On October 7th, 2006, “Novaya Gazeta” journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been shot dead in her own apartment complex in what was alleged to be a contract killing linked to her journalistic investigations of human...
Media publisher and journalist Tina Brown launched her much-anticipated new website, The Daily Beast, on Monday.The site is hoping to rival Arianna Huffington's most-linked-to-blog-on-the-internet The Huffington Post...
Akhand, a nowpublic citizen journalist from Indian eastern state Orissa, has recieved the prestigious Sarojini Naidu National Award in journalism. He got the special jury citation award for best reporting in Oriya...
60,000 signatures were collected in 72 hours against the authorities who orchestrated this crackdown on free speech at the Republican National Convention. Where are the front page stories about this, though? This is...
These Institutions, hedge funds and anal-ysts, that helped contribute to the looting of the world by naked short selling should be tried for treason.* * * *I heard a researcher say that nobody who has ever taken on...
Are journalists meant to be shut up and finally killed? The past maybe the past, but they are bound to be repeated if they are ignored. It is time to look into journalist killings all over again, perchance there is any hope for change. "Are journalists meant to be shut up...
It has been revealed that the man arrested as the suspected mastermind behind the kidnapping of US journalist, Jill Carroll in 2006 was arrested with a second, senior Al-Quaida suspect. Salim Abdalla...
A "shield law" is before the Congress that protects journalists from being prosecuted if they don't reveal their anonymous sources. Proponents of the law include Republicans and Democrats, as well as the attorneys general of most states (most states already have a shield...
"MOGADISHU, Somalia (CNN) -- Heavy shelling struck Somalia's capital city on Thursday, leaving pools of blood around a neighborhood mosque, a devastated market and 11 civilians dead, according to witnesses and a local journalist."""Bakaraha market has turned into a human...
A tribute to journalists from a friend."Good journalists watch, see, write, report, and comment. Great journalists go where they are totally unwanted and do those things exceptionally well. I consider Muhammad Khurshid a great journalist. He went home to Pakistan’s...
Besides political moves to remove beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf from his office, veteran Pakistani journalist and chairman of Pakistan Bachao Tehrik (Save Pakistan Movement) Shahid Saleem Butt has also filed a case on charge of high treason under Section 124-A...
UPDATE:I spoke with Zhou via gtalk, and he has agreed to post a personal account on NowPublic in Chinese (which will be translated). This is his member page: http://members.nowpublic.com/zolaHis other page is:...
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Bang bang Chicago's silver hammer came down upon their heads....ba-dum-dum-dum..."The Chicago Tribune shed more than 40 newsroom employees today, which, coupled with last week's voluntary exit of more than 30...
Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Boy, you would think Journalist would be smart enough to figure this one out? HELLO!!!! "YOU"RE IN FRIGGIN CHINA!!" Did you Journalists even step outside your...
In another blatant violation of China's promise to grant media freedom throughout the Games, police forcibly manhandled several foreign journalists at a Free Tibet protest near the Olympic Green earlier today.A...
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