Ryan Gallagher on Journalism
Hackgate: a week of extraordinary revelations
When the story broke on Monday that the News of the World (NOTW) allegedly hacked the phone of missing schoolgirl Milly Dowler and her family in March 2002, a public outcry ensued.Every day since has seen a new revelation in...
Journalists detained in Ethiopia to stand trial
Two Swedish journalists have been taken in to custody by the army in Ethiopia, and are set to stand trial over yet unknown charges.Freelancers Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye entered Ethiopia from Somalia, and were reporting on the ongoing conflict...
'Harassed' US journalist fights to protect source
A Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times journalist is being pressured by the Obama administration to reveal the identity of a whistleblower.James Risen, who wrote extensively about the Bush administration’s domestic wiretapping programme, has been issued a subpoena forcing him to...
BBC appeal for release of detained Tajikistan reporter
The BBC World Service is "highly concerned" about the safety of their correspondent in Tajikistan, Urunboy Usmonov, who has been detained in the country for a week without regular access to his lawyer.A statement was made by the BBC on...
In praise of... the WikiLeaks Truck
Described as part prank, part art and part activism, the WikiLeaks Top Secret Mobile Information Collection Unit has been bothering US authorities in recent months. A white van emblazoned with the WikiLeaks logo by the artist Clark Stoeckley, the Collection...
A Q&A with Julian Assange (part II): on Lockerbie, copycat leaks sites, and protecting whistleblowers
Yesterday WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize gold medal for Peace with Justice at the Frontline Club. You can read our report of events here. After Assange gave his acceptance speech, there was time for a...
A Q&A with Julian Assange (part I): on the Arab Spring, phone hacking, and WikiLeaks' ethics
Yesterday WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize gold medal for Peace with Justice at the Frontline Club. You can read our report of events here. After Assange gave his acceptance speech, there was time for a...
Julian Assange Sydney Peace Prize: full audio
Yesterday at Frontine, WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize gold medal for Peace with Justice. You can read our report of events here. Below you can find the audio of each of the speeches. Emeritus Professor...
Ryan Gallagher on Journalism
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