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Writer Charged in Murders
He Reported

Macedonian nailed after revealing
secret details

Jun 23, 08 4:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Getting the scoop proved costly for a Macedonian journalist who has been charged with the murder of two elderly women after reporting on their deaths in his newspaper. Police began to suspect Vlado Tanevski after realizing his articles about the murders contained details that hadn't been revealed to the public.... More »

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crime • murder • Macedonia • journalist • murder trial • Skopje

Spy Scandal at German Phone Giant Grows

Company tracked reporters' movements, bank accounts

May 30, 08 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Deutsche Telekom apparently didn’t stop at looking through the phone records of board members and journalists in its bid to end leaks. The German phone giant also tracked their movements and may have snooped into personal bank records, Der Spiegel reports. Top executives also worked with a detective... More »

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Germany • privacy • journalist • Stasi • Deutsche Telekom • scandal

R. Kelly Deputies Rebuff Reporter Over Doughnuts

Jury selection continues in child pornography trial

May 14, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - It seems Chicago cops are dead serious about keeping the media on a short leash during the R. Kelly child-pornography trial: Today, deputies rejected doughnuts from radio reporter Brendan Greeley, worried it could be interpreted as a sign of favoritism. Greeley was told he was “being a distraction” and... More »

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celebrity trials • reporter • journalist • donut • child pornography • R. Kelly

 Junta Hinders 
 Cyclone Coverage 

Foreign journalists must hide to do their jobs

May 13, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Journalists trying to cover the cyclone’s devastation in Burma find themselves obstructed and under surveillance by the military junta, the AP reports. The majority of foreign journalists, like aid workers, have simply been denied entry. Those inside must disguise themselves as tourists, watch out for government phone taps, and... More »

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cyclone • journalist • rescue • Myanmar • Burma • junta • military junta • Cyclone Nargis

Times Reporter Recounts Time Jailed in Zimbabwe

Journalist was detained by Mugabe regime for reporting on election

Apr 27, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - On April 3, Barry Bearak was arrested in Harare on charges of "committing journalism" and locked in a Zimbabwean prison. The New York Times reporter now tells the story of his imprisonment, which involved four days of negotiating the murky legal system with the help of one of the... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • prison • journalism • journalist • Barry Bearak • Stephen Bevan

 Zimbabwe Frees Times Reporter, British Journalist 

Bearak arrested for violating pseudo-censorship laws

Apr 7, 08 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York Times reporter Barry Bearak and a British journalist were freed on bail today by Zimbabwean authorities, who arrested them last week for covering the country's presidential elections without government approval. Bearak was released to a clinic; he was injured in jail when he fell 7 feet from his... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • censorship • journalist • Zimbabwe elections • Barry Bearak

US Demands Zimbabwe
Release Americans

Journalists rounded up in apparent crackdown

Apr 4, 08 3:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US State Department is demanding the immediate release of Americans detained in Zimbabwe, CNN reports. Riot police entered a hotel yesterday and removed foreign reporters, including a New York Times correspondent now being held in a Harare jail. Another US citizen working for a democratic rights organization was also... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • journalist • Harare • Movement for Democratic Change • Zimbabwe elections • Zanu-PF

Angry Journalists Get
a Website for Ranting

Angryjournalist.com easily surpasses imitator, happyjournalist.com

Apr 2, 08 7:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ticked-off journalists now have a forum to anonymously vent anger about the demands of their fast-changing profession: angryjournalist.com. A young former reporter created the site because he was disappointed by the direction of the industry and its high turnover, reports the AFP. "It's kind of depressing to see... More »

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newspaper • journalism • journalist • reporting • angryjournalist.com

Opinion

Journo Picks Up Clinton's Spin

AP scribe renames
'superdelegates' and becomes 'messenger' for campaign: pundit

Mar 16, 08 6:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The AP described superdelegates as "automatic delegates" in a story last night, just as the Clinton camp asked—and turned the news service into a spin "messenger," Josh Marshall writes on the Talking Points Memo blog. The campaign wants superdelegates to sound less privileged in case they... More »

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Hillary Clinton • journalism • journalist • Associated Press • political spin • superdelegates • Election 2008 • automatic delegates • terminology

 9/11 Illnesses Haunt Journalists 

Those who covered Ground Zero report breathing problems, other ailments

Mar 12, 08 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The helicopter ride through the burning World Trader Center's thick, chemical-laden smoke won Keith Meyers' 9/11 photos a share of the Pulitzer, but he says it cost him his health and career. "I could feel my skin tingling and burning," recalls the former New York Times photographer. Like... More »

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cancer • media • New York City • Ground Zero • World Trade Center • September 11 • journalist • asthma • PTSD • Twin Towers • coughing

