JERUSALEM — #Hamas leader #YehiaSinwar has for years overseen a secret police force in the Gaza Strip that conducted surveillance on everyday #Palestinians and built files on young people, #journalists and those who questioned the government, according to intelligence officials and a trove of internal documents reviewed by The New York Times.
A timeline of Israeli attacks on Al Jazeera journalists
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Throughout Israel’s war on Gaza, Al Jazeera has documented more than 50 attacks against their journalists. Here are just some of them.
October 2023 – Wael Dahdouh’s wife, son, daughter and grandson were killed in an Israeli attack on a building they were sheltering in.
October 2023 – An Israeli air attack killed 19 members of the family of Al Jazeera broadcast engineer Mohamed Abu Qumsan.
Despite Israel's restrictions on international journalists entering #Gaza, Palestinian journalists have bravely covered the ongoing genocide, risking their lives in the process.
Student protesters at Goldsmiths, University of London, win concessions, name room after Shireen Abu Akleh
“To have that recognition of a Palestinian journalist that was murdered by the [Israeli military] and have that memorialised at this university will be amazing and something we are really proud of.”
Samira Ali
Its World Press Freedom Day & its worth remembering that not all journalist are the supine, press-release rehashing, wage slaves of corporate Right wing media companies...
Across the world & even here in Britain, there are journalists braving bullying, economic sanctions, libel cases, deaths threats & actual fatalities to reveal to us what is going on in the world.
Without them, the plight of democracy would be even worse than it is.
“Objectivity is a tricky concept. Ultimately, we’re with the skeptics who say it never really made sense. And yet! For a long time “objectivity” packaged together many important ideas about truth and trust. American journalism has disowned that brand without offering a replacement. At the end this post, I’ll point to some starting points for figuring out what values a new generation of journalists could promote instead.” [Jonathan Stray/NiemanLab]
Hey #journalists if you're going to use an open source project as an example of a hack, can you at least let them know in advance you're about to do something reckless so they can prepare?
What it means to be a Palestinian reporter in Gaza (3)
Tareq Abu Azzoum
"We have also been losing a number of colleagues and family members while reporting. It adds to the huge psychological pressure Palestinian journalists face since the start of the war.
Often we come across bloody scenes or grieving mothers mourning the loss of a son. Yet, we have to cast all that aside and return back to stand up in front of the camera and keep reporting."
""Israel has killed over 10% of our colleagues," said Shuruq As'ad, director of the Palestine Journalism Hub and supporter of calls to boycott the White House Correspondents' Dinner,"
"The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), an organization representing more than 600,000 media workers across 146 countries, endorsed the boycott push on Saturday, as did the National Writers Union (NWU)."
Protests are expected outside the dinner's venue
Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, Fatima Bhutto, Bassem Youssef, W. Kamau Bell, and a whole host of Zeteo contributors pay a very special and unique tribute to #Palestinian#journalists killed by the occupation because profesional associations and mainstream media doesn’t.
Our head of emerging media @cjammet shared his thoughts on how #musk 's ruination of #twitter highlights the the importance of the #fediverse, especially for #governments, #NGO's, and #journalists. Give it a read and share your thoughts!
Here's an #AI tool that arrives just in time: The PRISA media group has created an audio #verification and #deepfake detection service for voices in Spanish.
Their goal: Support #journalists (e.g. when covering election campaigns) and foster trust in the face of #disinformation.
Remarkable: The creators also address the problem of powerful people claiming their voices have been cloned after saying something embarrassing.
Useful: 5 of the fossil fuel industry’s biggest #disinformation tactics
proudly funded by the [#AtlasNetwork]
UNDERSTANDING the fossil fuel industry’s classic narratives is a good starting point.
DEBUNKING false claims is a critical next step. #media#journalists please debunk #climatechange#pollution
On 2nd anniversary of Abu Akleh killing, press advocates push for justice (www.aljazeera.com)
Advocates say lack of accountability in Abu Akleh’s killing reflects pattern of impunity in Israel’s attacks on press.