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YouTube is trying to help shrinking newsrooms expand their video coverage without increasing their payrolls.
Two university journalists face trespassing and disorderly conduct charges after entering a dorm to interview students.
Journalists face increasing threats when they report on companies and governments damaging the environment, a media rights group said Thursday, citing arrests, violence and disappearances of those who denounce deforestation, pollution and other damage.
The head of Mexico's National Human Rights commission said Wednesday that 52 journalists or media workers have been killed in the last decade and that most of the slayings remain unsolved.
An Afghan journalist held by Taliban militants with a New York Times reporter said Monday he was beaten and repeatedly threatened by captors whose demands kept changing during their seven-month ordeal.
The feud between Jon Stewart and CNBC's Jim Cramer has been good for laughs — and ratings — but has also raised the serious question of whether the experts at TV's No. 1 financial news network should have seen the meltdown coming and warned the public.
TAMPA, Fla. - The big guy from Telemundo was sweating, and that wasn’t a good thing. The moisture leaking out from under his blonde wig was causing his make-up to run. Worse, his bright-red sheath dress was bunching up in all the wrong places exposing pasty folds of flab.
GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is keeping reporters at arms' length in her campaign, but she had a very different approach as Alaska's new governor: She couldn't get enough of them.
With thousands of hackers milling around the Black Hat convention here, and widespread snooping on the public Wi-Fi network, one place was supposed to be off limits: the press room.
Two Japanese journalists were briefly detained and beaten by police in western China, their companies and one of the men said Tuesday, triggering a protest by the Japanese government. Chinese officials later apologized.
Western reporters in China have received harassing phone calls, e-mails and text messages, some with death threats, supposedly from ordinary Chinese complaining about alleged bias in coverage of recent anti-Chinese protests in Tibet.
Some recent high-profile cases in which journalists were subpoenaed in federal court to disclose confidential or nonconfidential material. Under Senate legislation, journalists would generally get more protection from revealing confidential information.
As federal judges order more reporters to disclose their confidential sources, news organizations are pinning their hopes on congressional passage of a media shield bill the Bush administration opposes as a threat to national security.
An American held in Iraq by the U.S. military has had his conviction and death sentence overturned by an Iraqi court, the man's American lawyer said Friday.
A federal judge said Tuesday he will hold a former USA Today reporter in contempt of court if she continues refusing to identify sources for stories about a former Army scientist under scrutiny in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Two French journalists potentially facing the death penalty for reporting on rebel groups in Niger's northern desert have been released on bail, a reporter's rights group said Friday.
Authorities formally charged two French journalists Wednesday with threatening state security for attempting to report on rebel groups in Niger's volatile north, a crime punishable by death in the West African country.
Foreign journalists working in China face continued harassment despite new reporting rules brought in for the Olympic Games this summer, the Beijing-based Foreign Correspondents Club of China said Tuesday.
The Chinese government and Beijing Olympics officials tried to back away Tuesday from newspaper reports that the Communist authorities are assembling a database to monitor foreign journalists covering the games.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Sunday he believes journalists can be prosecuted for publishing classified information, citing an obligation to national security.
Sheriff halts press conference over spat with Fort Myers News-PressLee County Sheriff Mike Scott abruptly halted a press conference after his agency's union vote Wednesday night because he won't speak to reporters from The News-Press.
Journalist Murders in Mexico Reportedly Hit New RecordThis year Mexico may have had a record number of journalists killed.
CNN/MSNBC reporter: Corporate executives forced pro-Bush, pro-war narrative - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.comOk, 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.
Iraqi shoe thrower Muntazer al-Zaidi innundated with offers and giftsLooks like the majority of the Arab world loves this guy.Your thoughts.
U.S. Military Drops Contract Profiling ReportersA U.S. military contract that drew fire for creating profiles to rate the output of journalists as well as coverage of the Afghanistan war is being terminated, according to U.S. military officials.
Dobbs on Howard Dean: "[H]e's a bloodsucking leftist -- I mean, you gotta put a stake through his heart to stop this guy"Video: Lou Dobbs on Howard Dean: "[H]e's a bloodsucking leftist -- I mean, you gotta put a stake through his heart to stop this guy". Just when you thought it could't get any worse!
Time for media to clarify the health care debateDepending on how you look at it, we're roughly six months or 60 years into the debate over whether and how the government should ensure universal health care for all Americans.
Former President Bill Clinton, after meeting with North Korean officials, was able to win a 'special pardon' from enigmatic dictator Kim Jong II. The story below is a reprint from the week they were captured.
Network Chiefs Slam White House For Making Obama Available To Their Reporters top execs at the big networks beat their breasts over the fact that Obama is holding too many press conferences, forcing networks to decide whether to air them, rather than their hit shows.
The Journalist's Actual ResponsibilityYes, journalism is a matter of gravity. It's more fashionable to denigrate than praise the media these days.
Behind Guantanamo's walls, there are more walls - St. Petersburg TimesThe doctor in charge of the Guantanamo prison hospital says he's "extremely proud" to be there, but he won't give his name. A pale man with auburn hair in his 50s, he tells us he's an internist from Jacksonville and to call him "Smo" — for senior medical officer.
Today I received an e-mail from Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting about an article published by by University of Southern California professor Sandy Tolan, who examines why the detention of Pulitzer Center journalist Iason Athanasiadis is a "breach of Iranian hospitality."
Are your Federal Taxes Lower Today?In order to confront the five major problems confronting America we have to provide workable solutions. Words & Promises Do Matter. Missouri Will Show The Way!
Media Infatuation With ObamaObama has inspired a collective fawning. What started in the campaign (the chief victim was Hillary Clinton, not John McCain) has continued, as a study by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism shows.
Ever want to tell your congressman or congresswoman how you feel about something before they vote for or against it? Most of the time a person don't know what is coming up in time to let them know your opinion.
Obama pokes fun at Republicans, Clinton, self at annual dinner - CNN.comPresident Obama drew big laughs at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday, taking jabs at his administration, his Republican rivals and even himself.
US Senate warns of threats to free press around the worldAlso: Burma, Iran top group's list of worst countries in which to be a blogger...
NY Times wins 5 Pulitzers amid financial crisisI think the title says it all. R.I.P. to journalism :(
Solemn Ceremony Honors War DeadThe widow stepped gently off the small blue bus, dressed all in black. She was surrounded by family members and several uniformed members of the military. She looked stunned and frail.
The North Korean border is long and ill-defined except for the Tumen River, which is the accepted divider for the Kim Yong Il regime and the rest of the world, much as the Rio Grande is in the United States.
Journalists get shock with 'sexy' White House callJournalists based in the United States got a shock Thursday when they dialed a toll-free number to join a conference call with senior officials accompanying US President Barack Obama in London.
Reporters call Hillary Clinton, get phone sex line Journalists who dialed in to a White House conference call Thursday hoping for a media-friendly reception got a far friendlier response than they were counting on.
How to Save the Newspaper?I bought this issue at the news stand, but I'm seeding it here because I think it warrants discussion. They seem to think the solution is paying for online content but I think the bigger issue is the loss of print.
How Could 9,000 Business Reporters Blow It?A former Wall Street Journal writer dissects why business reporters bought the bull—and missed the biggest story on their beat.
The Missing Watchdogs: How Staff Cuts at Newspapers Hurt DemocracyAs 2008 drew to a close, so did an era of newspaper reporting in New Jersey, as Editor and Publisher chronicled so poignantly in its cover story in the December issue and online. The impact of The Star-Ledger's decline is being felt throughout the state.
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