http://www.mail.com/subjects/1416-journalists.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/1416-journalists.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2160800-award-winning-journalist-michael-hastings-dies.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Hastings, the war correspondent whose unflinching reporting from Afghanistan led to the resignation of a top U.S. army general, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, according to his employer and family. Hastings, who was 33, was described by many of his colleagues as an unfailingly bright and hard-charging reporter who wro... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:25:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2160800-award-winning-journalist-michael-hastings-dies.html 2013-06-19T07:25:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2143124-journalist-us-surveillance-case-to.html HONG KONG (AP) — The journalist who exposed classified U.S. surveillance programs leaked by an American defense contractor said Tuesday that there will be more 'significant revelations' to come from the documents. "We are going to have a lot more significant revelations that have not yet been heard over the next several weeks and months," said Glenn Green... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 05:49:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2143124-journalist-us-surveillance-case-to.html 2013-06-11T05:49:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2141834-journalist-snowden-fled-us-fearing-unfair-trial.html HONG KONG (AP) — The American intelligence contractor who disclosed U.S. government surveillance programs fled to Hong Kong because he believed he wouldn't get a fair trial in his home country, the journalist who broke the story said Monday. Glenn Greenwald of the British-based Guardian newspaper said Edward Snowden chose the semiautonomous Chinese region... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:44:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2141834-journalist-snowden-fled-us-fearing-unfair-trial.html 2013-06-10T17:44:13Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2140944-study-nonprofit-news-sites-business-help.html NEW YORK (AP) — The growing number of nonprofit news websites say they need more help from business experts than journalists. Many of the reporting sites relied on large startup grants and haven't effectively broadened their fundraising sources or extracted promises from their original funders to continue support, said a study released Monday by the Pew R... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:37:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2140944-study-nonprofit-news-sites-business-help.html 2013-06-10T14:37:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2116086-iran-seeks-tighter-control-foreign-journalists.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's culture minister is seeking to tighten rules to supervise visiting foreign journalists. A Wednesday report by the semi-official Mehr news agency quotes Mohammad Hosseini as saying tighter measures are being sought after an Israeli journalist reported from Tehran about the 2009 presidential election for a European news outlet. ... Wed, 29 May 2013 13:02:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2116086-iran-seeks-tighter-control-foreign-journalists.html 2013-05-29T13:02:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2115576-inquest-journalist-killed-thai-armys-bullet.html BANGKOK (AP) — An Italian photographer killed while covering the Thai military's crackdown on anti-government protesters in Bangkok three years ago was shot by a high-velocity bullet like those issued to soldiers, a judge said Wednesday. The inquest said it was unknown who fired the bullet and stopped short of outright blaming the military. Rights groups ... Wed, 29 May 2013 07:31:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2115576-inquest-journalist-killed-thai-armys-bullet.html 2013-05-29T07:31:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2112156-syrian-troops-gain-ground-tv-reporter-killed.html DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian troops gained ground Monday in a nine-day offensive against a key rebel-held town, and a Syrian TV correspondent covering the fighting there was killed by gunfire, state media and a pro-opposition group reported. The fighting raged as European Union foreign ministers met in Brussels to try to bridge divisions over easing an a... Mon, 27 May 2013 18:47:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2112156-syrian-troops-gain-ground-tv-reporter-killed.html 2013-05-27T18:47:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2108846-journalist-author-haynes-johnson-dies-81.html WASHINGTON (AP) — When Haynes Johnson visited Selma, Ala., months after a civil rights crisis there gripped the nation, he wrote in The Washington Evening Star that he'd found "no discernible change in the racial climate of the city." When it came to employment, housing or education, blacks had made no real gains. But he noticed something else as he trave... Sat, 25 May 2013 07:27:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2108846-journalist-author-haynes-johnson-dies-81.html 2013-05-25T07:27:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2098806-govt-presses-ahead-leak-case.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In another case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, the government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in a probe that appears to step into uncharted territory — by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime in disclosing leaked information. During... Mon, 20 May 2013 23:59:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2098806-govt-presses-ahead-leak-case.html 2013-05-20T23:59:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095130-journalist-dead-eastern-congo.html GOMA, Congo (AP) — 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. "We found his body yesterday in an advanced state of decay. It showed signed of strangulation according to the doctor who examined him on the scene. We couldn't move him furth... Sat, 18 May 2013 16:50:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095130-journalist-dead-eastern-congo.html 2013-05-18T16:50:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2088844-jpmorgan-asks-bloomberg-privacy-breach-data.