Attacks on the press : journalism on the world's front lines

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Foreword / Christiane Amanpour = xi
• 1. Going It Alone : More Freelancers Means Less Support, Greater Danger = 1
• The lack of adequate preparation might make safety experts shudder, but faced with low pay and high risk, the only option for many conflict journalists is to learn on the fly. / Robert Mahoney
• 2. Covering War for the First Time - in Syria = 9
• Lacking the support of an editor or established news organization, a young freelancer turned to a community of independent journalists who helped her find her way in a conflict zone. / Erin Banco
• 3. The Rules of Conflict Reporting Are Changing = 15
• Syria has reshaped the way war is covered. Faced with continuing journalist kidnappings and murders, one veteran reporter proposes a new approach. / Janine di Giovanni
• 4. Broadcasting Murder : Militants Use Media for Deadly Purpose = 23
• Islamic State, Boko Haram, and Mexican drug cartels videotape their own violence, presenting a conundrum for the press. / Joel Simon ; Samantha Libby
• 5. Lack of Media Coverage Compounds Violence in Libya = 35
• The world hardly knows what's happening in Libya. The information vacuum allows various groups to distort the truth and even to cause greater bloodshed. / Fadil Aliriza
• 6. Reporting with Bodyguards on the Paraguayan Border = 45
• Amid lawlessness in Paraguay, one journalist has his own security detail to fend off attacks smugglers and the henchmen of corrupt politicians. / John Otis
• 7. Between Conflict and Stability : Journalists in Pakistan and Mexico Cope with Everyday Threats = 55
• Working where violence is endemic takes a psychological toll on journalists and their families and hampers the ability to report. / Daniel DeFraia
• 8. Conflating Terrorism and Journalism in Ethiopia = 65
• Addis Ababa is using defense against terrorism to justify stifling the press and putting reporters in jail. / Jacey Fortin
• 9. We Completely Agree : Egyptian Media in the Era of President El-Sisi = 75
• Self-censorship, firings, and official harassment are transforming many Egyptian journalists into mouthpieces for the government. / Mohamed Elmeshad
• 10. Finding New Ways to Censor Journalists in Turkey = 85
• The declining number of imprisoned journalists is a welcome change, but it does not indicate a more open approach toward the media in Turkey. / Yavuz Baydar
• 11. Treating the Internet as the Enemy in the Middle East = 95
• When it comes to popular movements, no one knows better than Middle East leaders how powerful the Internet can be - and no one is doing more to undermine it. / Courtney C. Radsch
• 12. Overzealous British Media Prompt Overzealous Backlash = 105
• Journalists in the United Kingdom are besieged police, Parliament, pressure groups, public relations agents, and even publishers. / Liz Gerard
• 13. Outdated Secrecy Laws Stifle the Press in South Africa = 123
• The invocation of antiquated laws and the introduction of restrictive new ones set a dangerous precedent for censorship in a country still finding its way as a democracy. / Ferial Haffajee
• 14. Amid Ebola Outbreak, West African Governments Try to Isolate Media = 127
• In an environment where access to facts can be lifesaving, some West African governments appear as interested in arresting reporters as arresting a deadly disease. / Sue Valentine
• 15. For Clues to Censorship in Hong Kong, Look to Singapore, Not Beijing = 135
• Many in Hong Kong fear China's blunt media restrictions, but the territory's journalists are more likely to encounter the more subtle weapons of Singapore. / Madeline Earp
• 16. Surveillance Forces Journalists to Think and Act Like Spies = 145
• Only with expertise, practice, and expensive tools can the media protect sources in the digital age. Journalists now compete with spooks, and the spooks have the home-field advantage. / Tom Lowenthal
• 17. Two Continents, Two Courts, Two Approaches to Privacy = 157
• As the United States confirms its value of free speech over privacy, Europe tilts in the opposite direction. / Geoffrey King
• 18. Journalists Grapple with Increasing Power of European Extremists = 167
• The rise of right-wing groups across the continent leads to attacks on journalists - and a fierce debate in the profession over how to report on nationalist political parties. / Jean-Paul Marthoz
• 19. Indian Businesses Exert Financial Muscle to Control Press = 177
• Corporate interests try to suppress unfavorable coverage through expensive lawsuits, the withholding of advertising, and the outright purchase of news outlets. / Sumit Galhotra
• 20. The Death of Glasnost : How Russia's Attempt at Openness Failed = 189
• There was a moment when the Russian media was poised to join the West's in open and objective news coverage. That moment has passed. / Ann Cooper
• 21. Media Wars Create Information Vacuum in Ukraine = 201
• The shutdown of broadcasters, restrictions on reporting, blatant propaganda, and beatings, abductions, and killings of journalists leave people in eastern Ukraine and Crimea in the dark. / Muzaffar Suleymanov
• 22. Journalists Overcome Obstacles through Crowdfunding and Determination = 211
• Declining revenue poses one of the greatest challenges to today's media. Yet many journalists are scraping with help from new platforms and their own ingenuity. / Jessica Jerreat
• 23. Trends in Press Freedom : 10 Most Censored Countries Threaten Jail Terms, Restrict Internet to Silence Press = 219
• Index = 231