ESPN’s “Olympics Photo Wire” highlights China’s failure to meet basic press freedom standards with a shot of a foreign journalist working in Beijing. ESPN points out that despite promises to the contrary, many Internet sites will be censored or blocked, even for foreign reporters.
The Guardian’s “Greenslade” blog takes a look at so-called tabloid journalism in England today, and discusses how it affects press freedom as a whole.
Afghanistan’s RaWa News Web site has an article online about the arrest of TV anchor and writer Naseer Fayyaz. The reporter was arrested on July 28, allegedly in connection with criticism leveled against the Afghan government on his show “Haqeeqat.”
Finally, this morning, Jossip has a news item about the appointment of CPJ board member Mark Whitaker as the new chief of NBC’s Washington bureau.