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Nov 11, 2007
- Posted by Patricia
Elliott
"As many of the 'embedded' media enthuse over the 'courage and professionalism' of their new pals, or marvel shamelessly at the wondrous toys they now get to play with, the rest of us, along with increasingly many Iraqis, wonder if we will sleep in a bed at all tonight or else bide the pelting of a sandstorm out in the rocky wastes," writes Paul Williams Roberts in a 2003 essay that appeared in The Globe and Mail.
Nov 11, 2007
- Posted by Patricia
Elliott
"Get that broad the hell out of here!"
That comment was leveled by a United States Marine Corps general at Dickey Chapelle, a woman photographer who had made her way to his front during the bloody battle of Okinawa, toward the end of World War II.
This report by Mark Jenkins for National Geographic News outlines a fascinating history of women reporters on the frontlines.
This report by Mark Jenkins for National Geographic News outlines a fascinating history of women reporters on the frontlines.
Nov 11, 2007
- Posted by Patricia
Elliott
"War Reporting - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"
is a project that was completed during the spring of 2005 by
three students enrolled in a Global Electronic Journalism course, a
20-credit course held...
Oct 09, 2007
David Jimenez, Asia correspondent for El Mundo of Spain, writes open-heartedly in The Toronto Star about covering the crackdown in the streets of Rangoon, Myanmar. "No matter what they had done before," he admits, "...I never thought they would shoot." What follows is an eye-witness account of bullets, blood, fear and dejection, including the "execution" of Japanese photojournalist Kenji Nagai.
"A reporter's rare look inside Burma," The Toronto Star, October 6, 2007.
"A reporter's rare look inside Burma," The Toronto Star, October 6, 2007.
Oct 01, 2007
- Posted by Heather
McCall
In the September 2007 edition of the Canadian Media Guild newsletter, Simon Fraser University professor Patrice Keats offers a sneak peak at the findings of her research into the effects of trauma on photojournalists. CMG illustrates the findings with first-person accounts from various members and colleagues, noting that support from their employers in dealing with the effects of covering traumatic events is uneven.
Sep 28, 2007
- Posted by Heather
McCall
National Press Photographers Association and CP report on the killing of Japanese photojournalist Kenji Nagai, 50, during protests in Myanmar. Graphic video evidence, featured in a report at Reuters UK, suggests Nagai was not killed by stray bullets as the Myanmar government claims, but shot at close range by a soldier.
Aug 28, 2007
- Posted by Mary
Doyle
Canadian journalists embedded with the military in Afghanistan will be required to wear dogtags, CBC reports. Military officials say members of the media will also have to attend training sessions. The changes come after a Radio-Canada journalist was seriously injured in Afghanistan.
Aug 16, 2007
- Posted by Heather
McCall
In this piece for globeandmail.com, Ross Howard recalls meeting and training one of the Somali journalists killed on August 11, and the passion with which he pursued truth-telling despite its inherent dangers. He contrasts that with Canada's passive reaction and lack of support for journalism abroad. In related news, a memorial service was held on August 24 for slain Canadian journalist Ali Sharmarke.
Apr 24, 2007
Most of the arguments about embedding focus on whether or not journalists can report objectively on the military if they’re relying on it for protection. But, as Lisa Paul writes, embedded and unilateral journalists serve important but very different roles—both crucial to providing the public with an accurate and complete picture of the war. From RRJ.ca.
Jan 22, 2007
- Posted by Heather
McCall
Hrant Dink, an Armenian-Turkish newspaper editor, was shot and killed outside the Istanbul office of his Agos newspaper, reports PEN Canada. Dink, 52, received a six-month suspended sentence in October 2005 for an article he wrote about the massacre of Armenians by Turks in World War I. Shortly before his death last week, he had complained about receiving threats.
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