Journalism, press freedom, free speech, censorship: News & resources

1. Independent media advocates must develop creative news sites (February 1, 2010)
   We should be able to come up with two or three practical models that can be used to set up sustainable news and information production and delivery systems.
2. Could a 'mini-paper' nip at the heels of mainstream press? (January 21, 2010)
   A mini-paper would be incredibly inexpensive to publish. There would be no requirement for newsprint, a huge printing plant or large delivery system.
3. Creation of Sustainable Free Media Would Be Huge Breakthrough (January 12, 2010)
   Independent media organizations would approach news differently compared to the coverage provided by corporate-owned media.
4. Canadian Media in Crisis (January 10, 2010)
   How so-called "business journalism" is often biased and tends to give readers a distorted picture of the news.
5. Manual teaches intelligence agency employees how to spy on problem journalists (December 21, 2009)
   The weekly Semana has revealed the existence of an instruction manual for employees of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS), Colombia’s leading intelligence agency, that explains how they should spy on, threaten, intimidate and discredit NGOs, judges and journalists who create problems for the government.
6. Media Still Struggling to Break Gender Barriers in Cambodia (December 21, 2009)
   Cambodia's media organisations are a 'battleground' for old ways and new approaches when it comes to gender.
7. Freedom of expression under attack in every region, say IFEX members on International Human Rights Day (December 17, 2009)
   To mark International Human Rights Day IFEX members paused to comment on violations of free expression as they commemorated the 61st anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
8. IFJ Calls for "New Mindset" over Media Accountability and Future of Journalism (December 17, 2009)
   Building public trust in journalism is critical for democracy and development and requires a "new mindset" about media accountability says the International Federation of Journalists.
9. Chilcot Inquiry - The Establishment Goes to Work (December 16, 2009)
   When public scepticism erupts in response to resultant extremes of state violence and criminality that even the media are powerless to deny, the illusion of democracy must be bolstered. Then Tweedledum-Tweedledee will choose from their own to rig an "inquiry", while their media allies present the process as something other than a farce.
10. Why Canada must limit the influence of corporate media (December 16, 2009)
    Traditional news departments follow unwritten but well-understood guidelines concerning what they should not cover. Most people in the newsrooms have been so thoroughly indoctrinated in corporate ideology that they seldom suggest a story that falls outside of the guidelines.
11. US games company sues British blogger (December 11, 2009)
    In an internet defamation case that lawyers say could set an "extraordinary precedent", an American games company is suing a British blogger in the Australian courts.
12. Canwest latest ‘media giant’ to exploit news operations (December 8, 2009)
    Media corporations claim to care about quality journalism, but they’ve deceived Canadians for decades -- censoring news to protect their profits, pandering to the interests of the corporate world, and neglecting to invest adequately in their news operations. For decades powerful media corporations have decided what news Canadians should read, hear, and see. By reading just about any Canadian daily newspaper it’s not hard to see how the values of corporate-owned media are quite different from the values and interests of the majority of Canadians.
13. Iran: Appeal by European journalists for release of reporter Fariba Pajooh (December 6, 2009)
    We journalists working for the media in Europe have united to ask for Fariba Pajooh’s immediate and unconditional release.
14. Spies for Hire: New Online Database of U.S. Intelligence Contractors (December 6, 2009)
    Starting today, journalists, activists, and corporate researchers will be able to use the Internet site SpiesForHire.org to track the nation’s most important intelligence contractors.
15. 2009 Journalist Conference in Israel: No News (December 2, 2009)
    The support provided by Israel’s primary media to the security and political moves of the government—any government—is not new in Israel. The perception that media is committed to the ethics of the “public’s right to know,” in numerous cases even against strong currents that demand the silencing and concealment of information, serves more as a title for academic conferences and less as a rule that guides the media establishment in Israel. Not only this, but the journalists’ association adopted the official governmental approach in relation to international forums concerned with human rights. This approach places obstacles of suspicion and hostility before anyone who does not follow the official line of Israeli patriotism. Legitimate criticism of unprofessional and unethical conduct of media that volunteers for national or military service is countered with the contention that the source of criticism is anti-Semitic.
16. Pay-to-Print (November 30, 2009)
    On "paid news".
17. A Comparative Review of Flat Earth News and Newspeak (November 20, 2009)
    A comparative review of two recent books about the media, one a mainstream view, the other using the propaganda model of media control.
18. Free Speech Protection Act could slow 'libel tourism' (November 16, 2009)
    Free press advocates in Britain are looking to a bill stuck in the U.S. Congress for moral support in the fight to reform England’s draconian defamation laws. The U.S. bill, the Free Speech Protection Act 2009, is itself the product of those laws, which have made London the capital of “libel tourism.”
19. Mexican crime reporter abducted and slain in Durango State (November 4, 2009)
    Crime reporter Bladimir Antuna García was found murdered Monday night, according local news reports, after reportedly being abducted from a street in the Mexican city of Durango that morning.
20. Toronto’s Citizen Lab uses forensics to fight online censors (November 2, 2009)
    Citizen Lab's team of academics and students investigate in real time governments and companies that restrict what we see and hear on the Internet. They are also trying to help online journalists and bloggers slip the shackles of censorship and surveillance.
21. Interior Ministry protection programme for journalists also used for "close-quarters spying" (October 30, 2009)
    Journalist Claudia Julieta Duque, who is under an interior ministry protection programme for journalists, has been harassed and intimidated by Colombia's intelligence services, who obtained information about her from her alleged protectors.
22. Sources Calendar (October 29, 2009)
    Listings of events of interest to journalists, editors, researchers, publishers and others working in the media and in publishing, covering Canadian and international events, press conferences, meetings, festivals and holidays, as well as award deadlines.
23. Sources News Releases (October 29, 2009)
    News releases from organizations and companies on a wide range of topics. Includes an extensive topic index, an archive of releases going back to the 1970s, and links to experts and organizations knowledgeable about the issues covered in the releases. Available via RSS feed as well as on the Sources.com website.
24. Thirty years on, the holocaust in Cambodia and its aftermath is remembered (October 26, 2009)
    John Pilger recalls the stricken society he found in Cambodia in 1979 which he described in his epic dispatches and documentary, Year Zero: the Silent Death of Cambodia. He reminds us that the Pol Pot horror emerged from the bombing ordered by Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, and that Cambodia was again "punished" when its liberators came from the wrong side of the cold war and the Thatcher government send special forces to train the Khmer Rouge in exile.
25. A memorial to killed journalists, a call to action (October 20, 2009)
    More than 500 journalists have been targeted for murder, our research shows, and nearly nine in 10 of these slayings go unpunished. Another 200 journalists have been killed in combat or on dangerous assignments; their stories offer lessons in how to improve security and hold governments accountable. Through interactive maps, timelines, and statistical breakdowns, our new database provides analysis by country, year, and type of death. It puts a special emphasis on unsolved murders, a focal point of CPJ's Global Campaign Against Impunity.
26. Guardian gagged from reporting Parliament (October 13, 2009)
    
