The Seattle Post Intelligencer announced its plans to shutter the print edition and move to an online-only enterprise, and the San Diego Union-Tribune is saved by a nose.
Author: OPC of America
Holder Is Open to Aid Newspapers
Reuters reports that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday preserving a healthy newspaper industry was important and he was open to adjusting antitrust policy if it could help.
Shoe-Throwing Journo Gets 3 Years
The Iraqi journalist who threw two shoes at President Bush during a news conference was sentenced to three years in prison.
INSI Hostage News Advisory
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News is joining the Global Hostage Crisis Help Center established by the International News Safety Institute to assist news organizations or individuals confronted by a kidnapping for the first time.
Swaziland March 13, 2009
At least two publications founded recently in Swaziland have been threatened with closure for not registering as publications with the Swazi government.
OPC Dismayed at Reporter’s 20-Year Sentence for “Insolence” to Islam in Afghanistan
This week, we received with utter dismay the news that the Afghan Supreme Court has upheld the 20-year sentence given to Sayed Parvez Kambakhsh for “insolence” to Islam.
Iran March 6, 2009
s.Roxana Saberi, a well-respected journalist who was arrested in late January, has not been heard from since February 10. Saberi was born and raised in the United States, and holds dual U.S. and Iranian citizenship
CJR: “Do or Die” Issue
Columbia Journalism Review counts some 12,000 journalists who have lost their jobs since January 2007. In its new "Do or Die" issue, the magazine takes a look at the current climate as a time of ferment and innovation, inside and outside of established media companies.
Ominous Signs for the Philippines in Murder of Ernesto Rollin
It was with the greatest sadness that we learned last week of the assassination of Ernesto Rollin, a presenter on local radio station DXSY in Ozamis City — sadness for Rollin and those who cared about him, obviously, but sadness as well for the Philippines and the threat to its future as an Asian democracy.
Peru March 4, 2009
Open season on the press seems to have come to Peru: Drug traffickers, police officers, public officials and member of the public appear to share a growing feeling that they may attack reporters and editors without fear of prosecution.