11–20 of 527 posts
In some protests, when things get violent, is it easy to spot a journalist or do they just look like other protestors? honest question.
But the police have even been arresting people who show all those signs
What's their definition of journalist here? Journalists, at these protests, that were arrested? In other words, how many twitter followers do I need before I can identify as a journalist?!
What's their definition of journalist here? Journalists, at these protests, that were arrested? In other words, how many twitter followers do I need before I can identify as a journalist?!
Why doesn't the site include data from before 2017? We do not feel that data collected retroactively would meet our rigorous research standards. We believe that data collected before we established a tracking system, methodology, and outreach is likely to be less comprehensive and therefore likely to underestimate the number of incidents before 2017.
So it's a record number of journalists arrested since... 2017?!
And finally, the definition of journalist:
Who does the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker count as a journalist? The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker adopts a functional definition of who is a journalist. It doesn’t matter whether the individual has a press pass or went to journalism school, whether they work for The New York Times or work for themselves. What matters is whether the person was performing an act of journalism. The Tracker will count journalists whose rights to gather and disseminate information were violated in the course of their work or as a result of their work.
In the case of border stops, the resistance of U.S. authorities to provide information makes it extremely difficult to identify whether a journalist has been stopped because of their work. So although it is possible that some journalists may be stopped for other reasons, we will report cases of all journalists who are stopped at the border and questioned for a certain amount of time.
A journalist who attends a protest in order to protest publicly, rather than to document the protest, and is arrested or attacked in that capacity will not be counted on the site. While we recognize the importance and the rights of the private citizen who snaps a photo or video of an arrest, this site will only cover individuals who self-identify as journalists and have some track record of journalistic work.
In summary: this is a meaningless article.
> The vast majority of these arrests occurred while journalists were documenting the historic, nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd and in support of Black Lives Matter. So basically, it's not a coincidence - police are more likely to arrest journalists that are attending anti-police protests. And it's sort of understandable. Imagine you are a police officer called to go to a protest where ever…
Was anyone suggesting it was a coincidence? It makes sense more journalists were arrested, but it's still notable.
In some protests, when things get violent, is it easy to spot a journalist or do they just look like other protestors? honest question.
> The vast majority of these arrests occurred while journalists were documenting the historic, nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd and in support of Black Lives Matter. So basically, it's not a coincidence - police are more likely to arrest journalists that are attending anti-police protests. And it's sort of understandable. Imagine you are a police officer called to go to a protest where ever…
Was anyone suggesting it was a coincidence? It makes sense more journalists were arrested, but it's still notable.
In some protests, when things get violent, is it easy to spot a journalist or do they just look like other protestors? honest question.
> About half the journalists here are freelancers, who may lack the institutional support of a newsroom and the financial resources for a potentially expensive legal defense.
I hadn't really thought of the value of legal defense from journalism institutions (as opposed to non-institutional platforms like Substack) before.
What's their definition of journalist here? Journalists, at these protests, that were arrested? In other words, how many twitter followers do I need before I can identify as a journalist?!
In some protests, when things get violent, is it easy to spot a journalist or do they just look like other protestors? honest question.
Police arresting people at protests who aren't being violent, including journalists, merely for being in proximity to those who are violent or for sharing similar political objectives is a warning sign that a society is becoming oppressive.