27. Trafigura gag attempt unites house in protest (October 13, 2009)
    Efforts by the law firm Carter-Ruck to stop reporting of a Commons question about Trafigura have outraged MPs on all sides.
28. Guardian gagged from reporting parliament (October 12, 2009)
    Today's published Commons order papers contain a question to be answered by a minister later this week. The Guardian is prevented from identifying the MP who has asked the question, what the question is, which minister might answer it, or where the question is to be found. The Guardian is also forbidden from telling its readers why the paper is prevented – for the first time in memory – from reporting parliament. Legal obstacles, which cannot be identified, involve proceedings, which cannot be mentioned, on behalf of a client who must remain secret.
29. The Twitterest Pill (October 9, 2009)
    Who judges the legitimate and illegitimate uses of communications technology in social movements? Which networked alliances have State-sponsorship, and which ones face criminalization and State-crackdown? Social media are relying on open network access, but this openness too easily sugarcoats itself in democratic notions (participation, interactivity, freedom). At the same historic moment, we are also witnessing an expansion, integration, and refinement of sovereign police power. When the two converge we begin to see an increase in repressive intervention into, and pre-emption of, information use.
30. Chomsky in Mexico (October 2, 2009)
    September has been a big month for La Jornada. To celebrate its 25th birthday, the National Lottery offered a commemorative ticket as did the Mexico City Metro subway system, rare mainstream honors for a lefty rag, and notorious U.S. rabble rouser Noam Chomsky came to town to help cut the cake - along with Gabriel Garcia Marquez (a founding investor) and the much-lauded Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano. The Jornada was founded in 1984 by itinerant journalists who had bounced from one short-lived left periodical to the next.
31. Lazy Journalists are the Darlings of the Corporations (October 2, 2009)
    Lazy journalists are great friends of the corporations. They are known as "armchair journalists" because they sit in comfort and rewrite press releases from politicians and corporations. To spice it up a bit, they dial a few numbers, get a few comments and call it a news story. They are the "darlings of the energy companies," as Buffy Sainte Marie says.
32. What Some US Reporters Don't Get About Brazil and the Honduras Crisis (September 23, 2009)
    Clueless desk editors like those at the New York Times titled these conflicts "Riots in Honduras." But you don't need to be able to understand Spanish to see and hear that, distinct from rioters, the young people of the neighborhood that came out and violated the military curfew to defend their neighborhood from this police invasion know and have memorized complicated political slogans and rhymes which they chanted in unison. "Riots" are disorganized explosions. This neighborhood, and others like it, however, have been forced by the realities of the coup to organize themselves to a greater extent than ever before.
33. Can Journalism Schools Be Relevant In A World On The Brink? (September 14, 2009)
    The best of our students are worried not just about whether they can find a job after graduation but also whether those jobs will allow them to contribute to shaping a decent future for a world on the brink.
34. Defending the right to offend, shock or disturb (September 10, 2009)
    Insult laws are designed to protect politicians, government leaders and officials and state institutions, arming the state with access to resources and legal doctrines that no other citizen has.
35. Volunteer Translators Wanted – English to Arabic (September 4, 2009)
    Connexions, an independent non-profit research organization and information clearinghouse based in Toronto, Canada, seeks volunteer translators to translate articles, and terms in our subject index, from English to Arabic.
36. Death of a journalist who combined professionalism with strong humanistic convictions (September 3, 2009)
    
