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In a reflection of the digital age, more online journalists are jailed around the world than journalists from any other medium, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported on Thursday.
The New York-based media watchdog group, in its annual census of imprisoned journalists, said that as of December 1, a total of 125 journalists were behind bars, two fewer than at the same point in 2007.
It said 56 of the imprisoned journalists were considered online journalists -- bloggers, Web-based reporters, or online editors -- surpassing the number of print journalists for the first time.
Print reporters, editors, and photographers are the next largest category of jailed journalists, with 53 cases, the CPJ said, adding that television and radio journalists and documentary filmmakers constitute the rest.
For the 10th consecutive year, China was the leading jailer of journalists, the CPJ said, followed by Cuba, Myanmar, Eritrea and Uzbekistan.
The moral of this story is, if you are ever in China, don't go to Current.com...In a reflection of the digital age, more online journalists are jailed around the... more
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The Tampa Tribune, with the blessing of it's corporate owners -- Media General, has outsourced it's advertising work to a firm in New Delhi, India. This is long after they outsourced subscription services to a call center in the Philippines.
This is not an uncommon issue with your local newspapers either. Though the story linked to focuses on the Tampa Tribune situation, it can be found that more and more newspapers are doing this. It may be accepted that more local media is owned by out-of-city/state corporations with no local ties... But outsourcing local operations for a newspaper? The further disconnect to the region of service is another reason why newsprint is failing financially.The Tampa Tribune, with the blessing of it's corporate owners -- Media General,... more
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Richard Irwin, police blotter for the Baltimore Sun. How he gathers his stories, the affect it has on him and the significance of the Blotter in print media. Why the hell do they print these things anyway?Richard Irwin, police blotter for the Baltimore Sun. How he gathers his stories, the... more
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