New York Times editor on China visa problem: ‘We’re a little bit hostages’

The troubles of the New York Times in getting China visas for its personnel flashed on the international stage during a Wednesday joint news conference with President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping. When asked whether the Chinese government might process a backlog of visa applications, Xi placed the blame with the journalists: “The party which has created the problem, should be the one to help solve it,” he said.

To read more, click http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2014/11/12/new-york-times-editor-on-china-visa-problem-were-a-little-bit-hostages/

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Matthew Halton: ‘I know that Hitler will destroy Germany’

Most of the resident correspondents self-censored their reports to avoid jeopardizing their prestigious posting or risk displeasing their employers back home. In early September 1933, Matt returned to Germany for an extended two-month assignment.

To read more, click http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2014/11/07/matthew_halton_i_know_that_hitler_will_destroy_germany.html

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Dispatches from the Front by David Halton: Review

For Canadians of a certain vintage, veteran Toronto Daily Star (now the Toronto Star) reporter and CBC broadcaster Matthew Halton was the voice of World War II. His in-depth reports and broadcasts from such now iconic battle sites as Tobruk, Al Alamein, Sicily, Normandy and Paris brought the war home to Canadians, and other Commonwealth citizens through the BBC, with an intimacy and authority unmatched throughout the war.

To read more, click http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2014/11/08/dispatches_from_the_front_by_david_halton_review.html

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How journalists can protect their digital information

In the upcoming movie Rosewater, which tells the story of the 2009 arrest journalist Maziar Bahari, a laptop sits on the table during the interrogation session and serves as a source of unending information for his captors, from personnel contacts to Facebook “likes.” The movie, the directorial debut of Jon Stewart, opens next week.

To read more, click http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/joel_simon_column.php?utm_content=buffer4acc2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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Storyhunter launches an Airbnb-style platform for freelance foreign correspondents

As a freelance foreign correspondent for Current TV and the New York Times’ Jerusalem bureau, Jaron Gilinsky spent much of his time trying to find work and trying to get paid — so he built an Airbnb-style marketplace for professional freelancers called Storyhunter.

To read more, click https://gigaom.com/2014/11/03/storyhunter-launches-an-airbnb-style-platform-for-freelance-foreign-correspondents/

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Nils Horner’s death highlights lack of justice for those murdered at work

Nils Horner, one of Sweden’s best-known and most respected foreign correspondents, was shot and killed on assignment on 11 March this year in Kabul, Afghanistan.

To read more, click http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/nov/02/murdered-journalists-nils-horner-lack-justice

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Latest Islamic State propaganda video depicts British hostage as war correspondent

Freelance British photojournalist, John Cantlie — abducted in 2012 along with U.S. journalist James Foley — appears in the Islamic State’s latest video as a foreign correspondent reporting from the Syrian town of Kobani, the New York Times reported.

To read more, click http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/latest-islamic-state-propaganda-video-depicts-british-hostage-war-correspondent/

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For journalists coming into US, policies border on the absurd

Geoffrey King was only supposed to be in Miami for the briefest of layovers. He was en route to San Francisco from São Paulo in Brazil, where he had participated in theNETMundial Conference on Internet governance along with hundreds of members of civil society, technology executives, journalists, and government officials. It was going to be a tight connection even if things had gone smoothly, but he was not free to leave.

To read more, click http://www.cpj.org/blog/2014/10/for-journalists-coming-into-us-policies-that-borde.php

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No Interpol warrant for Al Jazeera journalist

The global police organization Interpol has rejected Egypt’s request for an international arrest warrant against Ahmed Mansour, a senior Al Jazeera Arabic TV journalist.

To read more, click http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/no-interpol-warrant-al-jazeera-journalist-201410281353392283.html

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