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Think Again: Who Jails Journalists?

Eric Alterman | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Twitter, Afghanistan, Iran, Jail, Media, Taliban, Iraq, Censorship, China, Cuba, North Korea, David Rohde, Media News

At least 36 journalists are being held captive in Iran, 26 of whom were arrested after the presidential election.

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Laura Ling, Euna Lee Families Appeal To N. Korea

cnn.com | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Current TV, Laura Ling, North Korea, Euna Lee, Reporters, Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, World News

Family members of two U.S. journalists imprisoned in North Korea said they are worried about the women's well-being and are pleading for their release...

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Journalists Under Fire (And Who's Helping)

Julia Moulden | Posted 07.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Mark Brayne, Journalists, The Nation, Dart Center, Bbc, New Radicals, Eyal Press, George Tiller, Careers, New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, Julia Moulden, Journalism, Living News

Did you read Nicholas D. Kristof's "Bullets Over Beijing," his account of being in Tiananmen Square on that fateful night twenty years ago? Uniformed...

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A Preposterous Pre-Digital Primer

Dave Astor | Posted 07.11.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Journalists, Lps, Montclair Times, George W. Bush, Born-Again Christians, Nixon's Enemies List, Dinosaurs, American Pie, Internets, Commuter Trains, Mashed Potatoes, Albums, Typewriters, The Day the Music Died, E-Mail, Viral, Sony Walkman, President Bush, Ipods, Swine Flu, Revival Theaters, Computers, Paper Airplanes, Cds, DVD Players, Don McLean, Laptops, Prehistoric, President Nixon, Going Viral, Bush Administration, Mel Gibson, Digital Age, Internet, Enemies List, Phonograph Records, Cell Phones, The Passion of the Christ, Huffington Post, Comedy News

In the days before the internet, how did out-of-town journalists transmit typewritten stories to their editors? They folded the stories into paper airplanes and hurled them out of hotel windows.

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Tom Edsall Named One Of Washingtonian's 50 Top Journalists Of 2009

Washingtonian | Posted 07.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Huffington Post, Tom Edsall, Washingtonian, Media News

Thomas Edsall, Huffington Post. "Retired" from journalism, Washington Post veteran Edsall, as the Huffington Post's political editor, is ushering in a...

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Letter From Paris: Calling A Dick A Dick

Beth Arnold | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Lies, Expatriates, David Gregory, Dick Cheney Torture, Expats, Republicans, Media, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Citizen Journalists, Dick Cheney, Torture, World News

With yet another round of Dick Cheney disinformation saturating the airwaves, it boggles the mind how the Bush administration controlled the American conversation in the media for so many years.

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Carlos Conde: Philippine Journalist On Army 'Hit List'

BETA | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, World News, Philippine Army 'Hit List', World, Journalist, Carlos Conde, Philippines, Philippine Army, World News

An international media group urged the government Thursday to explain the inclusion of journalist Carlos Conde in the "order of battle" of the Philipp...

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Study: Media Workers "Heaviest Drinking Professionals" In England

The Guardian | David Batty | Posted 06.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Journalists Drinking, Journalists Alcohol, Media News

Media workers are the heaviest drinking professionals in England, consuming the equivalent of more than four bottles of wine or more than 19 pints of ...

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What You Can Do for Laura Ling and Euna Lee

Mallika Chopra | Posted 06.18.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Euna Lee, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, Laura Ling, North Korea, Laura Ling North Korea, World News

I pray that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama heed the call to engage with North Korea in a responsible way to secure these young women's release.

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Derivatives: The Crystal Meth of Finance

Thomas A. Bass | Posted 06.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Journalists, Warren Buffett, Finance, FInancial Markets, Derivatives, Business News

The world economy sits on top of the world financial markets, and there is no hope of engineering an economic recovery without a functioning financial system.

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Pakistan Military, Taliban Both Firing On Journalists

Committee To Protect Journalists | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Pakistani Military, Pakistan Taliban, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Pakistan Journalists, Taliban Swat Valley, Taliban Fighters, Taliban, Taliban Pakistan, Journalism, Advocacy, World News

Journalists in Pakistan have come under rapidly escalating pressure as the military confronts Taliban militants in the northwest region of the country...

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Torture is Not About "Winning the Afternoon," OK?

Will Bunch | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Journalists, Bush Administration Torture, Journalism Ethics, Barack Obama Torture, The Politico, Shepard Smith, New York Times, Bybee Impeachment, Barack Obama, David Broder, Investigative Reporting, Torture, Media News

The torture issue doesn't lend itself to cute little "up" and "down" arrows, to dueling cable shouters "on the right" and "on the left," to all the little devices we in the media use.

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A. Craig Copetas, Bloomberg News Journalist, Was Detained In Dubai

Guardian | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Bloomberg, Foreign Affairs, Journalist Detained, A. Craig Copetas, Journalism, Advocacy, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, World News

In my posting yesterday and another the week before, I mentioned the treatment meted out to a Bloomberg News journalist in the United Arab Emirates....

