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Authorities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan are investigating the disappearance of a journalist who wrote about organized crime.
A Norwegian freelance journalist kidnapped a week ago in eastern Afghanistan has been released along with his Afghan interpreter, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
A news reporter who wrote about violent drug crimes has been strangled in the northern Mexican state of Durango, authorities said Tuesday.
An Iraqi police official says a bomb has killed one journalist and wounded another in northern Iraq.
Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari, who was detained for nearly four months in Iran, has been released and has rejoined his pregnant wife in the U.K., the magazine said Tuesday.
A Colombian radio journalist famed for broadcasting relatives' messages to kidnap victims says he's leaving the country because of an apparent attempt on his life.
Egypt's journalist union is investigating whether to expel a prominent member for meeting with the Israeli ambassador, a case that highlights the broad opposition to normal relations with Israel that persists despite a 30-year-old peace deal between the two countries.
Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari, who has been imprisoned in Iran for more than three months, got troubling news: His wife is having a difficult pregnancy and will be delivering their first child without him.
A Russian journalist says he has been threatened with violence and forced into hiding after posting a Web article critical of Soviet army veterans.
An Afghan journalism student who was jailed for asking questions in class about women's rights under Islam has been freed after nearly two years, a media rights group said Monday.
Four alleged gang members and a police officer have been arrested in the slaying of French documentary filmmaker Christian Poveda, Salvadoran authorities said Wednesday.
A federal judge ordered the Cuban government and the ruling Communist Party on Wednesday to pay $27.5 million in damages to the mother of a journalist jailed since a 2003 crackdown on dissent.
Sri Lanka's government defended a 20-year prison sentence given to a journalist accused of violating the country's strict anti-terror law, saying he was given a fair trial and the decision did not impact media freedom on the island.
A Sri Lankan reporter singled out by President Barack Obama as an example of persecuted journalists around the globe was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison on charges of violating the country's strict anti-terror law.
Gunmen shot dead an Afghan television journalist and severely wounded his colleague Monday in northwestern Pakistan.
Damon Weaver has a new homeboy — President Barack Obama.
U.S. officials are holding for undisclosed reasons a Pakistani journalist who works for an American media outlet.
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission on Thursday criticized a report commissioned by federal prosecutors that supports the official assertion that U.S. journalist Bradley Will was fatally shot at close range during a protest three years ago.
The lawyer for the family of a slain Ukrainian journalist said Friday she doubts the arrest of a key suspect will help police track down those responsible for the crime.
The body of a Mexican radio journalist was found beaten, gagged and partially buried the resort city of Acapulco, police said Wednesday.
Ukrainian investigators on Tuesday found what they believe are the remains of the skull of a journalist who was kidnapped and decapitated nearly nine years ago, officials said.
The Associated Press bureau chief in Sri Lanka, who broke news of private U.N. reports outlining civilian death tolls, has been denied permission to remain in the country.
A Spanish court on Tuesday threw out charges against three U.S. soldiers in the death of a Spanish journalist in Iraq six years ago and recommended the case be closed.
Prosecutors say a Kyrgyz police officer has been arrested in the beating of a reporter who later died from his injuries.
A British-Greek journalist released from jail in Iran said Friday that he had been blindfolded, held in solitary confinement and subjected to frequent interrogations.
A nation of sleepwalkers � The Dawn Blog » Blog ArchiveThe day after the terrible terrorist attack at Islamabad's Islamic University that took the lives of eight innocent students, certain TV news channels ran a footage of a dozen or so angered students of the university pelting stones.
An unsuspecting Canadian in King Barack Obama's courtFall is gloriously sunny and warm in Washington these days and reporting live most mornings from the lawn of the White House, with the First Pooch periodically emerging for a frolic, makes for quite a pleasant foreign posting.
100,000 protest for press freedom in RomeThe masses gathered today in Rome to protest for the freedom of the press! "Accusations of an anti-Berlusconi bias have spiked since Rai 2 twice invited to its studios a call girl who claims to have accepted money to spend the night with the prime minister.
Bloggers de-journa-listed by potential Senate ruleIn order to have your sources protected you must be a salaried employee or contractor for a commercial publishing operation. Otherwise, you're merely a blogger.
