Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American University School of Communication, Bill Gentile, foreign correspondence, Foreign correspondent, International journalism, International reporting on March 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
In February 2012, Honduran journalist Dina Meza received two text messages that threatened her with sexual violence and death. The messages were signed Commando Alvarez Martinez, a pseudonym that is often used in Honduras to threaten human rights activists and journalists with torture, rape and death. Now this week, Dina Meza will tell her story and publicly testify about the impunity and violence journalists like her face in Honduras.
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American University School of Communication, Bill Gentile, foreign correspondence, Foreign correspondent, International journalism, International reporting on March 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
In Tunisia, blogs are now providing media press freedom for independent journalism.
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American University School of Communication, Bill Gentile, foreign correspondence, Foreign correspondent, International journalism, International reporting on March 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Robert Fisk, an English writer and journalist, has been Middle East correspondent of The Independent for more than twenty years, primarily based in Beirut. Here are some his experiences in Syria.
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American University School of Communication, Bill Gentile, foreign correspondence, Foreign correspondent, International journalism, International reporting on March 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
March 16, 2014 marked the 1000th day of imprisonment for Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu. She is one of the independent journalists and bloggers that awe convicted by the Ethiopian government under a sweeping anti-terrorism law since 2011. Here are some descriptions about the plight of imprisoned life for these Ethiopian journalists include Reeyot from blogger BefeQadu Z Hailu and some twitter examples from twitter users that sent out tweets to express their support for the jailed journalist.
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American University School of Communication, Bill Gentile, foreign correspondence, Foreign correspondent, International journalism, International reporting on March 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Anjan Sundaram, who declared himself as a freelance journalist, went to Congo to fill his life. Here are some stories about his experiences. The key point is: Going freelance, to Congo, Africa, with a young now-journalist who just did it.
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American University School of Communication, Bill Gentile, foreign correspondence, Foreign correspondent, International journalism, International reporting on March 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
In 2013, seventy journalists reporting from conflict zones were killed. Professional media workers and citizen journalists alike have been targets of death, torture, enforced disappearance, abduction and intimidation, and an indeterminate number of human rights violations by both pro- and anti-government forces in Syrian, Iraq and Egypt. Due to the increasing attention for violence against journalists, some actions about journalists protection have began.
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American University School of Communication, Bill Gentile, foreign correspondence, Foreign correspondent, International journalism, International reporting on March 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Journalists covering the ongoing crisis in the southern Ukrainian autonomous republic of Crimea continue to be detained, harassed, and obstructed. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on all sides of the crisis to allow journalists to report freely on the events in Crimea and Ukraine. Some true experience about journalists in Crimea.
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American University School of Communication, Bill Gentile, foreign correspondence, Foreign correspondent, International journalism, International reporting on March 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (Beijing) published the findings of its annual visa survey last week. The findings found that the journalists were dangling in “visa purgatory,” in China.
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American University School of Communication, Bill Gentile, foreign correspondence, Foreign correspondent, International journalism, International reporting on March 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Pakistan ranks as the fourth most dangerous country in terms of journalists killed in the line of duty and Pakistan is also considered one of the most dangerous places in the world for women. However more and more women join the media sector in Pakistan. Here are reasons why these woman choose to join in media field.
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American University School of Communication, Bill Gentile, foreign correspondence, Foreign correspondent, International journalism, International reporting on March 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Independent journalists are getting attacked and harassed while trying to cover events in the autonomous republic of Crimea, said by the international media rights advocates. Some advanced actions have been done to improve journalists’ life and their report freedom.
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