free speech

Journalism roundup: “Online Security Tips for Journalists, a short history of BBC war reporting, Hurricane Isaac coverage- promise of a hybrid model for news…

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20% of Newspapers Now Have Online Paywalls from Mashable! by Lauren Indvik Online Security Tips for Journalists from Mashable! by International Journalists’ Network Could broadcast journalism see a revival in online media? from The Next Web by Joel Falconer The I Files: Investigative reporting comes to YouTube, launching with the BBC, NYT, Al Jazeera and … Read more

Free fall…. Mehdi Hasan writes the story of free speech being lost in Turkey…

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In Turkey the right to free speech is being lost | Mehdi Hasan by Mehdi Hasan Erdogan is using a series of alleged plots to justify a crackdown on dissent that threatens basic freedoms Which country in the world currently imprisons more journalists than any other? The People’s Republic of China? Nope. Iran? Wrong again. … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: NYT states “Turkey?s Glow Dims”

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Turkey?s Glow Dims as Government Limits Free Speech from NYT > Turkey by By DAN BILEFSKY and SEBNEM ARSU While Washington and Europe praise Turkey as the model of Muslim democracy for the Arab world, human rights advocates say the government is curbing press freedom. Turkey’s former Chief of Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug, center left, … Read more