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Israel now ranks among the world’s leading jailers of journalists. We don’t know why they’re behind bars
New statistics show a spike in the amount of journalists jailed in the country. To protect its democracy, Israel needs to be transparent about why members of the media are arrested.
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How Google is killing independent sites like ours
And why you shouldn’t trust product reviews from big media publishers ranking at the top of Google.
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Gannett Stops Using AI To Write Articles For Now Because They Were Hilariously Terrible
There may come a time when journalists around the world are left to point at massive datacenters housing AI journo-bots that have perfectly replicated what human journalists can do, screaming ̶…
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Here’s why MuckRock and POGO had to archive FOIAonline
With FOIAonline’s closure, all of the government documents previously available there have been removed, so MuckRock and the Project on Government Oversight have partnered to help bring them back.
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CBS Launches Fact-Checking News Unit to Examine AI, Deepfakes, Misinformation
CBS' news-and-stations unit will launch a new effort to probe deepfakes and misinformation.
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Virtually Everything the Government Did to WikiLeaks is Now Being Done to Mainstream US Reporters
At Freedom of the Press Foundation, we believe it’s vital to defend WikiLeaks’ right to gather and publish classified information in the public interest, just as it’s vital to protect the rights of Associated Press and Fox News to do the same. Under the law, the AP, Fox News, and WikiLeaks are no different (a fact that even the government argues). If one falls, the others will not be far behind.
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Anonymous Provides More Details About Upcoming News Site
Anonymous on Monday provided more details about its upcoming news site, which it said will focus on stories it deems most important; Kardashian updates need not apply, the group said in a note posted to Pastebin.
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Infographic: The Deadliest Countries for Journalists
Before the recent death on May 27 of Yara Abbas, a female Syrian correspondent for the pro-government TV channel Al-Ikhbariya, at least four other journalists had been killed since the start of the Syrian uprising.
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Michael Hastings contacted WikiLeaks lawyer Jennifer Robinson just a few hours before he died
WikiLeaks just threw some gasoline onto the conspiracy fire. On Wednesday night, they Tweeted: Michael Hastings contacted WikiLeaks lawyer Jennifer Robinson just a few hours before he died...
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I Was Paid $12.50 An Hour To Write This Story
I didn't know what I would get paid to write this article. I didn't ask. It doesn't matter. It won't make a tangible dent in paying the rent on my apartment in Brooklyn, or, for that matter, rent on an apartment in any other city. By the time I finish the research, the interviews, the writing, and the editing, whatever small sum—$30, $125, $200—this site pays me will pale in comparison to the effort.
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India floods: Scandal video reporter sacked
An Indian television journalist who reported on deadly floods while sitting on the shoulders of a survivor has been sacked, says the channel he worked for.
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Cover Story: Bert and Ernie Celebrate Gay Marriage
“It’s amazing to witness how attitudes on gay rights have evolved in my lifetime,” said Jack Hunter, the artist behind next week’s cover, “Moment of Joy.” Hunter, who originally submitted his image, unsolicited, to a Tumblr, continued, “This is...
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A Day in the Life of a Snowden-Chasing Journalist at Sheremetyevo International Airport
Since late June, reporters from some of the world's most prestigious news outlets have been holed up at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport, in the hopes of catching a glimpse of former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who is believed to be in diplomatic limbo in the airport transit zone. Or perhaps he's in Hong Kong still. Or he's on a plane.
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Asiana Airlines considering legal action against TV station, NTSB
Asiana Airlines is considering legal action against Oakland's KTVU television and the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Billionaire Koch brothers use Web to take on media reports they dispute
Aggressive tactics have become part of the playbook for Charles and David Koch of Koch Industries.
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A Visual History of Evil People on Magazine Covers
The editors of Rolling Stone probably weren't surprised when the cover of their August issue, featuring the bedroom eyes of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, provoked controversy online and off. Worrying that the photo glorifies his image, some Massachusetts businesses are even refusing to sell copies of the issue.
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Court rules journalists can’t keep their sources secret
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that New York Times journalist James Risen must testify in the trial of a former Central Intelligence Agency officer accused of leaking classified national defense information to the media.
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A judge's ruling in the Manning case is bad news for freedom of information
It's a classic case of government overkill. In its overzealous pursuit of those who leak classified information, the Obama administration went way too far when it charged Army Pfc. Bradley Manning with "aiding the enemy," an Espionage Act provision generally reserved for spies, traitors who conspire and collaborate with America's foes.
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Manning Verdict May Topple Journalistic Paradigm
As Pfc. Bradley Manning's court martial came to a close Friday, the charge of 'aiding the enemy' has huge implications for journalism.
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Jeff Bezos' (Growing) Media Empire
The Amazon CEO now owns not only The Washington Post, but also El Tiempo Latino. And The Express. And The Gazette.
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