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22 Sep 2011: By Lauren MargolisThe Committee to Protect Journalists recently published its 2011 Impunity Index, which ranks the perceived danger ... Read More - Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act signed into law
18 May 2010: Bill Signing Ceremony in the Oval Office with the Pearl Family Washington, DC — Today, Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), ... Read More - Media CEO: Journalist safety a challenge in Mexico
26 Mar 2010: By MICHELLE ROBERTS (AP) SAN ANTONIO — Journalists and other employees of Mexico's largest newspaper chain are changing their ... Read More - Shine a spotlight on journalist killings
14 Sep 2010: Last year saw a 40% global increase in killings of journalists – most covering their local beat or ... Read More - Attacks on Mexican journalists rose to 183 in 2009, CEPET reports
18 Mar 2010: In its annual report on the state of freedom of expression in Mexico, the Center for Journalism and ... Read More - Balibo media executions cover-up an ‘awful blot’ on Australia’s history
14 Feb 2010: By Jon StephensonRobert Connolly says Balibo – his movie about the murder in East Timor 35 years ago ... Read More - For Mexico's journalists, story assignment can be a date with death
04 Feb 2010: By Mariano Castillo, CNN(CNN) -- In most places, when 16 people are gunned down, the local media reports ... Read More - Renowned journalist given 13 years in Burma
27 Jan 2010: Original Headline: Burma court sentences prize-winning journalist to 13 years Text of report in English by New Delhi-based Burmese ... Read More - Mexican journalists - heroes or martyrs?
28 Jan 2010: They say the pen is mightier than the sword. Yet, south of the border, it's not faring well ... Read More - Covering terrorism live
17 Oct 2009: By Zaffar Abbas THE demands of 24/7 television news pose dilemmas and challenges that most people in the information ... Read More - French Journalists Protest Presidential Statement on Afghanistan Hostages
19 Jan 2010: By Aurelien GirardPARIS—Claude Gueant, counsellor of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, triggered a media uproar this week when he ... Read More - The end of bang-bang? The risks of reporting from the frontline
17 Jan 2010: After the death of a reporter in Helmand, will government pressure and a loss of nerve by editors ... Read More - Under Attack: Practicing Journalism in a Dangerous World
30 Dec 2009: Under Attack: Practicing Journalism in a Dangerous World examines the key issues surrounding threats to the physical safety ... Read More - House passes Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act
15 Dec 2009: Measure requires expanded examination of freedom of the press worldwide WASHINGTON, DC— Today, the House passed the Daniel ... Read More - Ethical reporting a safety issue too
11 Dec 2009: The International News Safety Institute supports this plea by Article 19 and International Media Support for ethical and ... Read More - For novice journalists, rising risks in conflict zones
30 Nov 2009: By IAN AUSTENOTTAWA — Amanda Lindhout was a waitress at an Irish pub in Calgary, Alberta, with a ... Read More - Cash-strapped US media scrambles to cover Afghan war
02 Nov 2009: WASHINGTON-- With President Barack Obama seemingly poised to deploy thousands more troops to Afghanistan ramping up the war ... Read More - British photographer injured by grenade in 2003 fights for compensation
19 Nov 2009: Original Headline: Photographer injured by grenade fights for compensationBy Chris CheesmanA British freelance photographer who was seriously injured ... Read More - Photographers speak out on protest coverage rights
18 Nov 2009: By Damien GaylePhotographers feel they have come under attack ‘from all sides’ when covering demonstrations and public order ... Read More - Goodbye Baghdad, Hello Kabul
19 Oct 2009: By BRIAN STELTERAs the Obama administration debates whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, a squadron of journalists ... Read More - IFEX members protest journalists being used as spies and police disguised as journalists
13 Oct 2009: Original Headline: IFEX members protest journalists being used as spies and police disguised as journalists The Nepali government intends ... Read More - Photographer's view: How the earthquake in Sumatra affected me
07 Oct 2009: This blog was written by Reuters photographer Dylan Martinez. It was first published on the Reuters "Photographers' Blog"Write ... Read More - The Big Story: Our Embattled Media
05 Oct 2009: With the prospect of a long conflict ahead in Afghanistan, ABC’s London bureau chief, Marcus Wilford looks at ... Read More - SPECIAL REPORT: In the Wake of Rohde Kidnapping: A 'Secret' Controversy -- When Missing Journos Are the Story
21 Aug 2009: By Joe Strupp Published: August 20, 2009 1:46 PM ETNEW YORK Roy Gutman heard about the abduction of ... Read More - AKE Afghanistan Security Briefing
06 Aug 2009: AKE Bespoke Intelligence Reports AKE's Intelligence Department regularly provides private, focussed reports on a range of political and ... Read More - Geneva Conventions need update?
