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Reuters Cameraman ‘Killed by Israeli Tank’

Posted by guardian.co.uk on 17 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Israel/Palestine

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By Mark Sweney, The Guardian
Medical examination of the body of Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana confirms that he was killed by an Israeli tank shell in Gaza yesterday, according to the news agency.

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Yonatan Mendel: How to Become an Israeli Journalist

Posted by London Review of Books on 03 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, Israel/Palestine, Media Analysis

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By Yonatan Mendel, London Review of Books
Israeli journalists are not embedded with the security establishment; and they haven’t been asked to make their audience feel good about Israel’s military policy. The restrictions they observe are observed voluntarily, almost unconsciously - which makes their practice all the more dangerous.

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IDF launches wartime television studio

Posted by Y Net News on 21 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Television, Israel/Palestine

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By Hanan Greenberg, Y Net News
Over $1.3 million invested in broadcast studio to be operated by Home Front Command in event of national crisis. Channel will provide information, instructions and answer questions of civilian population during future conflicts.

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Danny Pearl’s Father On The Legacy of His Death

Posted by Judea Pearl on 13 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary, Media Freedom, Journalism, World Press, Iraq War, Israel/Palestine

This week marks the sixth anniversary of the murder of Daniel Pearl, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal. It is a fitting occasion to step back and reflect on what this tragedy has taught us.

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Turning Ahmadinejad Into Public Enemy No. 1

Posted by Salon on 25 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: News, 9/11, Middle East, Iraq War, Israel/Palestine

By Juan Cole, Salon
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly has become a media circus. But the controversy does not stem from the reasons usually cited.

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Threats To Journalism Are Also Threats To Society

Posted by San Jose Mercury News on 27 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: News, Fox News, Media Freedom, Journalism, Middle East, Television, BBC, Israel/Palestine, Terror

By Steve Centanni, San Jose Mercury News
At least 81 journalists were killed in 2006 in 21 countries, and at least 56 journalists were kidnapped…”I was one of them.”

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Award-Winning Film-Maker’s Death Divides UK And Israel

Posted by The Independent on 07 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: News, Media Savvy, UK, Ethics, Middle East, Judicial, Israel/Palestine, Alternative Press, Terror, Documentary

By Eric Silver, The Independent
Britain and Israel face a diplomatic and legal showdown this week over the death of James Miller, an award-winning British film-maker who was shot by Israel soldiers while working on a documentary in the Gaza Strip more than four years ago.

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Spokesman for missiing BBC reporter’s captors held by Hamas

Posted by The Independent on 03 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, Israel/Palestine, Terror

By Donald Macintyre, The Independent
A spokesman for the Palestinian militant group which says it kidnapped the BBC correspondent Alan Johnston was detained by Hamas yesterday amid apparent efforts by the group to increase pressure on the militants to free the reporter.

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Video Shows Kidnapped BBC Man Wearing Explosives Belt

Posted by Guardian Unlimited on 25 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, Middle East, Television, BBC, Israel/Palestine

By Dan Bell, The Guardian
The Foreign Office has condemned a video of the kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston which shows him with a belt of explosives strapped around his waist.

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Alan Johnston On The Art Of Journalism

Posted by BBC News on 20 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: News, Media Savvy, Europe, UK, Journalism, BBC, Israel/Palestine

By Alan Johnston, BBC News
As Alan Johnston passes his 100th day in captivity in Gaza, BBC News reprints an e-mail he sent last year to the Director of the BBC College of Journalism Vin Ray, who had asked correspondents for their tips on radio reporting.

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See No Evil, Report No Evil: How the Media Distorts the Israel/Palestine Conflict

Posted by Crossing the Line - Life in Occupied Palestine on 18 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, Middle East, Israel/Palestine

By Crossing the Line
This week on Crossing The Line, we’ll examine the disparity in media coverage of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict with journalist Alison Weir.

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