RIP the Mexican journalist and CPJ awardee Javier Valdéz Cárdenas! 😢 Valdéz was shot and killed Monday near the offices of Ríodoce, the local weekly he founded in 2003 in Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa state, according to reports.Valdéz, who CPJ honored with an International Press Freedom Award in 2011, was also a correspondent for the daily La Jornada. He covered drug trafficking and crime and wrote a number of books about the drug trade. Valdéz told CPJ in the weeks before his murder that he was concerned for his safety. Read more at CPJ.org.
onaissues:
Since last month’s attempted coup, trust in the country’s judicial system has hit a new low. “Press freedom is in a worse state than ever before…I would sum it up like this: the coup was prevented, but the junta came to power.” Ahmet Sik, investigative journalist, discusses Turkey’s attempt to close down 102 media outlets and arrest of 48 journalists.
Read more: Stop the press: Turkey’s crackdown on its media goes into overdrive | World news | The Guardian
washingtonpost:
Sakher al-Mohammad, 27, journalist: “I can’t remember how my life really was before 2011.”
In Syria, Sakher worked as a journalist and had been critical of the Syrian government. He knows the impact that initiatives and protests can have on public opinion. Days after the assaults, he organized a protest on Facebook, drawing up to 500 participants, he said.
Sakher said he was lucky to be in the country. But not everything has been perfect, Sakher said.
He criticized the country’s refugee camps, saying the government had failed to properly monitor them. According to him, drug use was prevalent in the camps while he was there.
“Even my German friends have started questioning me about the role of refugees in carrying out recent terror attacks,” Sakher said. “I expressed my condolences, but I still think it is unfair to associate me with those people. I fled to Germany to start a new life.”
We’ve been sharing more profiles of Syrian refugees like Sakher. Read more here: These Syrians found refuge in Germany, but they’re still seeking peace.
the-movemnt:
An arrest warrant has been issued for journalist Amy Goodman, who filmed Dakota Access Pipeline protest.
Journalist Amy Goodman recently filmed the Dakota Access Pipeline company turning dogs on protesters; now, there’s a warrant out for her arrest in Morton County, North Dakota.
“This is an unacceptable violation of freedom of the press,” Goodman said in a statement, according to Democracy Now!, the publication for which she works. “I was doing my job by covering pipeline guards unleashing dogs and pepper spray on Native American protesters.” Goodman is being charged with one offense.
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Come see imprisoned Egyptian photojournalist, Shawkan’s work. In partnership with the Bronx Documentary Center, we are showcasing the work of Shawkan in order to advocate for his swift release, and to highlight the plight of journalists and journalism in #Egypt today. Free and open to the public until September 11.
instagram:
Pierre Terdjman Has His #EyesOn the Streets of the World
To see more of Pierre’s work, check out @pierreterdjman on Instagram.
Pierre Terdjman (@pierreterdjman) has his #EyesOn the streets of the world. “It’s so nice to capture these spontaneous moments,” says the French photographer and co-founder of Dysturb (@dysturb), a photojournalism project that looks to paste large-format pictures on city walls. Inspired by the photos of the Vietnam War, Pierre has also spent time chronicling post-electoral violence in Kenya, Haiti after the 2010 earthquake and the Arab Spring in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. The biggest lesson he’s learned abroad? Humility. “I have a lot of respect for all the people and the tragedies they go through and how they handle it. I’m not sure Europe could handle all that with such dignity and courage.”
icphoto:
The world of photography has lost a legend. Rest in peace, Marc Riboud (1923 – 2016).
Read Magnum Photo’s In Memoriam: http://buff.ly/2bCLnMP
See Marc Riboud’s photos in the ICP Collections: http://buff.ly/2bCvLOc
At around 2 a.m. yesterday, excrement and homemade explosives were thrown at the Caracas offices of the Venezuelan daily El Nacional. The attack comes less than a week after a separate incident in which unidentified assailants shot at the façade of Diario de los Andes, based in Valera, in the northwestern state of Trujillo.
In another incident in June, bags of animal excrement were thrown at the offices ofCorreo del Caroní, a daily newspaper in the eastern city of Puerto Ordaz. Security footage showed five men vandalizing the offices, according to local media reports.
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