05 Aug 2009: Original Headline: INTERVIEW-Update Geneva Conventions, Red Cross says By Jonathan LynnGENEVA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The Geneva Conventions and ... Read More - TV journalist wounded in Iraq returns to the War
14 Jul 2009: By BRIAN STELTERFor the first time since he was seriously injured in Iraq in 2006, the ABC News ... Read More - Balkans: Media and War Crimes
23 Jun 2009: The camera is an efficient weapon during wartime. As Serbian prosecutors launch a probe into the media’s role ... Read More - Who Says You're A Journalist?
22 Jun 2009: Marcelo Moreira is the Editorial Director of TV Globo in Brazil, one of the leading tv news services ... Read More - CPJ Special Report: Journalists in Exile
16 Jun 2009: New York, June 17, 2009—At least 11 Sri Lankan journalists were driven into exile in the past 12 ... Read More - A world of risk for a new brand of journalist
13 Jun 2009: By BRIAN STELTERAs the journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee complete their third month of detainment in North ... Read More - On Assignment: Hard Lessons in Somalia
15 Jun 2009: In Dhusamareb, Sufi Muslims have driven out the fundamentalist Muslims known as Al-Shabaab. The Sufis, never formaly involved ... Read More - House passes Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act in State Department Authorization Bill
10 Jun 2009: Measure requires expanded examination of freedom of the press worldwide and creates grants to strengthen press freedom around ... Read More - Rethinking Media in Conflict Zones
11 Jun 2009: Conflicts and wars are the everyday stuff of national, regional and world news. They are likely to intensify ... Read More - Police chief seeks media help in drafting rules for embedded journalists
04 Jun 2009: Original Headline: PNP chief seeks media help in drafting rules for embedded journalistswith Aie Balagtas SeeMANILA, Philippines — ... Read More - The most difficult thing to shoot in Kashmir…
26 May 2009: By Fayaz KabliDuring nearly two decades of violent Kashmir conflict, I have covered fierce gun battles, between Indian ... Read More - My Journey to Swat
27 Apr 2009: By Aamir Latif, IOL CorrespondentSWAT – Driving to the troubled Swat valley, one can not miss the scores ... Read More - Gaza: Where there is no escape
26 Apr 2009: By Gavin ReesIf there is one constant in the political history of Gaza over the 61 years since ... Read More - Kabul Fever
20 Apr 2009: By Felix GilletteNot long ago, Richard Engel, the chief foreign correspondent for NBC News, was working on a ... Read More - Don’t Touch!
17 Apr 2009: Chris Cobb-Smith urges journalists not to collect battlefield souvenirs: it compromises potential war crime scenes and could easily ... Read More - Reporting dangerously from Zimbabwe
17 Apr 2009: By Alaina Varvaloucas and Jerry GuoHARARE, Zimbabwe—“Quick, snap the picture, now,” urges Paul Magwenya*, a local journalist, as ... Read More - Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi
15 Apr 2009: Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi is a feature-length documentary that follows the relationship between an Afghan interpreter ... Read More - Colin Freeman describes his experience of reporting from the world's danger zones
10 Apr 2009: Original Headline: Death of journalism's Queensberry RulesBritish journalist Colin Freeman has been kidnapped in Somalia and shot at ... Read More - Reporter describes how drug violence has taken a heavy toll on journalism
09 Apr 2009: Original Headline: A reporter describes how drug violence has taken a heavy toll on journalism in MexicoCOMMENTARYBy Alfredo ... Read More - Interview with Zuliana Lainez (ANPP- Peru) - "The impunity enjoyed by those murdering journalists has given rise to self-censorship"
30 Mar 2009: 050/310309 Spotlight Interview with Zuliana Lainez (ANPP- Peru) "The impunity enjoyed by those murdering journalists has given rise to self-censorship" Brussels, ... Read More - Getting Away With Murder - CPJ’s Impunity Index 2009
23 Mar 2009: Original Headline: Getting Away With Murder 2009 - CPJ’s Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and ... Read More - AFTRA foundation honors icons at 2009 AMEE awards
09 Mar 2009: Four entertainment and media icons of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)—Jeanne Cooper, Smokey Robinson, ... Read More - Managing the message
12 Feb 2009: As the Sri Lanka government says it is close to defeating Tamil Tiger rebels there has been increasing ... Read More - Hardened Gaza reporter living through nightmare of latest war
15 Jan 2009: Original Headline: Hardened Gaza reporter living through nightmare of latest warGAZA CITY, Jan 15, 2009 (AFP) - Adel ... Read More - Journalist Abductions: Major Media's Selective Silence
27 Nov 2008: By Blake Lambert TORONTO -- Major media organizations operate as devout, if secular, institutions. Think of churches, mosques ... Read More - Holiday pyrotechnic hazards to news organisations
03 Dec 2008: Each year during the holiday season news organisations assign crews to report and gather footage from locations and ... Read More - Afghanistan: The night I was 'killed in action' by a Taliban ambush
19 Oct 2008: In the week that Sir David Richards, the new head of the British Army, called for more troops ... Read More - Western Journalists in Iraq Stage Pullback of Their Own
