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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of journalists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Larisa Alexandrovna (born December 7, 1971 in Odessa, Ukraine) is a journalist, poet, and essayist.
Journalists This is a list of newspaper writers, journalists or other authors who may have written for major metropolitan newspapers or other types of major periodical newspapers.
Journalists who died as a result of accidents unrelated to an assignment are not listed on the Memorial, nor are those who instigated the violence that caused their deaths.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-journalists   (1286 words)

  
 International: Journalists' killers are walking free
Arrests of journalists (692) went up by 40 per cent and twice as many journalists (1,420) were attacked or threatened.
Under authoritarian regimes, but also democratic ones, dozens of journalists were questioned, investigated, arrested or threatened for refusing to reveal their sources, especially in cases of terrorism.
Their reporting rules differ from RSF and by their criteria, they totalled 19 journalists killed in the line of duty during 2003 (Full CPJ list) and 13 more killed in suspicious circumstances, not necessarily connected to their work.
www.indexonline.org /en/news/articles/2003/1/journalists-killers-are-walking-free.shtml   (1015 words)

  
 Journalism is a deadly job
A journalist who had worked for government media in Libya for 10 years, he disappeared on May 21 in Benghazi and his body was found on or about June 2.
A longtime investigative journalist and radio host, he was in his car outside the station when assailants shot him about 20 times and then fled on motorcycles.
The freelance journalist's body was found the morning of Aug. 3, in the southern Iraq city of Basra, the day after he and his interpreter were kidnapped.
www.azcentral.com /specials/special01/0528bolles-listofdeaths.html   (2382 words)

  
 Opinion, Committee to Protect Journalists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
New York, June 4, 2002-The vast majority of journalists killed in the line of duty during the last decade were murdered in direct reprisal for their reporting, concludes a study released today by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
"Journalists in many countries are working without the protection of the law, and they're being murdered as a result," said CPJ executive director Ann Cooper.
The full list of journalists killed since 1992 is available on CPJ's website at www.cpj.org.
www.thepanamanews.com /pn/v_08/issue_11/opinion_02.html   (320 words)

  
 Mailing list: Paper 1: Journalists as Bloggers
Journalists, bloggers, and lawyers must work to be sure that the importance of reporter’s privilege is realized so that it does not disappear.
Bloggers and traditional journalists occupy separate niches in the media world and both fulfill the function of the press in a different way.
While journalists of the institutional press may have more success in established ways of gathering news, such as (for example) interviewing government officials, bloggers may be better at reporting stories that are just as important but would not otherwise be told.
emoglen.law.columbia.edu /CPC/discuss/89.html   (1157 words)

  
 Journalists in prison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
List of Journalists in Prison in the Middle East and North Africa
We believe that it is unacceptable, by any human rights standards, to jail journalists for the expression of their opinions or the publication of information.
Respect for freedom of the press and the guarantee of the safety of journalists are recognised by international human rights law as the yardstick by which democratic progress can be measured.
www.cmfmena.org /action_alert/prison/prison.htm   (162 words)

  
 journalist
Hashida and his nephew Ogawa, both freelance journalists, were killed along with their translator when their car came under attack by Iraqi gunmen near Mahmoudiya, 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of the capital, Baghdad, according to news reports.
In another development, an Iraqi journalist was shot dead by Iraqi soldiers as he was driving his car near their patrol on a main road in Fallujah, local residents said.
An Iraqi journalist was shot dead by gunmen in the flashpoint city of Mosul.
icasualties.org /oif/journalist.aspx   (2586 words)

  
 Dead Journalists - Iraq
However, between 30 and 40 journalists present boycotted the speech by downing their cameras, microphones and notebooks and standing in stony silence.
Mr Straw declared today he was "very concerned" about the killing of journalists in Iraq and said he would demand a detailed account about US attacks on the Palestine Hotel and the offices of two Arabic television stations in Baghdad.
However, journalists on the scene yesterday said they had not heard any gunfire coming from the hotel and one Associated Press photographer questioned how the military could have seen enemy binoculars and not journalists' camera lenses.
www.ringnebula.com /Oil/Dead-Missing_Journalists_Iraq.html   (576 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Journalist
A journalist is a person who creates articles or reports as a profession for broadcast or publication in mass media such as newspapers, television, radio, magazines, documentary film and the Internet.
In the early 19th century, the term journalist once meant simply someone who wrote for journals, such as Charles Dickens in his early career, but has come to mean a writer for newsapapers and magazines as well.
Regardless of medium, the term journalist now carries a connotation or expectation of professionalism in reporting, with consideration for truth and ethics.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Journalist   (523 words)

  
 Knowledge Society - A Middle East Gateway for nonprofit organizations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
List of journalists killed in the line of duty.
The journalist was returning from Djibouti city's Arhiba neighbourhood, where he was on assignment, when police ordered him to stop his vehicle during the passage of Kadra Mahamoud's procession.
The third journalist, Hawez Hawezi, was reportedly arrested and transferred to jail for writing an article criticizing his treatment during an earlier arrest in March this year.
www.mengos.net /events/05eventsnews/journalists/journalistssentencesd.htm   (2061 words)

