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Journalists kept in court after Jackson MD leaves

A court officer briefly detained a group of journalists inside a Las Vegas courtroom Monday following a hearing involving Michael Jackson's former personal physician.

India restricts coverage of Dalai Lama's trip

India effectively barred foreign journalists Thursday from covering a rare visit by the Dalai Lama to a Buddhist monastery close to Tibet in an apparent effort to ease Chinese anger by reducing news coverage of the trip.

Reporters Without Borders criticises Tunisia

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has criticized the detention of a Tunisian journalist and a violent attack on another.

Journalism still finding recruits if not profits

At 21, Alana Taylor has already seen her career in journalism transformed and perhaps cut short by the technology reshaping the news business.

Media watchdog: Russia neglects journalist murders

A U.S.-based media watchdog on Tuesday blamed Russian authorities for a "devastating record of injustice" in failing to solve the murders of 16 journalists killed since 2000.

Australia probes journalist killings in East Timor

Australia has launched a war crimes investigation into the 1975 killing of five Australian-based journalists during an attack by Indonesian forces in East Timor.

Beijing denies NKorea seized US reporters in China

China on Thursday rejected claims by two U.S. journalists that North Korean guards had crossed into Chinese territory to grab and drag them back into North Korea.

Freed reporters say they were dragged into NKorea

Two American television reporters imprisoned in North Korea for months say communist soldiers "violently dragged" them back when they returned to Chinese soil after briefly crossing into the reclusive country.

Military monitoring reporters' work in Afghan war

The U.S. military in Afghanistan acknowledged Thursday that it pays a private company to produce profiles on journalists covering the war.

Group: US is monitoring journalists in Afghanistan

The International Federation of Journalists complained Wednesday that news people covering the war in Afghanistan are being monitored by the U.S. military to see if they are sympathetic to the American cause.

Injured AP photographer moves to Md. rehab center

An Associated Press photographer whose left foot was amputated after a bomb blast in Afghanistan was transferred Tuesday to a rehabilitation hospital in Baltimore, where he will be fitted for a prosthesis.

Injured AP photographer in Baltimore hospital

An Associated Press photographer wounded in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan was in a Baltimore hospital Monday to be treated for severe leg injuries.

Venezuelans protest beatings of journalists

Hundreds gathered in Venezuela on Friday to demand justice after a group of journalists protesting media regulations were kicked, punched and beaten with sticks.

Freed reporters issue video thanks to supporters

The television reporters held captive in North Korea for 4 1/2 months have issued a brief videotaped statement thanking all of the people who worked for their release.

Wounded AP journalists evacuated from Afghanistan

Two Associated Press journalists wounded in a bomb blast while on assignment with the U.S. military in southern Afghanistan were evacuated to a medical center in Dubai on Wednesday after being treated at a military hospital.

Freed journalist gets back to day-to-day life

One of the two U.S. journalists imprisoned in North Korea for 4 1/2 months said Tuesday she has spent much of her first week of freedom catching up on playtime with her 4-year-old daughter and reacquainting herself with simple day-to-day pleasures like going for a walk.

New journalists roam world in search of stories

Young, adventurous and versed in the tools of an Internet age, a brave new generation of journalists is spreading out across the globe to tell the stories they care about from an often personal perspective.

Freed journalists were separated, fed bad food

Two American journalists who returned home Wednesday after being held nearly five months in North Korea were separated and fed bad food during their ordeal, but their families never lost faith that they would come back.

Clinton, journalists return to US after pardon

Former President Bill Clinton and two American journalists flew back to the United States on Wednesday for what was expected to be an emotional reunion with family and friends after the reporters spent the last four months detained in North Korea.

Family, friends cheer release of journalists

Friends and family of two California journalists were relieved and excited Tuesday after the pair were pardoned by North Korea and released to former President Bill Clinton.

Reporters' families overjoyed by N. Korea pardons

The families of journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee say they are overjoyed the North Korean government has pardoned the two women and is sending them home.

Schwarzenegger applauds pardon of 2 journalists

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is applauding the pardon of two California journalists sentenced to 12 years of labor in prison in North Korea.

Clinton, 2 journalists depart NKorea for US

His mission accomplished, former President Bill Clinton left Pyongyang early Wednesday accompanied by American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling after North Korean leader Kim Jong Il pardoned the women from their 12-year prison sentences.

North Korea: 2 US journalists pardoned

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il issued a "special pardon" for two jailed American journalists and ordered their release at former U.S. President Bill Clinton's request, North Korean media reported Wednesday.

Freed journalists home in US after NKorea pardon

Two American journalists freed by North Korea have returned home to the United States on a flight with former President Bill Clinton.

