journalism

Our Worth in Depth: What's the Story?

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/13/2010 - 10:25
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What is a front page story? Jeff Nygaard of Nygaard Notes discusses narrative, how we interpret “the news”, racial disparities, Latin America, Rwanda, Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://ourworldindepth.org/

 

US/Canadian joint homeland security suppression of Indymedia journalists for controversial, widely opposed 2010 Olympics

Submitted by Dex on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 20:15

Reminding us of its nationalist/fascist roots, as the carefully stage-managed 2010 Olympics gets underway in Vancouver, around a billion dollars have been expended on security theater measures. While Canadian authorities want to encourage people to attend the Olympics, Canadian border and customs officials (Canadian Border Services Agencies) have teamed up to suppress the movement of Indymedia and other independent media reporters into Canada.

Indy journalists John Weston Osburn (Interview), Dawn Zuppelli and Ted Forsyth from Rochester NY IMC, and Martin Macias Jr. have all been harassed. The deeply corrupt US Department of Homeland Security has also been hassling indy reporters denied entry overland into Canada. Osburn was refused entry into Canada and abused by DHS; Macias was deported, then treated abusively by the DHS lunatics controlling entry on the Canadian border.

There has been plenty of fodder for independent journalists to cover, as US & Canadian authorities gear up yet another 'live exercise' style mega-security psychological operation, featuring 'Medium' Range Acoustic Device sound cannon (MRAD, similar to the G20 LRAD), and the usual inept police attempts at false-flag provocateur and infiltration operations.

More: Live portal: 2010.mediacoop.ca | No2010.com | Vancouver Media Co-op | Submedia.TV | New: PGH Indymedia Rustbelt Radio report |Committee to Protect Bloggers | Student Activism and the Olympics | OlympicResistance.net: About | Crossing the Border into Canada | Schedule | Censorship Gallery - 2010 Legal Observer Program | CJFE Olympic Watch.

Announcing 24 Scholarships in Authentic Journalism for February of 2010

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 16:15

Today we announce that Narco News will grant 24 scholarships for up-and-coming journalists and communicators to attend a ten-day session of the School of Authentic Journalism on February 3 to 13 of 2010 on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.


School of Authentic Journalism professor (and now President of Bolivia) Evo Morales leads a discussion at the 2004 session in Cochabamba. D.R. 2004 Jeremy Bigwood.

MFA Presents Burma VJ, a Human Rights Political Doc, Opening Sept. 19

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 11:06
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Governmental propaganda, civil rights violations, censorship, protest,
murder.  All these themes fit into the backdrop of Burma, as courageous
young citizens live the essence of journalism by keeping up the flow of
news from their closed country, though risking torture and life in jail.

Minnesota Film Arts is proud to present Burma VJ, a gritty and emotional
documentary geared for human right activists and global political
enthusiasts.

Forums building pressure on authorities; important RNC Forum tonight; St. Paul City Hall RNC hearing Wednesday

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/23/2008 - 13:56

Tonight (Wednesday) at 5:30: St. Paul City Council hearing on the RNC. The hearing is open to the public but speakers have been hand-picked by the council. Nonetheless, many Twin Cities residents will want to speak anyway. Come on down! 15 Kellogg Blvd W., Room 300.

UPDATE: click Read More to see the agenda of speakers for the hearing, below.

PANEL: Your Credentials, Please: The media and Law Enforcement at the RNC

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/22/2008 - 14:29
09/22/2008 19:00

Your Credentials, Please: The media and Law Enforcement at the RNC - What
Went Wrong, What Went Right?

Monday, September 22, 7 p.m.
Coffman Memorial Union Theater (U of M East Bank)

What happened during the RNC that led to so many journalists being
arrested? And how can journalists do their jobs in the future without a
similar result?

Journalists who reported from the RNC as well as representatives from
law enforcement, city government and media law experts will join
together in a discussion moderated by Al Tompkins from The Poynter
Institute.

The RNC’S Outrageous Assault on Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, and Alternative Media...What Imperialist Democracy Looks Like

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/09/2008 - 01:37

This week in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. authorities unleashed a vicious, orchestrated, and fascistic assault on alternative media covering the protests outside the Republican National Convention.

These attacks included the manhandling and arrest of internationally known journalist Amy Goodman, the brutalizing and arrest of two producers on the Democracy Now! team, pre-emptive raids—at gunpoint—on the I-Witness Video collective, the confiscation of media equipment, and many other arrests and mistreatment of journalists, both alternative and mainstream.

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