37. Media Capitalism, the State and 21st Century Media Democracy Struggles (August 9, 2009)
    Robert McChesney talks about contemporary media capitalism and 21st century media democracy struggles to understand and change it.
38. IFJ Demands End to Intimidation as Iran Shuts Journalists' Association (August 7, 2009)
    International Federation of Journalists calls on Iranian authorities to end the campaign of intimidation of journalists in the country following closure of the Association of Journalists in Tehran whose offices were raided and sealed by armed men.
39. In Brad Will killing, report fuels questions, controversy (August 3, 2009)
    Continuing questions about journalist's murder in Oaxaca in 2006.
40. Mainstream Media And The Propaganda Machine (July 24, 2009)
    Mainstream media, especially the American media plays a vital role in shaping the world public opinion.
41. IFJ Welcomes Lifting of Ban on Al-Jazeera in West Bank (July 21, 2009)
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today welcomed the decision of the Palestinian Authority to revoke its order of 15 July to close Al-Jazeera's office in the West Bank.
42. Twitterers Paid To Spread Israeli Propaganda (July 21, 2009)
    Israel’s foreign ministry is reported to be establishing a special undercover team of paid workers whose job it will be to surf the internet 24 hours a day spreading positive news about Israel. Internet-savvy Israeli youngsters, mainly recent graduates and demobilised soldiers with language skills, are being recruited to pose as ordinary surfers while they provide the government’s line on the Middle East conflict.
    
