Mar
27
Recordings, Posted Online, Rattle Officials in Turkey
Posted in: UncategorizedA recording was posted on YouTube in which officials were heard discussing a plot to establish a justification for military strikes in Syria.
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Mar
12
U.N. Denies That Syria Image Was Faked
Posted in: UncategorizedA photograph of hungry Palestinians in Syria, retweeted more than eight million times, has become an iconic image of the war. Experts said it was real.
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Feb
21
Egypt Extends Its Crackdown to Journalists
Posted in: UncategorizedThe military government has been detaining reporters, as well as other perceived enemies like activists and Islamists.
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Feb
11
Istanbul Journal: Pirate Radio Gives Voice to Syrian Opposition
Posted in: UncategorizedOver a dozen opposition radio stations broadcast into Syria, and some activists try to keep their signals, and themselves, alive by running operations from places like Turkey.
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Dec
11
News Organizations Call On Syrian Rebels to End Kidnappings
Posted in: UncategorizedThirteen international news organizations have written a letter to the armed opposition in Syria asking for assurances that their reporters will not be abducted.
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Oct
05
Court Defers Imprisonment for Journalist Covering Sinai
Posted in: UncategorizedA military court convicted Ahmed Abu Deraa of entering a military zone without authorization, but postponed his sentence indefinitely, a mixed decision in a test of media freedom.
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Oct
04
In Leaked Video, Egyptian Army Officers Debate How to Sway News Media
Posted in: UncategorizedIn the clip of Gen. Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi and senior officers before the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, the officers discuss pressuring the media into “self-censorship.”
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Sep
16
How Syria Media Advisers Decided Who Would Speak to President Assad
Posted in: UncategorizedAfter Charlie Rose broadcast an hourlong talk with Bashar al-Assad on PBS, George Stephanopoulos of ABC was invited to do the same, but the rug was pulled out from under him.
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Sep
08
Assad Denies Chemical Attack in Interview for U.S. Viewers
Posted in: UncategorizedThe interview with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, which took place on Sunday at the presidential palace in Damascus, will be broadcast on Monday by CBS and PBS.
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Aug
31
For News From Syrian Battleground, a Reliance on Social Media
Posted in: UncategorizedThe dangers of news organizations reporting in Syria have kept most journalists outside the country’s borders and heightened the need for third-party video.
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Aug
22
American Tells of Odyssey as Prisoner of Syrian Rebels
Posted in: UncategorizedMatthew Schrier, a photographer, says he was held for seven months by jihadi fighters opposed to President Bashar al-Assad. After being robbed, tortured and accused of being an American spy, he escaped in July.
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Aug
14
Cameraman for British Network Is Killed in Cairo
Posted in: UncategorizedMick Deane, a cameraman for Sky News who was shot on Wednesday, was the first Western reporter to die on assignment in Egypt since the Committee to Protect Journalists started keeping such records in the 1990s.
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Aug
10
Journalists in Syria Face Dangers of War and Rising Risk of Abduction
Posted in: UncategorizedThe Committee to Protect Journalists has reported at least 14 journalists who are missing or have been abducted, but the total number of kidnappings is believed to be much higher.
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Jul
26
Hamas Closes News Media Outlets
Posted in: UncategorizedHamas closed news media offices and a television production company for what it called the spreading of false reports and working for Israeli television.
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Jul
07
Egypt’s New Leaders Press Media to Muzzle Dissent
Posted in: UncategorizedThe authorities shuttered some television stations, and the tone of some state news media also seemed to shift, to reflect the interests of those now in charge.
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Jun
06
Turks Angry Over Dearth of Protest Coverage by Established Media
Posted in: UncategorizedAs protesters took to the streets across the nation, Turkish TV channels stuck to scheduled programming, and people turned to social media to find out what was going on.
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Apr
28
Iraq Suspends Al Jazeera and Other TV Channels
Posted in: UncategorizedAll but one of the channels are aligned with Sunni financial backers, and the Iraqi government said the channels were inciting sectarian conflict.
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Apr
01
Syrian Newspapers Emerge to Fill Out War Reporting
Posted in: UncategorizedThe editor of Sham, a new weekly newspaper, said coverage of the war in Syria had been skewed by exaggerations and misinformation.
Mar
30
Egypt Orders Arrest of Satirist for Skits on Islam and Morsi
Posted in: UncategorizedIn the nine months since Mohamed Morsi became president, his government has been accused of employing the same harsh measures against dissent as did the previous leaders.
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