war on journalists

North Korea Holds U.S. Journalists for Spying

Stevie Converse — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:18:36 -0400

Full article: Associated Press
Hyung-Jin Kim
North Korean military intelligence officers in Pyongyang are questioning two American journalists for alleged espionage after they illegally crossed into the country from China. Laura Ling and Euna Lee, journalists working for the San Francisco-based media outlet Current TV, are undergoing "intense interrogation."

It's All on the Line

Stevie Converse — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:40:18 -0500

Full article: On the Media
Former National Security Agency analyst turned whistleblower Russell Tice said definitively that the NSA monitored domestic communications of American journalists. Reporter Lawrence Wright, who has long believed he was a target, says he's not surprised by the allegation. (Audio 8:15)

Journalist Swept Up in Arrests During Oakland Protests

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:52:56 -0500

Full article: San Francisco Bay View
A journalist covering the protests against the killing of Oscar Grant by Oakland, Calif., police was arrested and his camera confiscated.

CNN's Prisoner of War

Stevie Converse — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:52:53 -0500

Full article: Men's Journal
Greg Veis
He had been hunted, kidnapped, and told he was filming his own execution. But CNN correspondent Michael Ware had no plans to leave Iraq. Now, it won’t leave him.

Journalists Become Targets in Mexico's Drug War

Stevie Converse — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:01:12 -0500

Full article: Associated Press
Julie Watson
Mexico is the deadliest place in the Americas to be a journalist, and among the deadliest in the world. The Committee to Protect Journalists says at least 24 have been killed since 2000, and seven have vanished in the past three years.

Online Journalists Jailed More than Any Other Medium

Stevie Converse — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:14:19 -0500

Full article: Editor & Publisher
Dexter Hill
Worldwide, online journalists are jailed more often today than journalists working in any other medium, according to findings released by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Juror Defies Russian Court's Attempts to Close Trial

Stevie Converse — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:58:47 -0500

Full article: Washington Post
Philip P. Pan
The trial of three men accused of helping to organize the murder of one of Russia's most prominent investigative reporters, Anna Politkovskaya, took a surprise turn as a juror publicly challenged the court's decision to hold the proceedings behind closed doors.

Reporters Barred from Polikovskaya Trial

Stevie Converse — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:27:18 -0500

Full article: Reuters
Colleagues of murdered Russian investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya accused the government of a coverup after a judge barred the public from the trial of three men accused of helping kill her.

Gunmen Kill Radio Journalist in Southern Philippines

Stevie Converse — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:44:45 -0500

Full article: Reuters
Two gunmen on a motorcycle killed a local radio commentator just after he dropped off his children to school in the southern Philippines. Areteo Padrigao was the fourth journalist killed this year in the Philippines.

Anna Politkovskaya Trial to Be Open to Public

Stevie Converse — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:15:44 -0500

Full article: Guardian
Oliver Luft
A Russian court has ruled that the trial of the three men accused of involvement in the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya will be opened to the public. But friends and supporters believe there is little likelihood the trial will reveal who was behind her murder.