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Jingjing and Chacha are watching you

As you may know there’s a huge Internet censorship going on in China. Contrary to promises made by chinese authorities and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) this Internet censorship is active during the Olympic Games even in the international media centre. And the IOC shares the current ideas of censorship in China.

And as in every political system with totalitarian elements there’s a good chance you will meet some angry lackeys if you’re going to report about topics the chinese authorities don’t want you to report. But more important they will threat your sources if their identity gets revealed. So if you want to report about the water shortage in the villages around Beijing, the massive air pollution in Beijing or about all the forced resettlements going on in China you should consider some security precautions to protect you and your sources. Read the rest of this entry »

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Remember the campaign of the London police calling all people to regard photographers as potential terrorists?

Now the PressGazette reports that

Labour MP [Member of Parliament] Austin Mitchell is planning to take a delegation of photographers to the Home Office to protest about the growing number of cases in which police officers and others try to stop professional and amateur photographers taking pictures in public places.

You can read the whole story here:
Photographers lobby parliament over police curbs

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Two days ago I posted links to the winning photographers of the Pulitzer Price 2008. Now Adrees Latif, who won in the category Breaking News Photography for his picture of the japanese videographer Kenji Nagai shot down during riots in Myanmar in 2007, reveales the story behind the picture in the Reuters Blog:

Within minutes, the crowd swelled from hundreds to a few thousand. The soldiers threw barbed wire coils across the roads.
Knowing that hundreds of people were gunned down in similar circumstances in a 1988 uprising, I climbed an old crosswalk directly overhead, to get to one of the few spots offering a clear view…

Read the whole story on the Reuters Blog

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The Columbia University has announced the winners for 2008 of the 92nd annual Pulitzer Price. The Pulitzer Price itself is often cited as the highest honor for american journalists. Among the various categories there are two winning entries for Breaking News Photography and Feature Photography.

In the Breaking News Photography the price was won by Adrees Latif of Reuters for his picture of the japanese videographer Kenji Nagai shot down during riots in Myanmar in 2007.

In the Feature Photography category wins Preston Gannaway of the Concord (N.H.) Monitor “for her intimate chronicle of a family coping with a parent’s terminal illness.”

Finally photographer Michel du Cille is a member of the Washington Post staff, which was awarded in the Public Service category for their work about “mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials.”

You can also have a look at the other winners on the website of the Pulitzer Board or grab the press-release where you’ll also find Bob Dylan awarded in the Special Citation category.

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Thousands of people take photos every day. What if one of them seems odd? Terrorists use surveillance to help plan attacks, taking photos and making notes about security measures like the location of CCTV cameras. If you see someone doing that, we need to know. Let experienced officers decide what action to take.

yeah, i’m guilty. i took several photos of cctv cameras:
At Agentur Ahron
At Panthermedia

And there are more in my photo archive… Guess you have no other choice than informing the London cops cause they just “need to know”.

You can find the campaign website of the london police here:
Metropolitan Police 2008 Counter-Terrorism advertising campaign launched
You will be surprised what other things they are afraid of…

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Reuters posted a new gallery containing their best pictures from march 2008. it’s worth a look:

Reuters best pictures March 2008

You can also browse the best editor choiced pictures from the last 24 hours. pretty cool and always worth a look:
Reuters best pictures from the past 24 hours

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