Sentences with phrase «of citizen journalists»

Although the courts have been able to skirt around the issue for decades, in light of the rise of citizen journalists, the time has come for a decision to be made: Is there a distinction between media and nonmedia defendants?

The vague wording of the regulations would allow for «classifiers» to visit, for example, the homes of citizen journalists and ordinary internet users.»

Starting with the Arab Spring and fight against Syria's Assad regime, through the brutal takeover by the Islamic State, a group of citizen journalists has been documenting life inside Raqqa under deadly circumstances.

This week, it's «City of Ghosts,» providing an apt bookend chronicling the heroic efforts of citizen journalists in Raqqa, Syria, as they attempt to document the carnage that the Islamic State has wreaked on their once - cosmopolitan city.

The canniest and most overwhelming documentary to date about the ongoing Syrian civil war, Matthew Heineman's City of Ghosts contrasts the story of a heroic group of citizen journalists with a grim view of the international community they desperately need to galvanize.

A stirring tribute to the journalistic heroes of «Raqqa is Silently Being Slaughtered», City of Ghosts takes us into the epicenter of Syria's ISIS occupation where a troop of citizen journalists seek to expose the true horror tearing their world to pieces.

With astonishing, deeply personal access, this is the story of a brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile, risking their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.

But the Academy didn't go for this horrifying but moving tale about Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, a team of citizen journalists reporting the abuses of ISIS at the risk of their own lives.

As with his previous, highly topical work, the of - the - moment subject of «Ghosts» is the Islamic State, also known as ISIS — or, rather, a band of citizen journalists from the Syrian city of Raqqa who have defied death threats and assassinations to get the news out of the Islamic State's capital, via a Web portal called Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently.

«City of Ghosts» follows a group of citizen journalists from Raqqa, Syria, who eventually flee their homes due to death threats from ISIS.

City of Ghosts (Matthew Heineman, director) Follows a number of citizen journalists who exhibit unbelievable courage in transmitting accounts of life in Raqqa, a Syrian city under ISIS domination.

There is, however, a strong coalition of citizen journalists working diligently in Cameroon and the Diaspora to provide insightful and critical commentary on recent events in the country.

Besides a world of citizen journalists at places like techPresident and on our own sites, try reading Amy Schatz at the Murdoch Street Journal, Danny Glover and the gang at National Journal's Technology Daily, Steve Johnson at the Chicago Tribune, Frank Davies at the San Jose Mercury News and of course Jose Antonio Vargas at the Post.

The world has clearly moved on a long way since 2002 — the phenomenon of the blogosphere erupted after 9/11 resulting in today's vast array of citizen journalists.

The dismissal of the first indictment today sends a strong message to Planned Parenthood and their political cronies that colluding to suppress the First Amendment rights of citizen journalists will never work.

During the 2008 campaign, one of our citizen journalists, Mayhill Fowler, reported on Barack Obama's remarks at a San Francisco fundraiser.

It's a documentary from director Matthew Heineman that begins as a history of the citizen journalist group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) and transforms into something that is more akin to a thriller.

Let people world - wide discover them and their insight — but always to recognize the power of a citizen journalist having their own publication.

Not exact matches

The show cast six supporting «citizen journalists» who reflect the broad swath of personalities on the right, with a gun - rights activist in the vein of bombastic NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch, provocateurs in the vein of Milo Yiannopoulos, what Miller described as a «pseudo-intellectual with no real credentials,» and a stay - at - home livestreamer rambling without much of a point.

According to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, many of the world's richest citizens are stuffing cash in offshore havens to avoid paying tax.

According to reports, Macron's digital team created dummy accounts, or honeypots, that looked like an individual's account with top level information from the campaign, but much of the contents was fake — planted specifically to render a data dump confusing, if not useless, since it would take a tremendous amount of time for reporters and citizen journalists to sort out the real from the fake.

Out - of - pocket medical expenses are one of the main reasons U.S. citizens go into debt, according to the Association of Healthcare Journalists.

Toward the goal of clean capital markets, in 2004 Byrne began a vigorous citizen - journalist campaign focusing on regulatory capture, hedge fund mischief, settlement system failures, systemic risk, and the possibility of economic warfare against the US by organized crime and foreign governments.

The press (including «citizen journalists» and survivor blog writers) have been pulling at the loose threads here and there, and it looks like the entire muffler may unravel as different people and organizations attempt to deny the interconnections, or minimize underlying doctrines that have given shape to their whole gridlock of power.

