INSI and Free Press webinar recap: Journalist safety and rights at US Conventions
August 23, 2012 Leave a comment
By Natasha Lennard
Nearly 90 people have been arrested while trying to report on the Occupy Wall Street protests in the United States (Flickr / Jessica Lehrman)
Join us on August 23 for second online discussion
On August 16, INSI joined Free Press and the Harvard Digital Media Law Project to host a webinar on press freedom, journalist safety and reporters’ rights in advance of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. The online event drew an interactive audience of 40 people.
The discussion drew on a mix of concrete law and safety advice, interspersed with personal stories and experience from professional and citizen journalists who have been covering protests on the ground.
Covering the black bloc
June 8, 2012 1 Comment
Proper risk assessment requires understanding why some protesters attack journalists
By Natasha Lennard
The Occupy Wall Street protests are challenging for reporters to cover safely (Flickr/Sunset Parkerpix)
Since Occupy Wall Street’s inception in New York last September and consequent spread throughout the U.S., hundreds of journalists found themselves covering tense street protests, often for the first time. Within weeks reporters -credentialed, staff, independent and citizen journalists alike – found they were not immune to arrest or harassment from police.
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