Showing posts with label journalist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label journalist. Show all posts

Monday, December 5, 2022

A journalist's plea to the West: 'Pay attention to Ukraine and its fate' (Terry Gross; Fresh Air podcast)

Journalist Luke Harding saw firsthand the nature of Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime, while serving as Moscow Bureau Chief for The Guardian from 2007 until 2011. The Kremlin didn't like what he was writing, Harding says, and, consequently, his apartment was broken into, he was spied on, harassed and, finally, expelled from Russia...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2020

NPR reporter Josie Huang tackled, arrested by L.A. County Sheriff's deputies while covering protest - The Washington Post

As Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies tackled Josie Huang to the street on Saturday night, the reporter for NPR affiliate KPCC screamed repeatedly she was a journalist. Deputies arrested her anyway, leaving her with scrapes, bruises, a five-hour stay in custody — and an obstruction charge that carries up to a year in jail. Police claimed Huang, who also reports for LAist, didn’t have credentials and ignored demands to leave the area. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/14/la-sheriffs-josie-huang-npr/

Friday, June 26, 2020

Maria Ressa’s conviction spells trouble for democracy in the Philippines - The Washington Post

Maria Ressa is a journalistic force in the Philippines and that’s why the country’s prevailing powers-that-be are trying to shut her up. Last week, a Manila court found Ressa and a colleague of hers at Rappler — the enterprising, investigative operation to which she is executive editor and CEO — guilty of cyber-libel related to a 2012 story that cited an intelligence report linking a prominent businessman to possible drug trafficking. Ressa did not write or edit the piece and the charges set against her were based on a law that was not yet on the country’s books at the time of the article’s publication.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/06/23/maria-ressa-philippines-democracy-duterte/

Saturday, May 30, 2020

CNN reporter Omar Jimenez arrested in Minneapolis - Vox

Early this morning, Minnesota state police officers dispatched to the scene of riots in Minneapolis arrested CNN reporter Omar Jimenez while he was live on camera doing a news broadcast. The footage, which was beamed into American living rooms in real time, shows a calm and polite Jimenez repeatedly offering to relocate if he’s in officers’ way. But instead of receiving clear instructions, he’s simply placed under arrest.
https://www.vox.com/2020/5/29/21274377/omar-jimenez-arrest-minneapolis

Saturday, May 2, 2020

Monday, October 7, 2019

Journalist: CBP Officer Held Passport Until He Said Yes to Doing Propaganda - Newsweek

 A U.S. Customs and Border Protection official reportedly held a journalist's passport until he answered "yes" to "you write propaganda," and it's just the latest of multiple such incidents by federal officials during the Trump administration. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/journalist-passort-held-cbp-write-propaganda-1463317








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