  
 Newseum: Journalists Memorial Rededication   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
On May 3, 2006, the names of 59 journalists who died or were killed while on assignment in 2005 were added to the glass panels of the memorial.
List of journalists who died covering the news in 2005
Journalists are notoriously proud of their strength and their ability to put emotion to one side.
www.newseum.org /newseum/aboutthenewseum/memorialrededication.htm   (1882 words)

  
 Pak tops SA list in killed journalists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
With four journalists killed during 2006 Pakistan has topped the list of countries where journalists are not given a fair treatment and the press is not so free.
The report termed the Maldives "a prison for journalists" and said that there was no letup in curbs on the press in the country in 2006.
Four journalists were killed during the year while performing their professional duties.
news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/Asia/20070112/562423.html   (269 words)

  
 freedomforum.org: Journalists Memorial
The Journalists Memorial, standing at the highest point of Freedom Park in Arlington, Va., overlooks the monuments of Washington, D.C. It is 24 feet tall and made of dichroic glass.
Research by Newseum staff and the Committee to Protect Journalists determined that these people were journalists killed in the line of duty.
The journalists whose names are listed on The Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial died in the line of duty — trying to gather the news.
www.freedomforum.org /templates/document.asp?documentID=4000   (470 words)

  
 The perils of journalism
The year before, 2004, was the deadliest for journalists in over a decade, with 78 reporters killed, more than half of them murdered in retaliation for their work, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Torres, who has worked as a journalist in the country for 16 years and serves as chairman of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, has known most of the journalists killed or threatened in his country over the past few years.
Fourteen journalists remain in Eritrea’s secret jails and CPJ is working with local agencies in attempt to free them from jail, according to the organization.
www.azcentral.com /specials/special01/0528bolles-journalistdanger.html   (2927 words)

  
 Reporters sans frontières - France
At a time when violence against journalists is at an exceptionally high level, the city of Bayeux in Normandy is preparing with Reporters Without Borders to inaugurate a memorial to all the journalists who have been killed in the course of their work throughout the world since 1944.
The number of journalists killed in the Vietnam war during the two decades from 1955 to 1975 is estimated to have been at least 63.
A total of 49 journalists and media assistants were killed in the course of the fighting in former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995.
www.rsf.org /article.php3/IMG/pdf/IMG/aiff/article.php3?id_article=17943   (480 words)

  
 The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Journalists can call our toll-free legal defense hotline with questions about how the law affects the gathering and reporting of news.
Journalists needing help with specific questions or problems can send us a message or contact us by phone at 800-336-4243.
Two journalists have been subpoenaed to testify about a soldier who publicly spoke out against the war in Iraq and refused to deploy with his unit.
www.rcfp.org   (1461 words)

  
 Committee to Protect Journalists
According to research compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists, 54 journalists have been killed in the line of duty so far this year, surpassing the toll in 1995, when 51 were killed, many in Algeria's bloody civil war.
The deadliest year for journalists since CPJ began compiling detailed statistics was 1994, when 66 journalists were killed, mostly in Algeria, Rwanda, and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
CPJ considers a journalist to be killed on duty if the person died as a result of a hostile action, such as retaliation for his or her work, or in crossfire while carrying out a dangerous assignment.
www.commondreams.org /cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/news2004/1210-18.htm   (414 words)

  
 IFEX ::
The Committee to Protect Journalists is writing to protest your government's targeting of the private press following clashes last week between protesters and security forces, in which at least 40 people were killed, according to international news reports.
As an organization of journalists dedicated to defending the rights of our colleagues worldwide, CPJ is deeply troubled by your government's harassment and censorship of journalists.
Journalists must be free to do their jobs without fear of reprisal.
www.ifex.org /en/content/view/full/70312   (760 words)

  
 List of journalists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
French and Old French liste "strip, band; list, note", from Italian lista, from a Germanic source.
the list of repairs and finish work required to complete a large project, such as the construction of a building; a list of problems to correct
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma (http://www.dartcenter.org/) was set up by a global network of journalists, teachers of journalism and health workers to improve media coverage of trauma, conflict and tragedy.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-List_of_journalists.html   (871 words)

  
 afrol News - Your Portal to Africa!
According to the information that Namisa have gathered, the reportages of these journalists are "regarded as a threat, an embarrassment to the government and an obstacle in the way of the now failed Open Term Bill," MISA Researcher Zoe Titus reports from Namibia.
The journalists had also ensured enough publicity on the otherwise hurried debate on the "Open Term Bill" while state controlled media had in unisonely propagated the Bill.
Ngulube says there is a resurgence of that plan to harass journalists or media houses that are critical of the government.
www.afrol.com /html/News2002/maw013_beat_journalists.htm   (691 words)