43. Journalist harassed and intimidated by police officers in Cairo after article on curruption (July 17, 2009)
    Police officers have led organised attacks against Alaa Al Gamel, a reporter for weekly Sout Al Ouma.
44. Two foreign reporters arrested in Namibia for filming seal slaughter (July 17, 2009)
    
45. Journalism is a profession, not a cover (July 16, 2009)
    The kidnapping of two French government security advisors in Mogadishu on Tuesday caused outrage among media workers and rights groups - after reports surfaced that they had been posing as journalists.
46. An American Radical's Brand of Investigative Journalism (July 14, 2009)
    I.F. Stone made significant contributions to investigative journalism at a time in the U.S. when holding powerful institutions to account was seen as unpatriotic and disloyal, writes Cecil Rosner in this review of D.D. Guttenplan's new biography American Radical The Life and Times of I.F. Stone.
47. The Details on Reporting on Life... and Death (July 10, 2009)
    After watching the graphic video of the young Iranian Neda Agha-Soltan dying, The Toronto Star's Lesley Ciarula Taylor questions how storytelling is changing and if spotting the telling details is a dying art in journalism.
48. A noble profession stained by claims of extortion (July 3, 2009)
    The arrest of journalists for extortion is a blot on the profession, writes The New Times in an editorial. This is not the first time this has happened. Previously, a journalist caught blackmailing somebdy with the threat of publication said: 'Its is how we survive.' The case highlights the urgent need for a self-regulatory mechanism for the media.
49. Building a better Journalism (July 1, 2009)
    Extra! asked progressive media activists and scholars to share their ideas on how to make journalism's future better than its present; the following are some of the highlights:
    The one thing that we should do in the face of the erosion of commercial journalism is invest heavily in libraries. That means we should publicly support the human capital, technological tools, and collections of public, school and university libraries.
    
50. Media freedom must include access to information (July 1, 2009)
    Journalists can't do their work if they are prevented from accessing information, including attending public events involving important officials, writes Eugene Anagwa in The New Times. Government officials are too quick to censor the information by refusing to co-operate with journalists.
51. Nicaragua Special Report: Daniel Ortega's Media War (July 1, 2009)
    Driven by decades old hostilities, Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega has deined independent media as enemies and has moved aggressively to obstruct them. In a special report, Carlos Lauria and Joel Simon detail the government's tactics against independent media.
52. The Hate Crimes Bill: How Not to Remember Matthew Shepard (June 26, 2009)
    The problem with the Hate Crimes Prevention Act is that it creates a thought crime and also categories of crime victims for disparate treatment. Goodbye to equality under the law.
53. Special Report: Reporting, and Surviving, in Ciudad Juarez (June 24, 2009)
    In one of Mexico’s most dangerous cities, reporting the news requires extreme caution. Self-censorship and manipulation of the news are constants.
54. Citizen media takes the stage as protests continue in Iran (June 23, 2009)
    Wth foreign media expelled from Iran, and local journalists being targeted, citizen journalists are becoming vital in covering the situation on the ground. MENASSAT interviewed Magda Abu-Fadil, Director of the Journalism Training Program at the American University of Beirut (AUB), to discuss what this means for the future of journalism
55. Freelancing Abroad (June 23, 2009)
    Planning to freelance in another country? After reporting for more than three years in Africa and Asia, Karen Palmer has twelve easy steps for freelancers heading somewhere new.
56. Centre Powerless to Help Journalists (June 22, 2009)
    The Doha Centre’s chief purpose is to help journalists in danger, but for several weeks the Qatar authorities have not given it the resources to fulfil this role.
57. Police Posing as Journalists (June 20, 2009)
    When undercover police pretend to be journalists, they not only make reporters' jobs harder and more dangerous but make it harder for minority groups to be heard, speakers at a Canadian Journalists for Freedom of Expression panel discussion said.
58. Reporters Without Borders publishes a first Guide for exiled journalists (June 20, 2009)
    Reporters Without Borders marked World Refugee Day by publishing a guide for journalists driven into exile, to provide them with information about the procedures and potential obstacles in seeking asylum.
59. 12 States Sign World's First Treaty on Access to Information (June 19, 2009)
    12 European countries today became the first states to sign the Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents.
60. UNESCO Urged to Continue Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide (June 18, 2009)
    Five IFEX members and one other organisation wrote to UNESCO, asking the UN body to continue acting as a defender and champion of freedom of expression worldwide.
61. WAFA speaks Hebrew too (June 18, 2009)
    The official Palestine News and Information Center (WAFA) officially launched its Hebrew-language news Website to provide Hebrew speaking readers with what the agency described as accurate information from Palestine.
    President Mahmoud Abbas said that this page is meant to be a means of communication and direct dialogue with the Israelis.
    He said that the news Website would show credibility, objectivity and accuracy in order to reflect the legitimate Palestinian aspiration and eagerness to live in peace and liberty in their sovereign Palestinian state.
    He added that the Palestinian Authority believes in coexistence and peace between the two peoples. WAFA’s director-general Riyadh Al Hasan, stated that the Hebrew page of WAFA was overdue and should have been published a long time ago to reach Hebrew readers....
62. Israel sentences two to prison terms for censorship breach (June 17, 2009)
    The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns an Israeli court decision to sentence two television journalists on charges of breaching the military censorship law during the offensive in Gaza in December and January.
    