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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. A formal letter was sent this week, a person familiar with the matter said. The person wasn't authorized to speak publicly and spoke on conditio... Thu, 16 May 2013 00:46:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2088844-jpmorgan-asks-bloomberg-privacy-breach-data.html 2013-05-16T00:46:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2082758-bloomberg-exec-apologizes-amid-report-leaks.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Financial data and news service Bloomberg LP moved to repair damage to its reputation Monday as a published report said that more than 10,000 of its clients' private messages containing sensitive pricing data had been leaked online. The report came the same day Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief Matthew Winkler apologized for the news servi... Tue, 14 May 2013 01:45:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2082758-bloomberg-exec-apologizes-amid-report-leaks.html 2013-05-14T01:45:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076930-post-attack-top-reporter-worries-cover-blown.html BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 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. Yet in this age of social media saturation and in-your-face journalistic ego, Ricardo Calderon continues to shun the limelight. To the public, this old-fa... Fri, 10 May 2013 16:05:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076930-post-attack-top-reporter-worries-cover-blown.html 2013-05-10T16:05:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076308-liberia-journalists-protest-with-black-front.html MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Newspapers in Liberia have printed black front pages after a government official was accused of threatening journalists. The director of the presidential security service reportedly told a journalist: "Be careful, because you have your pens and we have our guns." The security chief, Othello Warrick, later issued a statement saying... Fri, 10 May 2013 10:33:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076308-liberia-journalists-protest-with-black-front.html 2013-05-10T10:33:32Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2068188-saudi-journalist-claims-banned-writing.html RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A Saudi journalist says he has been banned from writing in a Saudi newspaper after criticizing the Interior Ministry. Ali al-Elayan wrote on his Twitter account Tuesday that Al-Watan daily has stopped him from writing after publishing his last column, entitled "first message to Mohammed bin Nayef." Prince Mohammed bin Nayef is ... Tue, 07 May 2013 11:21:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2068188-saudi-journalist-claims-banned-writing.html 2013-05-07T11:21:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049852-mexican-journalists-march-attacks-press.html XALAPA, Mexico (AP) — 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. But many of her colleagues don't believe it. The man convicted of the crime was tortured into a confession, they allege.... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:42:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049852-mexican-journalists-march-attacks-press.html 2013-04-28T20:42:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2044154-mexican-newspaper-photographer-dead.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — The hacked-up bodies of a photojournalist and another young man have been found in the northern Mexico city of Saltillo, authorities said Thursday. Photographer Daniel Martinez Bazaldua, 22, had recently been hired to cover social events for Vanguardia, the paper said in a story in its online edition. Officials identified the other man ... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:38:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2044154-mexican-newspaper-photographer-dead.html 2013-04-25T23:38:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043954-french-journalist-expelled-north-mali.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The Malian military says it has expelled a French journalist from northern Mali who had documented civilian deaths blamed on Malian soldiers. Lt. Col. Nema Sagara said Thursday that Dorothee Thienot, who has worked for French newspapers, was ordered by soldiers to leave the northern town of Gao. Sagara said that Thienot had been trying... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:11:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043954-french-journalist-expelled-north-mali.html 2013-04-25T13:11:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2038500-social-media-editor-enters-plea-hacking-case.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — 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. Matthew Keys, 26, made his first appearance in federal court since he was charged last month. Keys is charged with giving the hacking gr... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:25:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2038500-social-media-editor-enters-plea-hacking-case.html 2013-04-24T00:25:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2037364-reuters-editor-charged-with-hacking-was-fired.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Reuters deputy social media editor accused of conspiring with hackers to deface a Los Angeles Times story said Monday he had been fired. His dismissal came the day before 26-year-old Matthew Keys was scheduled to appear in federal court for the first time on the felony charges. His attorneys say he plans to plead not guilty. Federal... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:59:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2037364-reuters-editor-charged-with-hacking-was-fired.html 2013-04-23T04:59:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028036-senior-british-journalist-charged-bribes.html LONDON (AP) — The Sun newspaper's executive editor was charged Thursday with authorizing bribes to a government official, making him one of most senior journalists to be caught up in Britain's sprawling media ethics scandal. Fergus Shanahan is accused of authorizing one of his journalists to make two payments totaling 7,000 pounds ($10,700) to an unidenti... