Britain’s journalism union, the NUJ, has released a 9′ video detailing the problems faced by “media workers” (reporter proletarians?) covering demonstrations. It’s below:
Cops vs. Journos — a relationship of mutual respect?
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The gap left by the Fairfax strike
In 1945, sociologist Bernard Berelson took advantage of a newspaper delivery strike in New York to do some research, later published as What ‘Missing The Newspaper’ Means.
With 500 Aussie journos on strike (see their website), I thought it might be instructive to revisit a few of Berelson’s observations, to see how they held up today. Continue reading
Courage and impotence in journalism
There is an exceptional and very poignant post from a sacked Chinese journalist translated and reproduced at the China Digital Times:
I am afraid of other people praising me as a brave newspaperman, because I know I am full of fear in my heart. I did write some commentaries on current affairs, and edited some articles that exposed the truth.
I lost my job and was threatened for speaking the truth.
However, to be honest, these were exceptional cases. They were my miscalculations. In my various media positions in the past decade, what I’ve practised most is avoiding risk.
Self-censorship has become part of my life. It makes me disgusted with myself. Continue reading