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Updated safety advisory for journalists and news crews covering Mexico

INSI Blog wrote 1 month ago: A taxi in Mexico City (INSI) By Helena Williams INSI has issued an updated safety advisory for journ … more →

Tags: INSI Blog, Advisories, Advisory, México, Travel Advice, Travel, Security

In Togo, police attack journalists protesting media law

FAIR wrote 2 months ago: A journalist shouts at police during an attempted sit-in of opposition supporters near the Presidenc … more →

Tags: Posts, Togo, CPJ, censorship, Media Law, police attack journalists, rubber bullets, tear gas, government media regulator

'If life is cheap in Mexico, then the life of a journalist is even cheaper': An interview with Bernardo Ruiz, director of 'Reportero'1 comment

INSI Blog wrote 4 months ago: By Helena Williams An image from Bernardo Ruiz’s ‘Reportero’, which follows journa … more →

Tags: INSI Blog, interviews, México, Documentary, impunity, Security, Bernardo Ruiz, Sergio Haro, Adela Navarro

Global death toll for journalists 'third worst on record'

INSI Blog wrote 5 months ago: By Helena Williams An ambulance believed to be carrying the bodies of two western journalists, Marie … more →

Tags: INSI Blog, al-Shabaab, Anhar Kochneva, Arab Spring, Boko Haram, conflict reporting, CPJ, IFJ, IPI

Why women are underrepresented in the Afghan media1 comment

INSI Blog wrote 5 months ago: By Nazira Babori The first female journalists trained in Afghanistan in more than a decade produce a … more →

Tags: INSI Blog, Guest Posts, Comment, Afghanistan, Taliban, Afghan Journalists' Safety Committee, women journalists, Ministry of Information and Culture in Afghanistan, Soraya Sobrang

Newsletter: October 2012

INSI Blog wrote 6 months ago: Sign reads ‘security training for journalists’. Brazil is one of the world’s most danger … more →

Tags: INSI Blog, Advisories, Updates, Advisory, No Woman's Land, UNESCO, Brazil, Safety Training, United Nations

Journalism 'riskiest profession' in Somalia

INSI Blog wrote 7 months ago: By Helena Williams Friends and relatives of Abdisatar Dahir Sabriye, journalist who died in Thursday … more →

Tags: INSI Blog, al-Shabaab, Civil unrest, Foreign Policy, Mogadishu, NUOSJ, Omar Faruk Osman, Security, Shamsul Bari

Malaysia conference offers journalists a ray of light in the dark1 comment

INSI Blog wrote 7 months ago: By Hannah Storm Journalists display placards during a protest outside the headquarters of the Philip … more →

Tags: INSI Blog, Comment, impunity, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, NUJP, Rowena Paraan, nepal

INSI trains frontline Thai journalists

INSI Blog wrote 8 months ago: By Red Batario INSI and the Thai Journalists Association trained 29 journalists on hostile environme … more →

Tags: INSI Blog, Advisories, Safety Training, Civil unrest, Security, conflict reporting, Thailand, Thai Journalists Association, Limpattamapanee Chavarong

INSI runs first safety training for women journalists in Cairo1 comment

INSI Blog wrote 9 months ago: By Hannah Storm Women journalists have reported being harassed and assaulted in Tahrir Square, Cairo … more →

Tags: INSI Blog, Advisories, Updates, Arab Spring, Advisory, Travel Advice, No Woman's Land, Safety Training, Civil unrest

Reading between the lines: Journalism in Guatemala1 comment

INSI Blog wrote 9 months ago: In Guatemala, journalism is a game of self-censorship: You say as much as you can about what is happ … more →

Tags: INSI Blog, Guest Posts, interviews, Comment, CPJ, the guardian, Press Freedom, impunity, Latin America

Anyone can be a journalist, but they need to be protected1 comment

INSI Blog wrote 10 months ago: By Eric Matthies A shot of protests in 2011, Baniyas, Syria. Citizen journalists have been risking t … more →

Tags: Advisories, Comment, Guest Posts, INSI Blog, Advisory, Arab Spring, Blogger, Christof Heyns, citize journalist

"Don't just report on journalists - help us!"1 comment

INSI Blog wrote 10 months ago: Journalists in Afghanistan face intimidation, threats and harassment on a daily basis. Media support … more →

Tags: INSI Blog, Guest Posts, Comment, Afghanistan, IM's, Safety Training, Security, Afghan Journalists' Safety Committee, Afghan Journalists' Committee

Local Broadcasters Accelerate the Erosion of Proper Grammar.

sbarefoot wrote 10 months ago: Call this posting a point of personal privilege or maybe just an expression of personal irritation. … more →

Tags: Grammar, Poor Grammar, local boradcasters, Local television, dropping g

In Afghanistan, a boost in the media - but more journalists at risk1 comment

INSI Blog wrote 11 months ago: The dramatic increase in media outlets has provided Afghans the opportunity to become journalists, b … more →

Tags: INSI Blog, Guest Posts, Comment, BBC, Afghanistan, IM's, Taliban, media, ISAF

Interview: Documentary filmmaker Eric Matthies on the deadly cost of news2 comments

INSI Blog wrote 11 months ago: “The driving force behind the project is to call attention to the impunity journalists face … more →

Tags: INSI Blog, interviews, México, Press Freedom, Afghanistan, occupy wall street, Killing The Messenger, Eric Matthies, Documentary

'I need a gun, but not to defend myself - it's so they don't take me alive'1 comment

INSI Blog wrote 11 months ago: By Rodney Pinder Hundreds of Mexican journalists silently marched in downtown Mexico City in protest … more →

Tags: INSI Blog, Anthony Feinstein, ptsd, México, Press Freedom, periodistas de a pie, Knight Center, Latin America, Brazil

I-Witness: Safety concerns in the age of citizen journalism1 comment

INSI Blog wrote 11 months ago: By Eric Matthies Eric Matthies: It is increasingly important that the major news outlets consider th … more →

Tags: INSI Blog, Guest Posts, Comment, Arab Spring, Press Freedom, Citizen Journalism, technology, Blogger, occupy wall street

Fears of 'government clampdown' on Azeri journalists after Eurovision Song Contest

INSI Blog wrote 12 months ago: By Helena Williams The Crystal Palace in Baku, Azerbaijan, where the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 is … more →

Tags: INSI Blog, Advisories, Azerbaijan, Baku, Advisory, Eurovision, IRFS, İdrak Abbasov, Khadija Ismailova


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