CNN's iReport asked its community of citizen - journalists to offer their opinion on the ban and the larger role of Islam in modern society.

You get to see «regular citizens,» plus a smattering of the national elite journalists who swoop down to cover the locals, usually stopping in for an obligatory chowder or pie at some diner.

Suppression of information, arrests of reporters and citizen journalists.

After World War II, an American journalist returned to Germany to live in a remote town in hopes of discovering why law - abiding citizens followed the leadership of Adolf Hitler.

As many journalists and commentators have argued, agreements like the TPP have dubious benefits for citizens of the countries involved.ISDS provisions have been criticised by U.S. Constitutional lawyer Lori Wallach for «empowering corporations to sue governments — outside their domestic court systems — over any action the corporations believe undermines their expected future profits or rights under the pact by reporting breaches, removing online content and even denying access to Internet users».

Our citizen journalist hero indicated on Twitter the woman's voice in the background stating «Anyone else would get a drop out of there any day of the week» is Reed's wife, Justine.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has learned with utter shock, disbelief and dismay, the jailing of a journalist and two Ghanaian citizens by the Supreme Court of Ghana after contempt proceedings.

But since he could publish his own recording of the call online, journalists, other bloggers and citizens in general can listen for themselves and get a real sense of what the governor believes in private.

As an example of the kind of direct engagement he's prescribing, Barger said that his staff had stayed on Twitter until midnight on the day that the auto bailout plan hit the press, engaging both journalists and citizens online.

With the profusion of digital publishing tools, one now has to deal with an unlimited number of publishers and editors and bloggers and citizen journalists.

It is, like the fate of the newspaper in the age of digital, a matter related to my professional life, but it is also very personal in the sense that it has to do with the interesting transition I have made, from being a journalist and a private citizen, to being a government official.

And not just the campaigns» use of social media: I'm just as focused on what we did as citizen journalists and advocates.

SDN is a global network of researchers, journalists, activists, policy makers and citizens concerned with the future of democracy.

And the narrative not only resonated with journalists but also citizens who suddenly started googling for fake news (see Fig. 1) and found dozens of news articles that were painting a dark picture: not only are we living in a post-truth world, but our society is also fragmented into numerous echo chambers in which fake news is shared freely, thus eroding our society's basis.

Ezeokafor, who spoke to journalists at the annual meeting with the Religious Council in the diocese at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Awka, said it was normal that people asked questions about the health of their President as he was not a private citizen.

But we've often heard mainstream journalists bemoan the standard of conversation common on blogs, and this incident serves as a perfect example of one reason that citizen journalism matters — the amateurs help keep the professionals honest.

It's a self - reinforcing cycle, a feedback loop sparked by Trump himself but encompassing thousands of citizens, journalists, bloggers and activists, with millions more watching.

But he seemed to disparage the tone of Trump's bid for the White House, and his proposals to create a registry of Muslim citizens, to «open up the libel laws» to make it more difficult for journalists to publish critical articles, to appoint Supreme Court justices who might reverse the recent gay marriage decision and — of course — to deport millions of undocumented immigrants

«Benefits come not only from direct use of the data, but also from the return on investment that comes when private citizens and journalists use data to generate useful apps and to evaluate government performance.

The state Chairman of the PDP, Chief Dan Orbih, told journalists at a press briefing on Thursday in Benin that the budget did not address the challenges and hardship facing the state and its citizens.

In addition to tightening the distinction between fact and opinion, the time is long overdue for lawmakers to undo the absurdity they have created — and the real damage caused to all citizens» prerogatives of democratic participation — when they equate a journalist's controversial allegations about a George Galloway with Joe's controversial allegations about Dr Bright.

Citizens, staff, and journalists can use the app to search for bill information, contact their Senator, review event calendars, read Senator's blogs, watch archived video of Senate Session, Committee Meetings and Public Hearings, and even submit Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests.

In one of Twitter's futures, citizen journalists and interested member of the public will contribute to the public debate, and to public knowledge, in a way which could change politics forever.

Newspapers are forbidden from publishing anything that could affect a trial once a defendant has been arrested, but in an age of Twitter, social media and citizen journalists, many have argued the law needs to be updated.

Tom Lundquist, a Halfmoon resident recently named chairman of the town's Republican Committee, sent an email to his fellow committee members Friday warning that town Democrats, and a grassroots citizens group known as «Future Halfmoon,» as well as «certain journalist (s) are going to try and label all of us corrupt.»

The Freedom of Information Law allows everyday citizens, journalists, advocates, and others to seek and obtain information, like documents and communications, from government entities.