Kerry Question Vexes McCain

Presumptive nominee loses cool with reporter over veep question

Mar 8, 08 5:33 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain started to lose his temper with a New York Times reporter yesterday after being asked about John Kerry, ABC reports. McCain said there was no chance he would choose his friend Kerry for a running mate because of their "vastly different" views. He got testy when asked... More »

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John McCain • John Kerry • vice president • journalist • running mate

Journalists Kidnapped
in Iraq

CBS photographer, translator snatched from Basra hotel

Feb 11, 08 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - A CBS photographer and translator have been kidnapped in Iraq, reports the Italian news agency ADN Kronos. Richard Butler, a Briton whose work has appeared in Newsweek and Time, and an Iraqi co-worker were forced out of their Basra hotel and into a car by a group of armed men,... More »

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Iraq • kidnapping • Basra • journalist • Richard Butler

Rudy's Won the Pundit Primary

The conservative rush to back Giuliani isn't good for the cause,
says National Review

Nov 18, 07 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Conservative pundits have piled on to the Rudy Giuliani bandwagon in greater numbers  and with more naked boosterism than in previous primary races, writes the National Review’s Ramesh Ponnuru—who happens to prefer McCain. Why all the Rudy love—and willingness to forgive his weaknesses? Many right-wing journos live... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • New Hampshire • journalist • endorsement

Yahoo Settles With Chinese Journalists

After turning over
data, it will pay 2 men jailed by Beijing

Nov 13, 07 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - One week after being labeled moral “pygmies” in a House hearing, Yahoo settled a lawsuit  brought by two Chinese journalists jailed when the Internet giant turned over their personal data to Beijing. The two men, now serving 10-year sentences on charges of leaking state secrets, sued Yahoo for providing... More »

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China • Yahoo • House of Representatives • humanitarian • lawsuit • jail • journalist • settlement

Russia Arrests 10 for Murder
of Journalist

Chechen crime group, government officers implicated

Aug 27, 07 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ten men were arrested today in the murder of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya last October, the Guardian reports. A Chechen organized-crime boss led the group responsible for the slaying, Russian authorities say. Those arrested are said to include current and former officials in the interior ministry and the security... More »

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Russia • organized crime • Vladimir Putin • murder • Chechnya • journalist • Paul Klebnikov • Anna Politkovskaya • freedom of press

In Countdown to 2008 Olympics, Beijing Besieged

Pollution, human
rights, food safety issues all draw fire

Aug 7, 07 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the one-year countdown to the Beijing Olympics begins tomorrow, activists and Olympic organizers alike have been vocal in their concerns about the host city. The government is under fire for press harassment: journalists were detained for several hours yesterday after a Reporters Without Borders conference, and six Free Tibet... More »

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China • human rights • pollution • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • food safety • Hu Jintao • Tibet • journalist • Olympic Games • air pollution

Teen Confesses to Killing Journalist

Handyman at raided bakery may not have acted alone, cops say

Aug 6, 07 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 19-year-old man arrested last week in a police raid on an Oakland bakery has confessed to shooting journalist Chauncey Bailey, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Detectives say Devaughndre Broussard, a self-described "good soldier," targeted the Oakland Post editor because he had been investigating the bakery and... More »

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murder • Oakland Post • Oakland • Your Black Muslim Bakery • Chauncey Bailey • Devaughndre Broussard • bakery • journalist • Nation of Islam

Newspaper Editor Assassinated

Reporter murdered in broad daylight

Aug 2, 07 5:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The editor of an Oakland newspaper was shot dead in broad daylight today in what police say they believe was a contracted hit, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Chauncey Bailey was a fixture in the African-American community, known for aggressive coverage of issues and confrontational interviews with city officials. But... More »

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murder • assassination • black community • hitman • Oakland Post • Oakland • Chauncey Bailey • journalist

'Best Little Whorehouse' Crusader Dies

Texas sheriff turned journalist inspired musical

Jul 30, 07 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Crusading Texas journalist Marvin Zindler, whose successful efforts in shutting down a brothel inspired the play and film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, died yesterday from pancreatic cancer.  He was 85. He began his journalism career at the age of 51 after he was fired from a Texas... More »

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Texas • obituary • Houston • pancreatic cancer • journalist • Marvin Zindler • Best Little Whorehouse

Phoenix News Choppers Collide

Jul 28, 07 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Television reporters had to focus on their own yesterday, after a pair of news choppers from different stations collided over a Phoenix park, killing two pilots and two photographers. Both choppers were sending live footage of a police chase involving a stolen truck. "There was a huge boom,"... More »

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Arizona • crash • reporter • helicopter • journalist

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