63. Special Report: Journalists in Exile 2009 (June 17, 2009)
    Sri Lankan journalists flee under severe pressure in the past year. Iraq and Somalia, two deadly countries for the press, also rank high in numbers of journalists forced into exile. Hundreds of journalists have been driven into exile this decade
64. New Freelance Contract Causing a Stir (June 15, 2009)
    Transcontinental Media has recently introduced a revised contract for freelance writers who work for one of its many publications.
65. Sources Select Resources (June 15, 2009)
    Reviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers.
66. Secret Documents (June 11, 2009)
    Recent stories about misplaced cabinet documents and secret memos reminded Cecil Rosner of a similar experience 25 years ago. It was one of those moments reporters seldom experience – and never forget.
67. Censorship is the Wrong Way to Combat the British National Party (June 8, 2009)
    The illiberal obsession with silencing Nick Griffin and the British National Party in the run up to elections has won the party undeserved publicity, says Claire Fox
68. Ethnic Media Reaching Record Numbers in U.S. (June 8, 2009)
    Nearly 60 million Americans now regularly get information from ethnically oriented TV, radio, newspapers, and Web sites, many of which are published or broadcast in languages other than English -- and that number is on the rise.
    As mainstream newspapers and cable news channels in the United States are losing more money, readers, and viewers each year, ethnic media appears to be "maybe the most vibrant part" of the media landscape...
    
69. Protecting Kosovo (June 4, 2009)
    Lushtaku may be tactically right not to want to appear in the “Jeta ne Kosova” debate, but strategically he has lost this battle. A politician who starts a war with a journalist will lose that war. His public lynching of Jeta, is being conducted under false pretexts.
70. World Press Freedom Day: Commission launches 2009 Lorenzo Natali Prize for committed journalists (June 3, 2009)
    On World Press Freedom Day the Commission is officially launching the Lorenzo Natali Prize for 2009. The prize is awarded to journalists who have demonstrated a commitment to human rights, democracy and development.
71. Journalists can Embrace Emotions AND Remain Neutral (June 2, 2009)
    Reporters' opinions always affect the story in some way. So why not embrace the emotion, join the conversation and address the community directly, Belgian newspaper publisher Roland Legrand asks – albeit a little tentatively.
72. Ethnic Insult Poses Dilemma for Anchorage TV Reporter (June 1, 2009)
    One reporter struggles with the problem of racist jokes in the media.
73. IFJ Launches Emergency Appeal for Pakistani Journalists (May 26, 2009)
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is launching an emergency appeal to provide emergency financial support to more than 100 journalists and their families who were forced to flee the intense conflict in northern Pakistan.
    