10 Oct 2008: Original Headline: Western Journalists in Iraq Stage Pullback of Their OwnBy Ernesto Londoño and Amit R. PaleyWashington Post ... Read More - Iraq media in 'business of death'
29 Sep 2008: Original Headline: Iraq media in 'business of death'By Hugh SykesBBC News, BaghdadNearly 300 people have died in Iraq ... Read More - Southern California Wildfire Season Preparation
22 Sep 2008: Have you adequately prepared to dispatch your reporters and news crews to cover California wildfires which may occur ... Read More - Safety recommendations - South Texas
16 Sep 2008: Check also the safety recommendations/Ike AftermathPlease advise your field news crews to be alert to working in close ... Read More - Shooting the messenger
16 Jun 2008: By Ian StuttardShooting the Messenger, Al Jazeera's documentary on the deliberate killing and intimidation of journalists in conflict ... Read More - Owning up to war
19 Sep 2007: By Vaughan Smith The British Army has opened its doors to journalistsSince leaving them 20 years ago I have ... Read More - Counting the rising cost of fear
15 Apr 2004: By Mary Hennock Violence and kidnappings against foreigners in Iraq are starting to make war insurers sweat and ... Read More - Forum urges all J-schools to put safety on their agendas
15 Feb 2008: Delegates at an inaugural conference on journalism and trauma held in Canada last weekend urged all universities and ... Read More - Shooting Rio
04 Jul 2008: Since the city’s governor declared war on its gangs, a series of all-out assaults on their slum strongholds ... Read More - Photographing evil in South Africa's townships
28 May 2008: By Siphiwe SibekoJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - I only realised how serious the attacks were when I saw a photograph ... Read More - Death threats dog Somali journalist Somali Journalist flees to stay alive
22 Apr 2008: By Ahmed Ali NAIROBI, Kenya – Late one night in December at my home in Mogadishu, Somalia, my ... Read More - Covering the World
11 Mar 2008: By Sezen DemirbasCNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour spoke about the dangers of reporting and her love for ... Read More - Al-Jazeera panel on the rights and safety of journalists
03 Apr 2007: David Marash begins the last panel of the Al Jazeera forum, speaking as he’s striding onstage. The coverage ... Read More - Iraq: Shooting the Messenger
05 Sep 2006: The spiraling sectarian violence is taking its toll on IWPR journalists - but they’re determined to keep going.By ... Read More - Reporting the news at gunpoint
06 Sep 2006: NEW YORK: In today's Iraq, intellectuals are targets of a widespread, often ethnically driven campaign of murder. Many ... Read More - Open Season on Journalists in the Middle East
31 Jul 2006: The pen may be “mightier than the sword,” but in recent years, the sword has left a trail ... Read More - Journalists: On the Subject of Courage
29 Jul 2006: By Melissa Ludtke, Nieman Reports Editor All of the words written for this issue of Nieman Reports revolve ... Read More - Iraqi journalists targets of violence
15 Apr 2006: By Omar Agha in Baghdad, Iraq In the violence that has swept the country more than three years ... Read More - Witness to a Massacre
24 Oct 2005: By Galima BukharbaevaGalima Bukharbaeva was interviewing demonstrators in the eastern Uzbek town of Andijan when President Islam Karimov’s ... Read More - When the Shooting Stopped
24 Sep 2004: By Pete HamillThe death last weekend of my friend the photographer Eddie Adams took me back to a ... Read More - On The Job, Mothers at War
30 Aug 2004: Babies or Battle Zones? More journalists these days are choosing both, and facing the consequencesBy Judith Matloff Like ... Read More - Aid workers under fire
28 Jul 2004: By Stephanie HolmesAid workers operating in conflict zones have traditionally shunned physical protection such as bullet-proof jackets, defending ... Read More - World Electronic Media Forum Safety Session
15 Nov 2005: The UN Under-Secretary-General for Communication and Public Information, ShashiTHAROOR, began the discussion by stating that 2004 had been ... Read More - Casualties of War: Can journalists be kept safe?
16 Jul 2006: War in Iraq… Conflict between Israel and Lebanon… Terrorist attacks on India… In these unstable situations and many ... Read More - UN condemns journalist attacks
24 Dec 2006: The United Nations Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution condemning attacks on journalists working in war zones. ... Read More - CPJ Finds Out Record Numbers of Journalists Forced Into Exile Worldwide
18 Jun 2008: Original Headline: Record Numbers of Journalists Forced Into ExileNew York, June 18, 2008—Journalists were forced into exile at ... Read More - Pakistan Media Assess Quake Losses and Needs
07 Dec 2005: Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) fielded a media assessment mission to areas in North West Frontier Province of Pakistan ... Read More - Safety Training -- A Challenge
18 Nov 2004: The following comprehensive paper by prominent former combat cameraman Vaughan Smith challenges many of the prevailing assumptions on ... Read More
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