His openness sparked irritation amongst high-ranking security officials, and only the other years the Federal Security Service (FSB), made allegations against him for disclosing state secrets. However, charges were dropped since Safronov had shown that

An Austrian freelance journalist missing for six days while climbing Mount Sibayak was found alive in Sibolangit district in North Sumatra on Wednesday.Karo Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Ricky F. Wakanno said that Franz Resch was found at 2:30 p.m. by residents who then reported it to the search team.He said that Resch told the police he got lost on the mountain and could not find the way back to his hotel in Brastagi.

The Center for Media and Democracy announces the launch of Defend The Press, a new coalition of journalists, public interest groups, academics and citizen activists. Defend The Press is asking the US Army to drop its subpoena of Sarah Olson, an independent print and radio journalist based in Oakland, California, in the court martial of Iraq war resister Lieutenant Ehren Watada. Olson interviewed Watada in May 2006, and in June he announced he would not go to war in Iraq, challenging its legality. Watada's Army court martial begins February 5, 2007, at Fort Lewis, Washington. Bookmark/Search this post with: delicious | digg | reddit | technorati read more

The hatred in Turkey for Armenians is still present, as the following report can tell: Police on Saturday detained a teenager suspected of slaying an ethnic Armenian journalist, acting on a tip from the boy's father after his picture was broadcast on Turkish television, senior officials said. Ogun Samast, who is either 16 or 17, was caught on a bus in the Black Sea city of Samsun, said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He was traveling, apparently from Istanbul back to his hometown of Trabzon, said Istanbul Gov. Muammer Guler. Samast was wanted in connection with the killing of Hrant Dink, a 52-year-old editor of the Turkish Armenian newspaper Agos. Dink was gunned down Friday outside his newspaper's office in Istanbul. Most Turks assume Dink was targeted for his columns saying the killing of ethnic Armenians by Turks in the early 20th century was genocide. Nationalists consider such statements an insult to Turkey's honor and a threat to its unity, and Dink had been showered w

Kazakhstan: Arrest Of Journalist (Taken Question)Question: Does the United States have any comment on the arrest of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist in Kazakhstan?Answer: Azamat Zhetpisbayev, a correspondent for the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Kazakhstan affiliate Radio Azzatyk, was arrested December 15 by Almaty financial police, who declined to specify the reason for the arrest. He is being held in a temporary detention facility. There is no indication that the arrest is connected with Zhetpisbayev's employment at Radio Azzatyk. We will continue to follow this case closely.2006/1138, Released on December 22, 2006, Taken Question, Office of the Spokesman, Washington, DC, December 22, 2006Native Kazakhs, a mix of Turkic and Mongol nomadic tribes who migrated into the region in the 13th century, were rarely united as a single nation. The area was conquered by Russia in the 18th century, and Kazakhstan became a Soviet Republic in 1936. During the 1950s and 1960s agricu

Las Vegas based journalist Anthony Springer Jr. was harassed, assaulted and unjustly charged with "trespassing" at the "Impeach the Sheriff" Hip Hop concert on June 26 of this year after an officer "supposedly" heard that there was a "suspect with an 'L' shaped object entering the theatre" in which the concert was being held. This incident happened almost four months ago, but the situation between "law enforcement" and the Hip Hop community in Las Vegas is one of mounting tension. Here is a press release about the incident: Immediate Release Local Journalist Harassed, Assaulted by Vegas Park Police On June 26, 2006, Anthony Springer Jr., journalist and local radio personalitywas harassed and attacked by members of the Clark County Park Police during the "Impeach the Sheriff" Hip Hop concert. Springer, 22, attended the event on behalf of music web site Hiphopdx.com. He also planned to highlight the event on his Saturday afternoon radio show, The Saturday Kickb

Las Vegas based journalist Anthony Springer Jr. was harassed, assaulted and unjustly charged with "trespassing" at the "Impeach the Sheriff" Hip Hop concert on June 26 of this year after an officer "supposedly" heard that there was a "suspect with an 'L' shaped object entering the theatre" in which the concert was being held. This incident happened almost four months ago, but the situation between "law enforcement" and the Hip Hop community in Las Vegas is one of mounting tension. Here is a press release about the incident: Immediate Release Local Journalist Harassed, Assaulted by Vegas Park Police On June 26, 2006, Anthony Springer Jr., journalist and local radio personalitywas harassed and attacked by members of the Clark County Park Police during the "Impeach the Sheriff" Hip Hop concert. Springer, 22, attended the event on behalf of music web site Hiphopdx.com. He also planned to highlight the event on his Saturday afternoon radio show, The Saturday Kickb

How to tell the difference of wealth between an American and an Iraqi ? The price of a Big Mac ? You'd better check the value of the journalist in the commodities section :. in DC and in the heat of the Presidential campaign, the Bush administration paid columnist Armstrong Williams $240,000 to have him praise the successes of educational reforms on the TV. in Baghdad and in the heat of the campaign, Allawi offered $100 to all journalists showing up at a campaign press conference (read FT's Allawi group slips cash to reporters)A 2,400:1 ratio ??? Keep working on it if you want to catch up with your model democracy, King Dubya's banana republic of the divided states of america. Stephane MOT

There are stratospheres between the then and the now and the next. Somewhat, one must be angry enough with things to keep harping on about it. I’m not angry anymore. I’m rather content, actually. I like where things are going. I like that there will ...

Seattle, Washington (CaymanMama.com) -- On Friday Tim Russert, one of the leading journalists of America and anchor of NBC’s show “Meet the Press” died at 58. Tim Russert was a well known political journalist that collapsed on Friday. He was confirmed dead when he was taken to Sibley Memorial Hospital, ...