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Afghan Journalist's 20-Year Blasphemy Sentence Upheld By Court

New York Times | ABDUL WAHEED WAFA and CARLOTTA GALL | Posted 04.11.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Afghanistan Supreme Court, Afghanistan Media Rights, Human Rights, Journalists Rights, Afghanistan Human Rights, Middle East, Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan Journalist, Sayed-Parwez-Kaambakhsh-Afghanistan-Journalist, Media Rights, World News

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's Supreme Court has upheld a 20-year sentence for an Afghan university student journalist accused of blasphemy in a ...

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Clinton Demands Iran Release American Journalist

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Journalists, Roxana Saberi, Iran, Hillary Clinton, Hilary Clinton Secretary of State, Politics News

BRUSSELS — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday called for Iran to release an Iranian-American journalist who Iranian auth...

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Media Watchdog Urges Obama To Stop Detention Of Journalists By US

AP | MARIA SANMINIATELLI | Posted 03.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Committe to Protect Journalists, Journalists Detained, Media Watchdog, Barack Obama, Media News

UNITED NATIONS — A media watchdog group is urging President Barack Obama to end the U.S. military's practice of detaining journalists without ch...

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Pennsylvania Avenue: Take 2

Mary Lou Song | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Newseum, Purple Inauguration Tickets, Inauguration, Journalists, White House, Newspapers, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Donald Brasco, Timothy McVeigh, Washington DC, Media, Journalism, Tim Russert, Unabomber, Obama White House, Museums, Berlin Wall, Frederick Douglass, Twin Towers, Patty Hearst, Media News
Mary Lou Song

I almost had to remind myself to breathe inside the Newseum. There was Patty Hearst's gun and jacket. Donald Brasco's watch and Amex Card. A press pass to Timothy McVeigh's execution.

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109 Journalists Killed In 2008: International Federation Of Journalists

AP | CONSTANT BRAND | Posted 03.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Journalists Killed, Press Freedom, Media News

BRUSSELS — At least 109 reporters and media workers were killed last year while on assignment and Iraq remains the deadliest place for a journal...

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Somali Journalist Killed By Gunmen In Mogadishu

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 03.07.2009 | World

Read More: Africa, Somalia, Mogadishu, Journalist, Journalists, Somali Journalists, Hornafrik, African Journalist, African Journalism, World News

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Masked men shot and killed the director of Somalia's largest media organization, HornAfrik, in the center of the Somali cap...

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Leukemia: A Soldiers Souvenir From the Burn Pits of Iraq

R. B. Stuart | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Journalists, Doctor, Troops, Colon Cancer, Lt. Col. James R. Elliott, Burn Pit, Cbs, Tb, Lt. Col. Darrin L. Curtis, Ed Bradley, Veterans, Dod, Embedded, Lung Cancer, Scholfield Barracks Hawaii, Leukemia, Military, Army, Peter Jennings, Chemotherapy, Cancer, Abc, Ted Kopple, Duke University Hospital, Depleted Uranium, Leroy Sievers, US Air Force, Soldiers, Balad Air Base Iraq, Fort Bragg NC, Aml, SSG. Steven G. Ochs, Baghdad, Afghanistan, Long Beach California, Dav, Carcinogen, Paratrooper, Anaconda, Health, Living News
R. B. Stuart

Although SSG. Steven Ochs seemed impenetrable, he could not sidestep the invisible weapon that would course through his bloodstream five months after his third tour ended.

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A New Approach to Terrorism

Kerry Kennedy | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Journalists, Women's Rights, Islam, War on Terror, Timothy McVeigh, United Nations, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, Global War on Terror, Chinese, Tibet, London, War on Terrorism, Islamophobia, Madrid, Bush Administration Torture, Arabs, Sudan, National Security, Guantanamo Bay, Darfur Sudan, Amman, Abu Ghraib Abuse, CIA Interrogations, Cruelty, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Mumbai, Bali, Russia Georgia Conflict, Russia Georgia War, Sudan Genocide, Nairobi, New York City, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Robert F. Kennedy, Abu Ghraib, Darfur, Bush Administration, Human Rights, Donald Rumsfeld Torture, Counterterrorism, Prison, Abu Ghraib Torture, Alberto Mora, Torture, Politics News
Kerry Kennedy

A war on terror which undermines the most basic values of society -- life, liberty, the rule of law -- is not worth waging if we end up creating a society which mirrors the repression we battled in the first place.