74. International Multimedia News Lab Launched in Prague (May 25, 2009)
    Representatives of World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and PPF Group have launched the International Multimedia News Lab in Prague. The training and educational centre, combined with the editorial house is called FUTUROOM - newsroom of the future.
75. Egypt: Security authorities confiscate book about corruption (May 20, 2009)
    The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) reports that the Egyptian security authorities have confiscated a book entitled "A Flood of Corruption and the Advance of bin Laden in Algeria" by the Algerian writer, Anwar Malek.
76. Iraq: News website latest target in government’s legal offensive against independent media (May 20, 2009)
    Reporters Without Borders condemns the Iraqi government’s continuing legal offensive against independent news media, which for the first time is also targeting Internet media.
77. Police in Tunisia's Gafsa mining region harass reporter for banned newspaper (May 20, 2009)
    Reporters Without Borders is concerned about the way the police in Tunisia have been harassing political activist Ammar Amroussia in recent days. Amroussia writes for El Badil (Alternative), a banned newspaper.
78. East Timor: Journalists Hold Out for Better Media Laws (May 19, 2009)
    Journalists in East Timor are anxiously waiting for a set of media laws to be revised after a negative reaction to a draft that was circulated in March.
79. Moroccan journalists face charges of defaming Qaddafi (May 19, 2009)
    The Committee to Protect Journalists is dismayed by the start of court proceedings today against five Moroccan journalists charged with publicly harming Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi and hurting his dignity.
80. Sri Lanka Army holding three doctors who gave information to press (May 19, 2009)
    Reporters Without Borders urges the Sri Lankan authorities to quickly release three Tamil doctors who have been arrested for providing the news media with information about the humanitarian situation in Vanni.
81. Mexico: Article 19 Calls for a Federal Policy to Prevent Aggressions against Journalists (May 18, 2009)
    Press release calling on the Government of Mexico and President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa to establish a committee to protect journalists and implement a comprehensive strategy to stop attacks on journalists and media workers.
82. South Caucasus (May 15, 2009)
    Press release on the continued violence against journalists symptomatic of ongoing repression in the region.
83. Authorities step up offensive against journalists and websites (May 14, 2009)
    Reporters Without Borders is concerned about freedom of expression in Bahrain. In the past couple of months, two journalists have been charged because of what they wrote and the information ministry has stepped up Internet filtering.
    
84. Dissident journalist facing jail term on 'disrespect' charge (May 14, 2009)
    Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate release of independent journalist Alberto Santiago Du Bouchet, who was arrested after a verbal exchange with a policeman in Artemisa (in Havana province) on 18 April.
85. IFJ Backs Russian and Asian Unions in Campaign to Rebuild Trust in Media (May 14, 2009)
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is backing a regional campaign led by journalists' leaders from Russia, Turkey and Central Asia to strengthen quality journalism in the face of political pressure and a media crisis across the region.
86. IFJ Condemns New Attack on Journalists' Sources in UK (May 14, 2009)
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European group, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) today joined their affiliate, the National Union of Journalists in the UK and Ireland (NUJ), in condemning the secrecy.
87. IFJ Condemns Reckless Use of Violence against Media House in Yemen (May 14, 2009)
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the shocking disregard for safety of journalists and media staff who were caught in the crossfire of a battle between security forces and armed guards at a publishing house in Yemen.
    
