What to know about covering the conventions
July 9, 2012 2:51 PM ET
If May's NATO Summit in Chicago is any indication, journalists covering events outside the national political conventions in Tampa, Fla., and Charlotte, N.C., later this summer can expect that everyone--mainstream media, bloggers, citizen journalists, protesters, and bystanders--will have a...
Eskinder Nega, 5 exiled journalists convicted of terrorism
June 27, 2012 5:44 PM ET
Nairobi, June 27, 2012--Today's conviction of six Ethiopian journalists on vague terrorism charges is an affront to the rule of law and the constitution in the Horn of Africa country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. At least...
CPJ condemns Eskinder Nega verdict in Ethiopia
June 27, 2012 8:54 AM ET
New York, June 27, 2012-The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today's conviction of Ethiopian blogger Eskinder Nega on baseless terrorism charges. "The Ethiopian government has once again succeeded in misusing the law to silence critical and independent reporting," said CPJ...
What to do if Google warns of state-sponsored attack
June 22, 2012 12:55 PM ET
Some journalists continue to receive the warning from Google about state-sponsored attacks that we mentioned last week. The message appears on top of logged-in services like Gmail. Occasionally it will disappear for a few hours and then reappear, but...
Three journalists detained in Sudan over three days
June 21, 2012 3:05 PM ET
Cairo, June 21, 2012--At least three journalists have been briefly detained and interrogated by Sudanese authorities since Tuesday, according to news reports. The journalists were covering recent protests against rising fuel prices in Khartoum, the reports said....
Computer crime laws belie Thai claim to modern society
May 31, 2012 5:19 PM ET
At online discussion sites all over the world, comments are posted on the Web as soon as they are written. People argue, inform, express anger, and voice fears. Some say things in the heat of the moment that they might...
Don't get your sources in Syria killed
May 21, 2012 11:28 AM ET
Because foreign journalists have been virtually banned from Syria during the uprising against Bashar al-Assad's regime, news coverage has relied heavily on citizen journalists and international reporters working with sources inside the country. Syrians who communicate with foreign news...
Chinese microblog regulates, suspends users--again
May 10, 2012 3:40 PM ET
Pity those of us who monitor the ups and downs of China's popular microblog platform, Sina Weibo. For every story its users spread in defiance of local censorship, there follows a clampdown. Whether it's the latest strike against rumors,...
Ethiopian paper fined for coverage of Eskinder Nega trial
May 4, 2012 5:04 PM ET
New York, May 4, 2012--An Ethiopian court has cited the editor of a leading independent newspaper for contempt after his paper published the verbatim courtroom statement made by the imprisoned journalist Eskinder Nega during his trial, according to news...
Most censored nations each distort the Net in own way
May 2, 2012 4:00 PM ET
One big reason for the Internet's success is its role as a universal standard, interoperable across the world. The data packets that leave your computer in Botswana are the same as those which arrive in Barbados. The same is...