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How the Huffington Post Helped Save a Life

Matthew and Peter Slutsky | Posted 02.28.2009 | Media

Read More: The Internet, Journalists, Newspapers, Turkey, Sabri Bogday, Citizen Journalism, Bloggers, Prisoners, Computers, Web, Websites, United States, Journalism, Internet, Istanbul Turkey, Istanbul, Religion, Saudi Arabia, New Media, Los Angeles Times, Turkish Coalition of America, Huffington Post, Blogging, Citizen Journalists, Media News
Matthew and Peter Slutsky

In March 2008, I asked readers of HuffPost to reach out to reporters and bloggers to help tell the story of Turk Sabri Bogday, who at the time faced unjust execution in Saudi Arabia.

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The Journalist and the "Other" in Times of War

Sandy Tolan | Posted 02.24.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Photography, Wmd, Pentagon, War, Iraq, The Other, Independence, State Department, Journalism, El Salvador, Voices, Iran, Photographs, Conflict, Ethics in Journalism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Ethics, Wartime, Iason Athanasiadis, Orwell, International, Guillermoprieto, Shadid, Bonner, World News
Sandy Tolan

What is the ethical responsibility of the journalist in telling the story of the Other? And what larger forces come to bear in shaping that story in the press?

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Chris Matthews: Blogs Don't Count

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Blogs, Media, Journalism, Bloggers, Blogging, Chris Matthews, Chris Matthews Bloggers, Media News
Allison Kilkenny

Chris Matthews enlightened us all by explaining Thursday that journalists can't be bloggers, and bloggers contribute nothing to journalism. After all, Chris Matthews knows real journalism.

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Keeping Anderson Cooper Honest: How CNN and the Media Flubbed Obama's 2nd Swearing In

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Rush Limbaugh, Social Responsibility, Lobbyists, Morning Joe, Cheney, Media, Anderson Cooper, Fox, Anderson Cooper 360, Fourth Estate, Missing White House Emails, Blogs, Obama Swearing In, Bush Legacy, Cnn, Constitution, Chris Wallace, Journalists, Obama Innauguration, Reporters, Breaking Politics News, Oath of Office, Ed Henry, Obama Transparency, John Roberts Flub, Bill Plante, Cbs, Journalism, Television, CBS News, Media News
Ronald B. Robinson

The same media that is creating a negative impression of President Obama is saying little about the outgoing administration's widespread destruction of official government records.

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Journalist Uma Singh, 24, Murdered In Nepal

GroundReport | Posted 02.12.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Journalist, Political Journalism, Journalism, Nepal, Nepal Journalist, Uma Singh, Singh, Manika Jha, Singh Stabbed, Nepal Uma Singh, Nepal Journalist Killed, Uma Singh Nepal, Journalist Uma Singh, Journalist Uma Singh, Nepal, Uma Sing, Uma Singh Janakpur, Nepal News, World News
GroundReport

Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism platform that covers world news at the local level. by Mukunda Nepal Unidentified ...

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Obama Will Face Few Black White House Reporters

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 02.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Black Reporters, Obama Black Journalists, Black Journalists, Media News

Eight days before Barack Obama is sworn in, the relative paucity of black journalists at the White House is striking. A mostly white press corps at 16...

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Colin Freeman, Jose Cendon Released By Somali Kidnappers

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 02.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Somalia, Jose Cendon, Colin Freeman, Somalia Kidnapped Journalists Released, Media News

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Two foreign journalists _ a Briton and a Spaniard _ were released in good health Sunday after nearly six weeks in captivity...

