Journalists are being imprisoned and killed in record numbers. Online surveillance is annihilating privacy, and the Internet can be brought under government control at any time. Joel Simon, the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, warns that we can no longer assume that our global information ecosystem is stable, protected, and robust. Journalists are increasingly vulnerable to attack by authoritarian governments, militants, criminals, and terrorists, who all seek to use technology, political pressure, and violence to set the global information agenda. Reporting from Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, and Mexico, among other hotspots, Simon finds journalists under threat from all sides. The result is a growing crisis in information—a shortage of the news we need to make sense of our globalized world and fight human rights abuses, manage conflict, and promote accountability. Drawing on his experience defending journalists on the front lines, he calls on "global citizens," U.S. policy makers, international law advocates, and human rights groups to create a global freedom-of-expression agenda tied to trade, climate, and other major negotiations. He proposes ten key priorities, including combating the murder of journalists, ending censorship, and developing a global free-expression charter to challenge the criminal and corrupt forces that seek to manipulate the world's news.
Author(s): Joel Simon
Series: Columbia Journalism Review Books
Edition: 1
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Year: 2015
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF | Full TOC
Pages: 249
Tags: Journalism: Political Aspects: History: 21st Century; Censorship: History: 21st Century; Freedom Of The Press: History: 21st Century; Press And Politics: History: 21st Century; Journalists: Violence Against
Cover
Half title
Series title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction | A Murder in Pakistan
1 | Informing the Global Citizen
Covering Mexico in the 1990s
Keeping It Local in Iraq
From Curated Search to Social Media
Quality Control
Covering Mexico Today
Informing the World
2 | The Democratators
Turkey’s Managed Repression
Venezuela’s Institutional Assault
3 | The Terror Dynamic
The Pearl Killing
Terror in Iraq
“We Don’t Target Journalists”
4 | Hostage to the News
The Birth of the Blackout
Captive in Afghanistan
Rethinking the Blackout
5 | Web Wars
The Chinese Way of Censorship
“A Big Country on the Internet”
6 | Under Surveillance
Standing up Against Secrecy
7 | Murder Central
No Justice in Russia
Murder in Mindanao
Fighting Back
8 | Journalists by Definition
Journalists Defending Journalists
The Assange Conundrum
Journalism and Free Expression
9 | News of the Future (and the Future of News)
Expose the Democratators
Increase Safety for Confl ict Reporters
Break the Cycle of Impunity
Keep the Internet Open and Free
Limit Government Surveillance
End Censorship
Clearly Define Incitement to Violence
Make Access to Independent Information a Development Goal
Support Ethical Standards and Quality Media
Build a Free Expression Coalition
Notes
Introduction | A Murder in Pakistan
1 | Informing the Global Citizen
2 | The Democratators
3 | The Terror Dynamic
4 | Hostage to the News
5 | Web Wars
6 | Under Surveillance
7 | Murder Central
8 | Journalists by Definition
9 | News of the Future (and the Future of News)
Selected Bibliography
Index