  
 Poynter Online - Feedback
Ultimately we'd like the list to be as comprehensive as possible, including journalists from around the world; it was easiest to begin with familiar American journalists, so those are the ones you see.
Posted by Julie Moos 3/30/2003 11:19:17 AM We have several refinements to the map in the works, including a printable/searchable list of journalists who are in or near Iraq, and an improve...
Posted by Glenn Frazier 3/29/2003 6:19:57 PM It'd be extremely useful to have the data on embedded journalists in a list format (outside of Flash).
www.poynter.org /article_feedback/article_feedback_list.asp?user=&id=27071   (629 words)

  
 A new wave of government threat targets Ethiopian journalists
The Ethiopian Free Press Journalists Association (EFJA) called on the Ethiopian people and press freedom watchdogs around the world to pay attention to the plight of journalists in the country, circulated a list of journalists imprisoned on June 2.
A new wave of harassing Journalists, who are responsible in reporting news for the free press, is reappearing as of today (June 1, 2005).
The journalists listed above received today June 1/2005 a written order from the Federal Central Investigation Office to report to the police on 2 June, 2005 tommorow.
www.ethiomedia.com /newpress/journalists_threatened.html   (384 words)

  
 CBC.ca Arts - Journalists more ethical than you think: study
Wilkins and Coleman, both former journalists, spent two years interviewing 249 print and broadcast journalists across the U.S. and administering the Defining Issues Test, a widely accepted method of assessing a person's moral development created about 30 years ago by psychologist Lawrence Hohlberg and the University of Minnesota.
Journalists ranked fourth on the list, following the top-ranked seminarians or philosophers, medical students and practising physicians.
Journalists who had experience with investigative journalism scored significantly higher than those with a more general assignment.
www.cbc.ca /arts/story/2005/05/05/journalistethics050505.html?ref=rss   (1612 words)

  
 Canadian Association of Journalists — CAJ ListServ
The purpose of the main list server is to provide a forum for Canadian journalists on issues pertaining to all facets of journalism, including: trade craft, standards, ethics, media and related issues.
The list is moderated; however, unless a posting is clearly off-topic or in some way could be perceived as abusive, the moderation is moderate.
The purpose of this list server is to provide a forum for women journalists on issues of interest to them.
www.caj.ca /services/list-serves.html   (289 words)

  
 maw023 Malawi ruling party draws up list of journalists to be beaten
Banda said he has heard the rumours that he is on the fl list and wondered why the UDF should resort to beating up people instead of just answering the allegation.
Journalists Brian Ligomeka and Chinyeke Tembo have been beaten up during and soon after the SADC conference allegedly for working with NDA leader Brown Mpinganjira; John Saini, publisher of "Pride" magazine, was also threatened during the summit.
Texts and graphics may be reproduced freely, under the condition that their origin is clearly referred to, see Conditions.
www.afrol.com /News2001/maw023_attack_journalists.htm   (631 words)

  
 Welcome to Internet News Bureau!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Journalists find our releases to be of value -- if they did not they would discontinue their INB subscription.
Journalists who are interested in receiving your information as distributed by INB.
Journalists who actually read the Digest and often use content taken from it -- which increases the chances that your material will be covered.
www.internetnewsbureau.com /alist   (750 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - List of journalists who died in Iraq war   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Tareq Ayyoub, Jordanian journalist for Al-Jazeera, Qatar, April 8, at the Al-Jazeera office in Baghdad.
Two other Independent Television News journalists, cameraman Fred Nerac of France and translator Hussein Osman of Lebanon, have been missing since the shooting incident March 22 in southern Iraq in which Terry Lloyd was killed.
Elizabeth Neuffer, a reporter for The Boston Globe, died May 8 after the car in which she was a passenger apparently struck a guardrail near the town of Samarra, about halfway between Baghdad and Tikrit.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2003-05-09-reporters-dead_x.htm   (360 words)

  
 Cops and Courts Reporters ListServ
The Cops and Courts Reporters discussion list is maintained by Criminal Justice Journalists, the national professional organization of writers, editors, and broadcasters covering crime and justice.
Comments to the discussion list are off the record, and must not be published, broadcast, or redistributed beyond the listserv without permission of the author.
Use of the list indicates that you have read and agreed to these policies; members who don't follow them may be removed without warning.
reporters.net /cjj/listserv.html   (527 words)

  
 Journalists Killed in 2001
Gunmen dragged the four journalists out of two of the front cars, marched them into the surrounding hills, and executed them using Kalashnikov rifles, according to a driver and translator who were allowed to flee and later spoke to reporters.
Local journalists and press sources reported that the bus driver ran over Nejma while trying to escape demonstrators intent on torching his bus, or that one of the protesters had commandeered the vehicle and was trying to crash it into local security forces.
When the motive for a journalist's murder is unclear but there is reason to suspect that it was related to the journalist's profession, CPJ classifies that death as "unconfirmed." CPJ continues its research to identify the reasons for the crime and tries to persuade authorities to investigate, apprehend, and punish the culprits.
www.cpj.org /killed/killed01.html   (9459 words)

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