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Journalist found dead in eastern Congo

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:52:26 -0400

GOMA, Congo - The body of a Congolese journalist was found on the bank of the Ngezi River near the provincial capital of Bunia in eastern Congo, the city's mayor said Saturday.

JPMorgan asks Bloomberg for privacy breach data

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:47:10 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for JPMorgan Chase & Co. are asking financial news and data company Bloomberg LP to turn over any records it has of reporters looking up the log-in and usage data of JPMorgan employees.

May: Is one man's terrorist another man's bureau chief?

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:21:39 -0400

By CLIFFORD D. MAY - Inspire is a glossy, English-language, on-line magazine published by al Qaeda. It was conceived by Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born cleric and al Qaida leader, who also contributed editorials. In 2011, President Barack Obama ordered a drone strike against al-Awlaki as he was riding in a car in Yemen along with Samir Khan, Inspire's Pakistani-American editor and publisher.

Nicaragua police expel news photographer for AFP

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:35:59 -0400

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Nicaraguan police say a Chilean photographer working for the French news agency Agence France-Presse has been deported because he entered a restricted area near President Daniel Ortega's office.

Report: German journalist detained in Syria

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:16:52 -0400

BERLIN - Berlin daily Tagesspiegel reports that a German journalist has been detained by Syrian government forces while trying to cover the conflict in the country.

Newseum reconsiders honor for 2 linked to Hamas

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:42:29 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Newseum in Washington says it is re-evaluating plans to include two people who worked for a network connected to Hamas on its Journalists Memorial honoring journalists who died last year while covering the news.

Post-attack, top reporter worries his cover blown

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:08:51 -0400

BOGOTA, Colombia - His exclusives have triggered some of Colombia's biggest scandals, leading to the dismissals, arrests and prosecutions of dozens of crooked, sometimes murderous public officials.

Liberia journalists protest with black front pages

Fri, 10 May 2013 06:34:41 -0400

MONROVIA, Liberia - Newspapers in Liberia have printed black front pages after a government official was accused of threatening journalists.

Suspect arrested in Russian journalist's killing

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:29:18 -0400

MOSCOW - A Russian businessman was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of ordering the fatal beating of an investigative reporter.

Saudi journalist claims he is banned from writing

Tue, 07 May 2013 07:22:20 -0400

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A Saudi journalist says he has been banned from writing in a Saudi newspaper after criticizing the Interior Ministry.

Mexico: journalist killings go largely unpunished

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:20:04 -0400

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's governmental rights commission says 84 journalists have been killed in Mexico since 2000, and 20 more have disappeared since 2005.

NH family: Missing US journalist in Syrian prison

Fri, 03 May 2013 13:34:30 -0400

BOSTON - The New Hampshire-based family of a journalist missing for five months now believe "with a very high degree of confidence" that he is being held in a Syrian prison.

Wyoming sports staffers aid Colo. journalist

Fri, 03 May 2013 11:28:38 -0400

LARAMIE, Wyoming - Natalie Meisler wasn't making any sense.

Family of missing journalist to speak in Boston

Fri, 03 May 2013 05:04:52 -0400

BOSTON - The New Hampshire-based family of a journalist missing in Syria is speaking about him at a Boston event celebrating "World Press Freedom Day."

Amnesty: Syrian government, rebels hunt reporters

Thu, 02 May 2013 19:40:26 -0400

LONDON - Amnesty International said Friday that Syria's government and elements of its rebel movement are deliberately targeting journalists, releasing a report which had blame for both sides in the country's civil war.

Top Colombian investigative journalist attacked

Thu, 02 May 2013 18:04:37 -0400

BOGOTA, Colombia - The prize-winning investigations editor of Colombia's top newsmagazine said Thursday that he believes a roadside attack on him by gunmen who put five bullets in his car was related to his work.

Professor, journalist speak at Ga. commencement

Thu, 02 May 2013 04:05:11 -0400

GAINESVILLE, Georgia - Foreign policy expert Anne-Marie Slaughter and journalist Eleanor Clift are slated to deliver commencement addresses at Brenau University.

Hawaii shield law likely dead as chambers differ

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:52:08 -0400

HONOLULU - Hawaii's shield law that protects journalists from revealing anonymous sources is likely to expire at the end of June after House and Senate lawmakers moved forward Tuesday with separate plans to extend the legislation.

Italian journalist missing in Syria

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:13:53 -0400

MILAN - Italian daily La Stampa says its correspondent in Syria has been missing for about 20 days.

Veteran journalist new FOI Foundation director

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:01:10 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas - Kelley Shannon, a longtime Texas journalist, has been named executive director of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas.

Mexican journalists march against attacks on press

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:43:35 -0400

XALAPA, Mexico - Officials in Veracruz state say they know who killed Regina Martinez. The muckraking reporter, found beaten and suffocated in her house, was just the victim of a robbery, according to prosecutors and a local court.

Social media editor enters plea in hacking case

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:37:38 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - A social media editor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to conspiring with the hacking group Anonymous to gain access to the Los Angeles Times' website and change the headline on a December 2010 story.

Mexico crime beat reporter missing for 3 months

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:46:31 -0400

MEXICO CITY - A press freedom group is demanding that Mexico investigate the disappearance of a crime reporter in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, where 12 journalists have been slain or gone missing since 2010.

Journalist killed in Somali capital; 5th this year

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:49:04 -0400

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A Somali radio station editor says unidentified gunmen have shot dead a journalist in Mogadishu, the fifth to be killed in the country his year.

Charlottesville journalist wins VPA Mims award

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:02:47 -0400

NORFOLK, Virginia - Anita Shelburne, editorial page editor of The Daily Progress in Charlottesville, has been awarded the Virginia Press Association's 26th annual D. Lathan Mims Award for Editorial Leadership in the Community. The award was presented Saturday at the association's annual meeting in Norfolk.