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12 Journalists were also Killed in Maguindanao Massacre
Source: bulatlat.com

Reports from the NUJP local chapters in Mindanao named the journalists abducted to include a certain Ian Subang, president of a broadcasters' association in General Santos City; Leah Dalmacio, Gina dela Cruz from General Santos City; Marites Cabutas, print reporter from General …

Maguindanao massacre
Source: Philstar.com

MANILA, Philippines - Forty-three persons – including a politician about to file her and her brother's certificates of candidacy (COCs), as well as journalists covering the event – were confirmed killed when heavily armed men waylaid the group on its way to the local Commis …

DAWN.COM | Metropolitan | The brave men who saved many lives
Source: dawn.com

PESHAWAR: Fazal Raheem, the cop who stopped a suicide bomber at the entrance of the Judicial Complex on Thursday, is no longer in this world, but he has kept his words.

Journalist Murders in Mexico Reportedly Hit New Record
Source: GlobalPost

This year Mexico may have had a record number of journalists killed.

Disgruntled Star Editor Takes Constructive Revenge
Source: torontoist.com

Earlier this week the Toronto Star announced, among other changes, that it was planning to outsource some one hundred in-house, union editing jobs.

Blogger Confidentiality Heads to New Hampshire Supreme Court
Source: Blogs for victory

The New Hampshire Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that calls into question the legal protections available to independent Web sites that cover news.

Afghanistan Presidential Runoff Election Canceled
Source: npr.org

Afghanistan's election commission has canceled Saturday's presidential runoff and proclaimed President Hamid Karzai victor of the war-ravaged nation's tumultuous ballot.

Viners Come and Go

Reflecting on all the people that live in the Newsvine cyber world and those that have vanished. A big neighborhood of people and conversation and a plethora of information being exchanged and discussed. A new found peer group to incorporate into our daily lives.

Save Us From the Swag-Takers. By ERIC FELTEN. OCTOBER 8, 2009, 6:37 P.M. ET
Source: Wall Street Journal

The Federal Trade Commission, eager to protect us from shoddy media practices, issued new regulations this week requiring full disclosure from a variety of sneaky characters.

Safire Passing
Source: The New York Times

William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard M. Nixon and a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for The New York Times who also wrote novels, books on politics and a Malaprop's treasury of articles on language, died at a hospice in Rockville, Md., on Sunday.

10 Best iPhone Apps for Journalists
Source: Romenesko

With more than 85,000 applications available for download, Apple's iPhone is a Swiss Army-like device for journalists to communicate, produce and consume media from wherever they are.

Kerala observes centenary of press freedom fighter
Source: DNA India

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala is observing the centenary of the exile of iconic press freedom fighter Swadesabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai for his bold expose of corruption in high places.

Top journalist expose media cover ups
Source: wanttoknow.info

Several top journalists list details about stories that were covered up

CNN/MSNBC reporter: Corporate executives forced pro-Bush, pro-war narrative - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
Source: Salon.com

Ok, this is like a year old opinion piece by Glenn Greenwald. (May,2008) Its from his blog on salon.com I think its relevant today as it was in 2008 and as it was 2003.

Imprisoned Journalists: We Were Violently Dragged to North Korea
Source: Mashable!

"AFTER WE WERE detained, the two of us made every effort to limit the repercussions of our arrest. In the early days of our confinement, before we were taken to Pyongyang, we were left for a very brief time with our belongings.

Lazy Journalism

News has become what ambulance chasers are to jurisprudence. The chatterers are stoking the fires of anarchy as orchestrated by those who resent not being in charge.

One journalist released in Iran, dozens remain behind bars
Source: Committee to Protect Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the news that photojournalist Majid Saeedi has been released on bail in Iran, but remains concerned that he still faces charges. Iran remains the world's leading jailer of journalists with at least 37 behind bars.

Bill Clinton Used Vast Web of Business Contacts to Secure Journalists' Release
Source: The Washington Post

Former president Bill Clinton's central role in the return of two journalists detained by North Korea has once again cast a spotlight on his vast web of financial and political contacts, a network that troubled senators who weighed whether to confirm his wife as secretary of stat …

Steve Bing Paid For Clinton's NKorea Flight
Source: myfoxny.com

A businessman says a wealthy Hollywood producer paid for the flight that carried former President Bill Clinton and two American journalists home from North Korea.

Why Most Journalists Are Democrats: A View from the Soviet Socialist Trenches
Source: psychologytoday.com

As it turns out, the preponderance of journalists are Democrats. And socialism, with its idyllic, "progressive" programs, has formed an increasingly important role in Democratic policies. Who wants to investigate a possible dark side of your own party's plank?

Bill Clinton's North Korea reward
Source: THEWEEK.com

Clinton brought home U.S. journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling, but at what cost?

John Bolton: Bill Clinton Close To Negotiating With Terrorists
Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog

The Obama administration is rewarding North Korea for its bad behavior by sending ex-president Bill Clinton to Pyongyang to win the release of two US journalists, the former US ambassador to the UN said Tuesday.

North Korea pardons US reporters
Source: BBC News

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has issued a special pardon to two detained US journalists, the country's state news agency reports.

At Least 46 Journalists Reported Killed So Far in 2009
Source: Reuters

At least 46 journalists have died while reporting the news in 21 countries this year.

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