88. IFJ Condemns Threats and Intimidation against Journalists in Somalia (May 14, 2009)
    The International Federation of Journalists has condemned today the threats and intimidations against journalists in Somalia after the head of an Islamic militia group in Somalia warned journalists against reports which are critical of the movement
89. Newspaper reporter arrested as she returns to Israel from Gaza Strip (May 14, 2009)
    Reporters Without Borders condemns Israeli newspaper reporter Amira Hass’s arrest at the Erez border crossing yesterday as she returned to Israel after spending four months in the Gaza Strip reporting for the Tel Aviv-based daily Haaretz.
90. IFJ Calls for Inquiry Into Lasantha's Murder (May 12, 2009)
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the widow of Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge in calling on Sri Lanka's power-holders to take immediate action to conduct a full, fair and independent investigation into the murder
91. Israeli authorities close Palestinian media centre in East Jerusalem (May 12, 2009)
    Reporters Without Borders condemns yesterday morning's decision by the Israeli internal security ministry to shut down the Palestinian media centre that had been set up in the East Jerusalem.
92. Roxana Saberi finally freed (May 12, 2009)
    Reporters Without Borders hails today’s release of Iranian-American journalist.
93. The Left-Wing Media Fallacy (May 8, 2009)
    The issue is not complex, not esoteric: in a world dominated by corporate power we rely on media corporations for news about that world. Future generations will surely be aghast that so few people today are able to perceive the perfectly obvious problem, the very clear source of mass control, that this implies.
94. Reporters without Borders reinforces its safety provisions for journalists (April 30, 2009)
    Two years after UNESCO’s Medellin Declaration, which reaffirmed UN Security Council resolution 1738 on the obligation to protect journalists in war zones, violence against journalists continues to be one of the biggest threats to freedom of expression. A total of 60 journalists were murdered and 29 were kidnapped in 2008. More than 1,500 were arrested, threatened or physically attacked in connection with their work. The war in Iraq, which has caused the death of more than 200 journalists and media workers, is the most dramatic example.
95. 10 Worst Countries to be a Blogger (April 30, 2009)
    CPJ names the worst online oppressors. Booming online cultures in many Asian and Middle Eastern nations have led to aggressive government repression. Burma leads the dishonor roll.
96. ARTICLE 19 launches the Camden Principles on Freedom of Expression and Equality (April 26, 2009)
    ARTICLE 19 has launched The Camden Principles on Freedom of Expression and Equality, a ground-breaking document that will guide legislators, policy-makers and civil society in balancing the rights to freedom of expression and equality.
97. World Copyright Day: Stop Unfair Contracts for Journalists (April 26, 2009)
    The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) condemns the widespread use of unfair contracts by media employers that deprive journalists from their authors' rights.
98. Thailand: With Censorship, Thais Turn to Websites and Foreign Media (April 20, 2009)
    When the Thai government imposed an emergency law cracking down on rampaging red-shirted protesters on the streets of Bangkok, the military, in combat gear, was not its only weapon. The state’s censors were given liberty to silence critical media.
99. UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize 2009 to be awarded posthumously to Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge (April 7, 2009)
    The late Sri Lankan journalist and editor of the Sunday Leader Lasantha Wickrematunge, who was assassinated on 8 January this year, has been named laureate of the 2009 UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize.
100. Getting Away with Murder 2009 (March 23, 2009)
     The already murderous conditions for the press in Sri Lanka and Pakistan deteriorated further in the past year, the Committee to Protect Journalists has found in its newly updated Impunity Index, a list of countries where journalists are killed regularly and governments fail to solve the crimes...
101. IFJ Launches Booklet to Engage Media Professionals in Fight Against Gender Discrimination (March 6, 2009)
     The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today called on media professionals and unions activists to join the fight against gender discrimination by releasing a booklet on gender equality.
102. Justice in the News: A Response to the targetting of media in Gaza (February 20, 2009)
     A mission to Gaza found that media were subject to intimidation and direct military assault and deliberately prevented from working freely. The findings confirm evidence of frequent targeting of media during the operations.
103. And Then They Came For Me (January 7, 2009)
     An editorial by Lasantha Wickrematunge shortly before he was murdered on January 8, 2009, and published three days after his death.
104. The Deaths of Michael Jackson and “Neda” Grip the Blogosphere (2009)
     Michael Jackson and Neda Agha-Soltan had little in common in life. But together last week their deaths in Los Angeles and Tehran consumed the blogosphere and became emblematic of the flow and character of modern communication.
105. Detecting Bull (2009)
     This book helps teach students how to view the news and find trustworthy information. It takes the lessons learned from his years leading GradeTheNews.org, a website that rated the news in San Francisco.
     