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:06:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028036-senior-british-journalist-charged-bribes.html 2013-04-18T15:06:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2023472-nigeria-reporters-face-criminal-charges-story.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Prosecutors filed criminal charges Tuesday against two journalists at a Nigerian newspaper over a story they published on alleged plans by the nation's presidency to disrupt opposition parties. The charges are a sign of growing government pressure on the media. Tony Amokeodo and Chibuzo Ukaibe face 10 counts of forgery after the dail... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:23:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2023472-nigeria-reporters-face-criminal-charges-story.html 2013-04-16T17:23:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2007848-dutch-reporter-victim-citizen-arrest-egypt.html CAIRO (AP) — A Dutch journalist working in Egypt said she was released Tuesday from nearly 12 hours in police custody after an Egyptian vigilante arrested her and turned her over to authorities, accusing her of spreading European culture and endangering the country. Rena Netjes, a freelance reporter for a number of Dutch media who covers Egypt and Libya, ... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:03:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2007848-dutch-reporter-victim-citizen-arrest-egypt.html 2013-04-09T17:03:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2005670-russian-journalist-brain-damaged-attack-dies.html MOSCOW (AP) — Mikhail Beketov, a Russian journalist who suffered brain damage and lost a leg after a brutal assault that followed his campaign against a highway project outside Moscow, died Monday. He was 55. His lawyer, Stalina Gurevitch, told the Rapsi news agency that Beketov died in a hospital Monday after choking on food. Beketov was part of a group ... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:01:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2005670-russian-journalist-brain-damaged-attack-dies.html 2013-04-08T16:01:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1985178-palestinian-journalist-jailed-abbas-photo.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A West Bank appeals court on Thursday upheld a one-year prison term for a Palestinian journalist who had a photo on his Facebook page that authorities claimed portrayed President Mahmoud Abbas as a traitor, rights activists said. It was the second such case in two months, and Abbas' Palestinian Authority is facing mounting criti... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:48:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1985178-palestinian-journalist-jailed-abbas-photo.html 2013-03-28T20:48:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1977586-gunmen-kill-female-journalist-somalia.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A media colleague says that gunmen in Somalia have shot and killed a female Somali journalist. Abdikarim Ahmed Bulhan, the director of Abudwak radio in central Somalia, said Monday that two men armed with pistols killed 25-year-old Rahmo Abdulqadir Farah in Mogadishu on Sunday evening. Her murder brings the number of journalists ... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:11:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1977586-gunmen-kill-female-journalist-somalia.html 2013-03-25T10:11:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1965950-hungarian-journalist-asked-to-return-award.html BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's Minister of Human Resources has asked a journalist to return a state award he received Friday after Israel and the United States complained about disparaging remarks he had made earlier about Gypsies and Jews. Minister Zoltan Balog has said he made a mistake by giving the Mihaly Tancsis prize to Ferenc Szaniszlo, a forme... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:59:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1965950-hungarian-journalist-asked-to-return-award.html 2013-03-19T21:59:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1961002-somali-court-overturns-conviction-journalist.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's Supreme Court has overturned a widely criticized conviction of a journalist who was sentenced to six months in prison after he interviewed a woman who said she was raped by security forces Chief Justice Aideed Abdullahi Ilkohanaf said Sunday there was not enough evidence to support an appeals court ruling that reporter ... Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:47:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1961002-somali-court-overturns-conviction-journalist.html 2013-03-17T16:47:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1956632-la-times-hack-security-breach-harmless-prank.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors say Reuters' deputy social media editor conspired with a notorious hacker network to cause an online security breach that should be punished by decades in federal prison. Fervent online supporters of Matthew Keys say the journalist was just taking part in an online prank that briefly altered the Los Angeles Times' ... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 05:38:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1956632-la-times-hack-security-breach-harmless-prank.html 2013-03-16T05:38:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1956820-tv-reporter-broadcasts-live-china-police-van.html LONDON (AP) — A broadcast from Beijing's Tiananmen Square has turned into a bizarre television experience for British viewers after a Sky News reporter and his camera operator were detained by Chinese authorities on live television. Sky News correspondent Mark Stone says he was broadcasting at Tiananmen Square when officials detained him. He kept the came... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:24:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1956820-tv-reporter-broadcasts-live-china-police-van.html 2013-03-15T11:24:20Z