Discussion on the Publication of Photographs of Wounded or Dying Soldiers...a large number of readers believe that journalists who insist on depicting the "horrors of war" are, in fact, advocating a pacifist political agenda — with one eye on a Pulitzer. More Articles
BBC NEWS | South Asia | 'I would not leave Afghanistan'A real sad story, that happened a few days ago. A British journalist was saved by NATO-led raid, but his Afghan journalist colleague got killed. Afghanistan just lost another good citizen. From the BBC website:
Russia Ship Mystery Editor FleesJournalist Mikhail Voitenko has left Russia, stating "he had been told to leave Moscow or face arrest." Voitenko has alleged the ship Arctic Sea was carrying weapons.
British author Keith Waterhouse dies at 80A versatile writer with a strong streak of curmudgeonly humor, Waterhouse was known for the novel "Billy Liar," which became a film starring Tom Courtenay. He also wrote screenplays including "Whistle Down the Wind" and plays such as "Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell."
I have heard many arguments for the press to be allowed to shoot photos of the war and have really not taken too many issues as to them doing this. On the pro-side, arguments I have heard have been from Honoring The Dead to showing the true cost of the war.
Peter Mackler Award given to Sri Lankan JournalistJ. S. Tissainayagam, a respected Tamil journalist and editor for the North Eastern Monthly magazine, and contributor to the local Sunday Times newspaper, is the recipient of the 2009 Peter Mackler Award for courageous and ethical journalism.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Doubts remain as Hakeemullah annnounced new leaderInteresting. It seems some security or intelligence officials think Hakeemullah was killed in the infighting earlier. Seems like there's no definite certainty yet on what's happening.
TheStar.com | World | Gotcha! Indian journalists feel sting after exposéNice article on sensationalist journalism and the current debate on it because now a pair of journalists who were part of a nationally publicized sting in 2005 are being questioned. From Toronto's newspaper, The Star:
Asylum snafu? U.S. holds reporter who works for VOAU.S. immigration officials questioned a Voice of America journalist Tuesday to determine whether he could apply for asylum based on a "credible fear" of being tortured or persecuted in his native Pakistan.
Rana Husseini's voice created an avalancheAnyone who's ever lived in a snowy, mountainous place will tell you that a strong and loud voice can cause an avalanche. That same strong voice can cause an avalanche even when there's no snow. Even when you're surrounded by nothing but sand and silence.
In Depth Investigative Report by actual journalists doing their job finds --- "Energy firms help pay for state regulators' far-flung trips"This is rare, this truly is. So, kudos Sac Bee and Tom Knudson The local paper actually has a 'journalist' that did research and not just a 'reporter'... The following story is going to be big news-just watch.
High-level Corruption In RP Abounds - Freedom House [Manila, Philippines--] High-level corruption in the Philippines abound while cronyism and influence peddling are rife in business and government, according to a new country report of the Freedom House.
To young journalists and aspiring journalists who have a firm understanding of history, Walter Cronkite is a legend. His candor and truth, his unimpeachable standards a method worth aspiring to. To those unaware of Mr.
Journalist says she broke North Korean law | abcThe sister of an American journalist jailed in North Korea says the woman acknowledged breaking North Korean law during a recent phone call.
Honduras new government is censoring journalistsTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- At the close of the one of this week's nightly news broadcasts, Channel 21 news anchor Indira Raudales made a plea: ``We have a right to information! This can't be happening in the 21st century!''
Journalist beaten for negative reporting on a businessInvestigative journalist Stjepan Mesaric has been attacked and injured by the son of local businessman Branko Zganac in Mursko Sredisce in Medjimurje county.
Obama responds directly to Iran: When the president can answer an Iranian's question conveyed by the HuffPo, who needs journalists?The most remarkable thing about Barack Obama's fourth press conference, just concluded, wasn't his semi-tougher tone on Iran, or his pleasingly sharp words for the private insurance industry or even his admission (without specifics) that he still sneaks the occasional smoke.
NYTimes Reporter Escapes Taliban after 7 monthsA New York Times reporter who was kidnapped by the Taliban has escaped and made his way to freedom after more than seven months of captivity in the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Another Philippine Journalists KilledGunmen killed 2 Philippine Journalist with in a week in separate incident. Journalist is really a very dangerous occupation nowadays here in the Philippines.
Philippine broadcast journalist shot deadNew York, June 9, 2009--Police in Mindoro Occidental province should immediately investigate the shooting murder of Philippine radio commentator Crispin Perez for possible links to his reporting, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Iran cancels foreign media accreditation"No journalist has permission to report or film or take pictures in the city," a Culture Ministry official told Reuters.
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