106. Eyes on Congress (2009)
     Democratic majorities in both chambers have improved the outlook for long-awaited media initiatives. Kathleen Kirby discusses Freedom of Information Issues pending in the 111th Congress.
107. 'Free speech' - as long as it doesn't offend anyone (January 1, 2009)
     On the issue of free speech most of the right and much of the left are in agreement, and so too are many liberals, activists, and human rights apparatchiks. They hold essentially the same position on freedom of expression – they are for it ‘in principle’, but only so long as it isn’t used to express views that they find unacceptable or offensive. What they disagree about is merely who gets to decide what ideas are unacceptable, i.e., who gets to censor who.
     
108. Journalists Killed since 1992 (2009)
     A database of more than 700 journalists who have been murdered or killed on dangerous assignments since 1992. Interactive maps, timelines, and statistical breakdowns providing analysis by country, year, and type of death with a special emphasis on unsolved murders, a focal point of CPJ's Global Campaign Against Impunity.
109. Militants Destroy Journalists’ Houses in Pakistan (2009)
     Despite government high claims of clearing the area of militants, militants have started attacking journalists’ houses in the Buner district of northwestern Pakistan.
110. Sources Calendar Expired Entries (2009)
     An archive of past events listed in the Sources Calendar.
111. Sources News Release Archive 2009 (2009)
     News releases from 2009.
112. Sources Newsstand (2009)
     
113. Sources (Portal für Journalisten and Autoren) - Wikipedia Artikel (2009)
     Sources ist ein Informationsportal für Journalisten, Redakteure, Autoren und Forscher mit dem Schwerpunkt auf Personen als Quellen: Fachleute und Repräsentanten, die bereit sind Fragen von Reportern zu beantworten oder sich für Live-Interviews zur Verfügung stellen.
114. Sources Select Authors (2009)
     Authors available to take media calls about their area of expertise.
     
115. Sources Select Speakers (2009)
     Speakers available to take media calls about their area of expertise, and available for speaking engagements.
116. The State of the News Media 2009 (2009)
     Some of the numbers are chilling. Newspaper ad revenues have fallen 23% in the last two years. Some papers are in bankruptcy, and others have lost three-quarters of their value. Nearly one out of every five journalists working for newspapers in 2001 is now gone, and 2009 may be the worst year yet. In local television, news staffs, already too small to adequately cover their communities, are being cut at unprecedented rates; revenues fell by 7% in an election year — something unheard of — and ratings are now falling or are flat across the schedule. In network news, even the rare programs increasing their ratings are seeing revenues fall. The report also includes our in-depth content analysis, based on a study of nearly 80,000 news stories and television and radio segments in A Year in the News. This year we also offer some Special Reports. There is one on citizen-based media, including a university study of 363 citizen websites in 46 markets. There is a backgrounder on the growing models of entrepreneurial journalism, new Web news organizations run by professional journalists outside the mainstream press.
117. Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009 (2009)
     Provides a list and indepth analysis of the top 25 stories that were censored throughout the year in 2009.
118. Twitter (2009)
     Tips for using Twitter as a journalism and research tool.
119. Vietnam: Blogger's Arrest Alarms Free Speech Advocates (2009)
     Reporters Without Borders has condemned the arrest of Vietnamese pro-democracy blogger Nguyen Tien Trung on July 7 for allegedly engaging in anti-state activities.
     
120. Wikipedia's article about Sources - local version (2009)