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Killing the Messenger: Targeting the Press in Gaza

Jennifer Utz | Posted 01.31.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Freedom of the Press, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Air Strikes, Gaza, War, Middle East, Israel, Journalism, Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah, Hamas, Ehud Barak, Israeli Airstrikes, Gaza City, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, Media News
Jennifer Utz

As is with the current situation with Gaza, when Israel is performing air strikes, everyone is vulnerable -- militants, civilians, and journalists alike.

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Making the Best of the Economic Mess

Don McNay | Posted 01.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Journalists, Wall Street Bailout, Self Help, Economy, Economic Crisis, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, 2009, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Private Jets, Kentucky, Banks, Bonuses, Entrepreneurship, Auto Industry, Wall Street Bonuses, Personal Finance, Business News
Don McNay

I don't know how a Citigroup collector is going to convince an unemployed worker that he has a moral obligation to pay up. Thus, I am expecting huge credit card defaults in 2009.

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Remember Guantanamo -- for Daniel Pearl

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Journalists, Guantanamo, Bush Administration, Daniel Pearl, Journalism, Pakistan, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

According to Philip Heyman, attorney general under Clinton, denying these rights amounts to "overthrowing 800 years of democratic tradition," including habeas corpus and the Magna Carta.

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In Lebanon, Students Find Hero In Iraqi Shoe Thrower

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: George Bush, Journalists, Journalism Training Program, Iraq, Lebanon, Media, Facebook, Barack Obama, Bush, Man Throws Shoes at Bush, Bush Administration, American University of Beirut, Arabs, Anti-Americanism, Middle East, Muntadhir Al-Zeidi, Baghdad, Man Thros Shoes at Bush Video, Shoes, Shoe Thrower, Shoe Thrower Arab World, Video, Lebanon Students Shoe Thrower, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

* Scroll down for video As former President Carter ended his trip to Lebanon where he spoke to a crowd of students about peace and was only interrupt...

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Did Journalists Cause the Housing Bust?

Jim Randel | Posted 01.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Journalists, Financial Crisis, Housing Market, Housing Crisis, Economy, Business News
Jim Randel

Some of my friends in the residential real estate world feel that the media treatment of this subject was a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Murder of Anna Politkovskaya: The Trial Begins

Oleg Kozlovsky | Posted 01.04.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Russia, Murder, Vladimir Putin, Trial, Anna Politkovskaya, Russian Oligarchs, World News
Oleg Kozlovsky

Anna Politkovskaya was a prominent Russian journalist. She investigated police and army brutality and supported victims of terrorism. She went where misery was too great for people to bear.

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2 Western Journalists Kidnapped In Somali Pirate Den

The New York Times | Posted 12.27.2008 | World

Read More: Journalists, Somalia, Journalists Kidnapped Somalia, Piracy Somalia, Pirates, Africa, World News

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Two European journalists were kidnapped on Wednesday in northern Somalia just as they were about to leave Boosaaso, a notorious ...

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The IFC Media Project

Meghan O'Hara | Posted 12.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Ifc, Television, Critique, Bill Kristol, Gideon Yago, Pete Hamill, IFC Media Project, New York Times, Panel Discussions, Journalism, Entertainment, Media, Media News
Meghan O'Hara

The goal of The IFC Media Project is to delve into the media, to look at the forces and interests that shape our news, at how it is gathered and how it is packaged.

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O'Reilly Tops List Of "Least Favorite" Campaign Journalist

TV Newser | Posted 12.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Poll, Pew Research Center, Campaign Journalists, Media News

The Pew Research Center has put out their post-election report, and Bill O'Reilly was found to lead both the "favorite campaign journalist" and "least...

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Creating The IFC Media Project

Meghan O'Hara | Posted 12.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Independent Film Channel, Ethical Journalism, IFC Media Project, Documentary, Michael Moore, Sicko, Journalism, Business Press, Ifc, Academy Awards, Media News
Meghan O'Hara

Once in a while an opportunity comes along when you are actually in a place to appreciate it. I was recently asked to create a show that would reveal the true influences on news in this country.

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