Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World's Front Lines

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Attacks on the Press; Contents; Foreword; 1. Going It Alone: More Freelancers Means Less Support, Greater Danger; 2. Covering War for the First Time-in Syria; 3. The Rules of Conflict Reporting Are Changing; 4. Broadcasting Murder: Militants Use Media for Deadly Purpose; 5. Lack of Media Coverage Compounds Violence in Libya; 6. Reporting with Bodyguards on the Paraguayan Border; 7. Between Conflict and Stability: Journalists in Pakistan and Mexico Cope with Everyday Threats; 8. Conflating Terrorism and Journalism in Ethiopia.;The most comprehensive guide to the global state of free press in 2015 Attacks on the Press is the world's most comprehensive guide to international press freedom. Compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists, this informative guide features analytical essays from CPJ and other experts and provides a platform for direct advocacy with governments and the diplomatic community to give voice to journalists worldwide. Reporters and photographers face a myriad of risks, from highly publicized murder to imprisonment, cyberattacks, harassment, frivolous lawsuits, and censorship. T. Attacks on the Press Contents Foreword 1. Going It Alone: More Freelancers Means Less Support, Greater Danger 2. Covering War for the First Time-in Syria 3. The Rules of Conflict Reporting Are Changing 4. Broadcasting Murder: Militants Use Media for Deadly Purpose 5. Lack of Media Coverage Compounds Violence in Libya 6. Reporting with Bodyguards on the Paraguayan Border 7. Between Conflict and Stability: Journalists in Pakistan and Mexico Cope with Everyday Threats 8. Conflating Terrorism and Journalism in Ethiopia. 9. We Completely Agree: Egyptian Media in the Era of President El Sisi10. Finding New Ways to Censor Journalists in Turkey 11. Treating the Internet as the Enemy in the Middle East 12. Overzealous British Media Prompt Overzealous Backlash 13. Outdated Secrecy Laws Stifle the Press in South Africa 14. Amid Ebola Outbreak, West African Governments Try to Isolate Media 15. For Cluesto Censorship in Hong Kong, Look to Singapore, Not Beijing 16. Surveillance Forces Journalists to Think and Act Like Spies 17. Two Continents, Two Courts, Two Approaches to Privacy. 18. Journalists Grapple with Increasing Power of European Extremists19. Indian Businesses Exert Financial Muscle to Control Press 20. The Death of Glasnost: How Russia's Attempt at Openness Failed 21. Media Wars Create Information Vacuum in Ukraine 22. Journalists Overcome Obstacles through Crowdfunding and Determination 23. Trends in Press Freedom: 10 Most Censored Countries Threaten Jail Terms, Restrict Internet to Silence Press 10 Most Censored Countries 1. Eritrea 2. North Korea 3. Saudi Arabia 4. Ethiopia 5. Azerbaijan 6. Vietnam 7. Iran 8. China 9. Burma 10. Cuba Index.