Vancouver Sun: Four journalists file complaints over G20 arrests

A Toronto-based lawyer representing four journalists, who have filed complaints about police treatment during the weekend’s G20 summit in Toronto, has called for a full investigation into the allegations of police violence.

Freelance journalist for the Guardian Jesse Rosenfeld and Amy Miller, a journalist working at the summit’s Alternative Media Centre, spoke about their experiences earlier this week. Journalists Daniel McIsaac and Lisa Walter have also filed complaints according to the Sun’s report.

Full story on the Vancouver Sun’s website…

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NYTimes.com: Brazilian journalists want goal-line reporting

In soccer-mad Brazil, radio and television reporters stand behind the goals and along the sideline during matches. Technically, they are restricted to interviewing players before matches, at half-time and after the final whistle. But sometimes they get a few comments after goals are scored or when players receive red-card ejections. Once, they were even known to follow Pelé into the shower.

The New York Times looks at the frustrations of the Brazilian journalists covering the World Cup as they are restricted to media areas in the stadia for Brazil’s games and have to watch non-Brazil matches on a television screen in the media centre away from the ground.

There are security and exclusivity issues here, of course, but are Brazilian readers and viewers losing the access and immediacy they have become accustomed to in football journalism?

Full story from the New York Times at this link…

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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – grouping Twitter conversations

Twitter: QuoteURL helps users group different Twitter updates from different people into a single page with a permanent URL. “So you can put it on your blog or send interesting conversations to friends,” it explains. Tipster: Judith Townend.

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Gimpyblog: A question of embargoes and science journalism

Embargoes on abstracts and publications from scientific conferences, in this case:

Journalists might not see the fuss here but scientific conferences are usually considered private events with great care taken over the ownership of data and the willingness of researchers to release it prior to publication.  Conference abstracts are often useful as they allow different groups of researchers to see if anyone in their field is following the same lines of enquiry as them so collaborations can be arranged, if these were to retreat behind security measures then it would make things a little bit more difficult for everybody.

Gimpyblog begins this debate of the purpose and sanctity of embargoes in journalism following accusations of embargo breaking against Sunday Times journalist Jonathan Leake – and posts defending his actions. You can read the back story here on Roy Greenslade’s blog, but it’s worth reading the comments on Gimpyblog’s post about the role of embargoes in science journalism and beyond.

Full post at this link…

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