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You Can Help Journalists Roxana Saberi, Euna Lee, and Laura Ling

Gotham Chopra | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

Read More: Roxana Saberi, Journalists, Euna Lee, Laura Ling, Axis of Evil, North Korea, Political Prisoners, World News

Because of my friendship with Laura Ling specifically, I have spent hours at a time over the last month of her captivity agonizing over her predicament.

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How Journalism Plays Twister...To the Right

Will Bunch | Posted 05.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Cynthia Tucker, Ronald Reagan, Ethics in Journalism, Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Fair and Balanced, New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Journalism, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Tear Down This Myth, Media News

It's so true that freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose -- and so our brush here with terminal illness is occasionally truly liberating for America's newsrooms.

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Old Dogs, New Media: Why J-School Apps Are Up

Rob Fishman | Posted 05.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Journalism School, Newspapers, Old Media vs. New Media, New Media, Journalism, Columbia Journalism School, Newspaper Industry, Media News

"New media" is like the Emperor's new clothes: we all pay lip service to Macromedia Flash, html coding and RSS feeds, but no one has any real conception of how they might "save" journalism.

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Laura Ling, Euna Lee, US Journalists Captured In North Korea, Will Be Tried For Illegal Entry

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: North Korea, Al Gore, Euna Lee, Laura Ling, Laura Ling North Korea, Euna Lee North Korea, North Korea Border, Journalists, Swedish Embassy, Cecilia Julin, Dprk, Current TV, Current Tv North Korea, North Korea Current Tv, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, Laura Ling Euna Lee, Euna Lee Laura Ling, Laura Ling Korea, Laura Ling Current, Laura Ling, Euna Lee, Laura Ling Update, Laura Ling North Korea Trial, Laura Ling Trial, Laura Ling Wiki, Lauraling, Laura Ling and Euna Lee Trial, Journalists Captured in North Korea, Journalist Captured in North Korea, Euna Lee Und Laura Ling, World News

SEOUL, South Korea — Two American journalists detained at North Korea's border with China two weeks ago will be indicted and tried, "their suspe...

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Jobless But Not Jokeless in Journalism

Dave Astor | Posted 04.30.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Journalists, Newspapers, President Obama, Editorial Cartoons, Wireless Connection, Old Media, Newspaper Reporters, Alexander the Great, Wage Freeze, Journalism, Layoffs, Egyptian Pharoahs, Online, Iraq War, Journos, Blogging, Time Machine, Comedy News

Many Americans don't care that newspapers are hemorrhaging jobs, but laid-off journalists wandering the streets could become a quality-of-life issue.

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Who Is Pressing The Pressmen?

Emily Bracken | Posted 04.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Journalists, The Press, Politicians, Fourth-Branch-of-Government, Cnbc, Media Coverage, Comedy Writing, Vigilantes, Jon Stewart Jim Cramer, Media, Press, The Daily Show, Journalism, Edward R. Murrow, Jim Cramer, Checks and Balances, Comedians, Irony, Jon Stewart, Satire, Daily Show CNBC, Political Satire, Ombudsman, Media News, Idealism, Humor and Satire, Jim Cramer Daily Show, Comedy News

Humorists and comedians are a curious bunch. Quixotic by nature, they want so desperately to live in a world of decency, fairness and goodness, and in Stewart's case, in a world where the media grew some cajones.

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Dawn Reporter Killed, Mass Protest Planned In Pakistan

GroundReport | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Punjab, Pakistan Democracy, Pakistan, Lahore, Dawn Reporter Killed, Dawn Journalist, Lahore Journalist, Tariq Malik Javed Murdered, Tariq Malik Javed, Tariq Malik Javed Journalist, World News

Published by GroundReport.com, a global citizen news platform with over 4,000 international reporters. By Imran Schah Lahore-- Journalists across th...

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North Korea: 2 US Reporters Being Held For Crossing Border

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 04.21.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Reporters, North Korea, World News

SEOUL, South Korea — The United States has contacted representatives of North Korea about two detained American journalists and is waiting for a...

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Olbermann, Markos Discuss The "Vast Left Wing Conspiracy" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Journalists, Keith Olbermann, Markos Moulitsas, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Politics News

Markos Moulitsas told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann on Tuesday that there is no "left wing conspiracy" consorting on the internet. Politico reported earli...

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Obama To Reporters: "Take Whacks" At Gibbs

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 04.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Media, Robert Gibbs, Barack Obama, White House Press Corps, Media News

As press were filing out of the Oval Office this afternoon -- after a briefing photo op with President Obama and Paul Volcker -- Mr. Obama asked, "How...

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The Demise of Investigative Journalism

Russell Wild and Margaret Engel | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Newspapers, Free Press, Investigative Journalism, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Journalism, Newspaper Industry, Media News

What does it mean to lose the voices of those who hold our institutions accountable? We hope that media companies will recognize the value of professional watchdogs in the journalism community.

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How To Fix American Journalism

Sara Catania | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Newspapers, Non-Profits, Nonprofits, Mainstream-Media, New Media, Columbia-University-Journalism, Media, Media News, Journalism, Propublica, Center for Public Integrity, Reporters Committee on Freedom of the Press, Fund-for-Independence-in-Journalism, Media News

If American journalism is to save itself, it must look to non-profits and universities for funding and support.

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