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Submission + - Sharp Rise in Imprisonment of Internet Journalists (cpj.org)

Submitted by bckspc on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @12:57AM

bckspc writes: The Committee to Protect Journalists has published their annual census of journalists in prison. Of the 136 reporters in prison around the world on December 1, "At least 68 bloggers, Web-based reporters, and online editors are imprisoned, constituting half of all journalists now in jail." Print was next with 51 cases. Also, "Freelancers now make up nearly 45 percent of all journalists jailed worldwide, a dramatic recent increase that reflects the evolution of the global news business." China, Iran, Cuba, Eritrea, and Burma were the top 5 jailers of journalists.

Submission + - Online journalists now most jailed (cpj.org)

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bckspc

on Thursday December 04, 2008 @05:21PM

bckspc writes: "The Committee to Protect Journalists today released the results of its annual survey of journalists in prison. For the first time, they found more Internet journalists jailed worldwide than journalists working in any other medium. CPJ found that 45 percent of all media workers jailed worldwide are bloggers, Web-based reporters, or online editors. Their chart of journalists jailed by year is also interesting. Does the sudden increase in jailed journalists in 2001 reflect the rising popularity of the Internet? Or is it a result of "counterterrorism" measures?"

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