China Journalists

China To Create Journalists Blacklist

AP | TINI TRAN | Posted 03.16.2009 | Media


BEIJING — China plans to create a blacklist of journalists who break its reporting rules, state media reported Friday, adding to an array of con...

Through China's Own Voices: How People Are Feeling Now That the Party's Over

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.27.2008 | Style


Courtney Woo

Perhaps it's too early to feel melancholy; instead, China is enjoying the afterglow. It has already moved on with more experience and confidence than ever before.

The "Politics" of an Olympic Pastime: Pin Trading at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.23.2008 | Media


Courtney Woo

Pin trading has consumed almost everyone at the Olympic Green---volunteers, managers, broadcasters, technicians and myself included. I originally resisted this Olympic pastime until I discovered its political undertones.

Despite Threats of Detention, Ticket Scalping Continues at Beijing's Subway Stations

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.22.2008 | Media


Courtney Woo

Today, dozens of scalpers stood alone or in pairs inside the underground tunnel leading out of the subway to the Olympic Green Line. Some held signs asking to buy tickets, but most were looking to sell.

A Snapshot of the Olympic Green 48 Hours Before the Games Begin

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.08.2008 | Media


Courtney Woo

To an impartial observer, the weeks of preparation at the Olympic Green and IBC are falling into place. Now, with two days to go, the only thing Beijing needs to hope for is good weather.

On Navigating Beijing's Tight Security: Subways, Stadiums, Medications and Tampons

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.06.2008 | Media


Courtney Woo

Security in Beijing tightens by the day as the Olympics approach. In early July, I went through zero security checkpoints a day. Today, I passed through security or had my badge checked a total of 8 times.

China Arrests, Beats Two Foreign Journalists In Crackdown

AP | JAY ALABASTER | Posted 08.13.2008 | Media


TOKYO — Two Japanese journalists were briefly detained and beaten by police in western China, their companies and one of the men said Tuesday, t...

Marketing, Nationalism and the Olympics Launch an Era of Volunteerism in China

Courtney Woo | Posted 08.10.2008 | Media


Courtney Woo

Combine economics with national pride and a little marketing, and you have the unprecedented turn out of volunteers on display at Beijing's 2008 Summer Olympics

Reporting for Volunteer Duty at Beijing's Olympic Broadcast Tower

Courtney Woo | Posted 02.19.2009 | Media


Courtney Woo

I reported for duty at Ling Long Pagoda along with the three other UNC volunteers. Our contracts read "broadcast coordination," but we soon find our post is more accurately termed "help desk assistant."

China, Tear Down That Great Censorship Wall

Sally Jean Kearney | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media


Sally Jean Kearney

Instead of flexing its command and control muscles, China should honor temporary regulations issued in December 2006 that allow foreign journalists to interview anyone who consents to be interviewed.

A Media Intern Blogs Behind the Scenes at the Beijing Olympics

Courtney Woo | Posted 08.03.2008 | Media


Courtney Woo

A particularly risky move for China would be to grant hundreds of international journalism students inside access to its media operations during the Olympics -- but that's precisely what it's done.