Conflict Journalism

The family of a British cameraman shot dead by an Israeli soldier claimed yesterday that both the Foreign Office and the Israeli authorities had obstructed their search for justice. James Miller, 34, was killed by a single shot while making a documentary in the Gaza strip about Palestinian children. At an inquest opening yesterday in London, TV producer Daniel Edge told how he was with Mr Miller...

If you saw the footage of Abdul Aziz Rantisi’s death on CNN two years ago or the Palestinian elections that were aired live on Nile News in January, you may have noticed the corner of the screen where it says “Courtesy of Ramattan.” This compelling footage from the streets of Gaza, Ramallah, Jerusalem, Rafah and countless other Palestinian towns was filmed by Palestinian cameramen, often at great...

International press freedom and free expression groups have expressed concern over the systematic attacks, intimidation, harassment, sexual abuse in custody and arbitrary detention of journalists by security forces in Nepal. FIGHTING FOR PRESS FREEDOM: Executive Director of International Media Support Jesper Hojberg(far left) addressing journalists in Kathmandu March 25, 2006. "The refusal of the...

DOHA, Qatar - This spring, the TV channel reviled for showing U.S. prisoners of war, hostage videos and messages from Osama bin Laden will launch an English-language spin-off, finally allowing Americans and other Westerners to judge Al-Jazeera for themselves. To the Bush administration and other critics, Al-Jazeera is a dangerous platform for terrorists and an anti-American propaganda tool known...

The Nepal government has freed journalist Bhawana Prasain, who had been detained since February last year and allegedly tortured in police custody for suspected links with Maoists. Prasain was released following a Supreme Court order, reports said. SAYING IT WITH FLOWERS: Nepali girls give the Maoist salute as they hold rhododendrons, the country's national flower, during celebrations for the...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has said that the failure of the United States to respond to calls for independent investigation of cases where journalists and media staff have been killed by US soldiers is encouraging a culture of impunity in the killing of media staff. CRUEL JUSTICE: José Couso's funeral procession. José Couso, who worked for the Spanish television network...

A few months ago, if a newspaper reporter called the War News Radio office wanting to run a story on the program, the members of War News Radio would have been ecstatic. But now when a call comes in, they ask: Is it national? In recent weeks, War News Radio has garnered a great deal of media attention through being featured in print publications, such as The New Yorker and the Philadelphia...

Death is always in the news. From local car crashes to catastrophes in faraway places, deadly events are grist for the media mill. The coverage is ongoing -- and almost always superficial. It may be unfair to blame journalists for failing to meet standards that commonly elude artists. For centuries, on the subject of death, countless poets have strived to put the ineffable into words. It’s only...

Jill Carroll, a 28-year-old freelance reporter on assignment for the Christian Science Monitor, was abducted on January 7, 2006 in Baghdad. Carroll received her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 1999. In 2002, Carroll moved to Jordan — six months before the Iraq war started in March 2003 — "to learn as much about the region as possible before the...

Some weeks ago, a journalist investigating a scam in the Assam forest department was brutally murdered. Perpetrators of the crime are obviously part of the loop of crime and sleaze surrounding the department. There is the timber lobby, politicians, bureaucrats and what have you. They are a deadly cocktail by any standards. Following on the heels of this gruesome killing is the attempt on the life...