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| Apr.30 |
 Kabul |
BBC reporter and famed photographer among 31 killed in Afghanistan 
Map of Shashdarak Kabul Afghanistan Ten journalists were among 31 people killed in a series of attacks in Afghanistan
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| Apr.16 |
USA |
Hannity unmasked as Trump lawyer's mystery client
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| Mar.3 |
Slovakia |
Slovakia journalist murder: Seven suspects released by police |
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| Dec.27 |
Obama |
Obama warns against irresponsible social media use |
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| Nov.20 |
Washington |
Charlie Rose suspended following sexual harassment allegations |
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| Oct.30 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Russia-linked posts 'reached' 126m Facebook users in US Facebook has said as many as 126 million American users may have seen content uploaded by Russia-based operatives over the last two years
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| Oct.16 |
Malta |
Malta blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia dies in car bomb attack
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| Oct.8 |
Moscow |
Russia warns it may restrict US media within its borders |
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| Sep.14 |
Sri Lanka |
Reporter for prestigious newspaper eaten by crocodile |
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| Sep.6 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Facebook uncovers Russia-funded misinformation |
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| Sep.5 |
Southern India |
Indian journalist shot dead in Bangalore |
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| Aug.6 |
Jerusalem |
Al Jazeera: Israel seeks to shut offices |
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| Jul.31 |
Washington |
Anthony Scaramucci sacked as Trump media chief |
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| Jun.23 |
Colombia |
Colombia conflict: Seized Dutch journalists still held |
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| May.15 |
North Mexico |
Award-winning Mexican reporter Javier Valdez killed
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| Apr.29 |
Pennsylvania |
Trump attacks US media at 100-day rally |
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| Apr.19 |
USA |
Fox News: Bill O'Reilly out after harassment claims
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| Mar.2 |
Southern China |
China congress: BBC team forced to sign confession |
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| Feb.25 |
Washington |
Trump to skip White House correspondents' dinner |
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| Feb.24 |
Washington |
White House bans certain news media from briefing |
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| Feb.18 |
Florida |
Donald Trump savages media at Florida rally |
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| Jan.21 |
Washington |
Trump attacks 'dishonest' media over crowd photos |
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| May.8 |
North Korea |
BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and team expelled from North Korea |
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| Mar.10 |
Washington |
Ex-Putin aide Mikhail Lesin died of 'blunt force trauma' |
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| Mar.5 |
Istanbul |
Zaman newspaper: Defiant last edition as Turkey police raid |
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| Mar.4 |
 Istanbul |
Police raid critical Zaman newspaper in Istanbul 
Turkish police have raided the offices of the opposition newspaper, hours after a court ruling placed it under state control
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| Aug.29 |
Cairo |
3 al-Jazeera journalists convicted
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| Aug.26 |
 Virginia |
Shooter Flanagan 'a human powder keg' Map of Bridgewater Plaza Moneta Virginia Virginia| Vester Flanagan shot dead two WDBJ7 journalists on live TV in of Virginia sent a rambling fax to ABC News shortly after the attack. The two people killed were WDBJ7 report... | |
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| Jun.20 |
Berlin |
Al-Jazeera journalist arrested in Germany |
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| Apr.16 |
Beijing |
China jails journalist over leaked 'state secrets' |
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| Feb.7 |
USA |
NBC anchor Brian Williams 'temporarily' steps down |
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| Feb.1 |
Egypt |
Reporter Peter Greste freed by Egypt |
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| Jan.14 |
Paris |
Hollande hails 'reborn' Charlie Hebdo |
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| Jan.13 |
 Paris |
New issue Charlie Hebdo published The new edition of the French satirical magazine has gone on sale, with a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad on its cover
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| Jan.12 |
Paris |
Charlie Hebdo depicts Prophet Muhammad on cover |
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| Jan.7 |
Paris |
Gunmen shot dead 12 people at satirical magazine Map of 10 rue Nicolas-Appert 11th arrondissement of Paris France Eight journalists and two policemen were among the dead. Police issued photos of two suspects, describing them as 'armed and dangerous'
| 3 masked gunmen armed with Kalashnikov rifles, a shotgun, and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher stormed the headquarters of the Charlie Hebdo. They killed 12 people, including Charlie Hebdo staff and two French National police officers, and wounded 11 others
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| Dec.14 |
Istanbul |
Turkey raids target media critics Turkish police have made at least 23 arrests during raids on a newspaper and TV station with close ties to US-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen
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| Sep.18 |
United Kingdom |
British journalist, now ISIS hostage, sends message |
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| Aug.21 |
USA |
ISIS militants threatened to kill journalist in email to family |
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| Aug.19 |
 Northern Iraq |
Video shows ISIS beheading U.S. journalist James Foley A video shows the beheading and threatens the life of another American if President Barack Obama doesn't end military operations in Iraq
| James Wright Foley (October 18, 1973 – August 19, 2014) was an American freelance journalist and photojournalist of the Syrian Civil War when he was abducted on November 22, 2012 in northwestern Syria. Foley is the first American citizen to be killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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| Jun.23 |
 Cairo |
Al-Jazeera trio jailed in Egypt Three al-Jazeera journalists accused of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood have been jailed for seven years in Egypt
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| Apr.4 |
Afghanistan |
Two AP journalists shot in Afghanistan, one fatally Anja Niedringhaus, 48, a German photographerwas shot in Khost province province. Kathy Gannon, a Canadian reporter in a stable condition
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| Mar.29 |
Northern Syria |
Spanish journalists freed in Syria |
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| Feb.25 |
Munich |
Paper ripped for 'anti-Semitic' caricature of Facebook's Zuckerberg |
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Uganda |
Uganda tabloid names 'homosexuals'
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| Jan.10 |
Paris |
French president mulls legal action over claim of affair with actress |
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| Dec.19 |
London |
Report: Kate Middleton's phone hacked, court told |
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| Nov.18 |
Paris |
Manhunt after gun attacks in Paris |
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| Nov.2 |
Mali |
French say 2 journalists killed in north Mali
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| Aug.22 |
Mumbai |
Mumbai photojournalist gang-raped |
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| Jun.11 |
 Greece |
Greece suspends state broadcaster The Greek government has shut down the public broadcaster ERT, calling it a 'haven of waste'
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| May.13 |
Washington |
AP condemns US phone records seizure |
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| Jan.11 |
London |
Police: TV host sexually abused hundreds |
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| Jan.7 |
Southern China |
Chinese journalists in rare protest against censorship |
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| Nov.29 |
London |
Report urges independent regulator for UK press |
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| Nov.10 |
London |
BBC boss George Entwistle resigns
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| Oct.25 |
China |
New York Times blocked over Wen Jiabao |
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| Oct.23 |
London |
BBC chief testifies in TV presenter abuse scandal |
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| Sep.15 |
Ireland |
Irish newspaper prints Kate pics |
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| May.15 |
London |
Murdoch editor charged over hacking
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| Mar.1 |
Syria |
2 French journalists safely out of Syria |
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| Feb.22 |
 Syria |
Two Western journalists killed in Syria Map of Homs Syria Marie Colvin, a American foreign correspondent for London's The Sunday Times, and war photographer Remi Ochlik, 28, were killed in shelling in Homs
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| Jan.11 |
Syria |
French journalist killed in Syria TV reporter Gilles Jacquier was among eight killed in the city of Homs, the first Western journalist to die in the country's current unrest
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| Aug.16 |
London |
Hacking 'discussed' at News of the World |
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| Jul.29 |
New York |
New York Post told to 'preserve' info |
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| Jul.19 |
 London |
UK lawmakers grill Murdoch, ex-editor News Corp. magnate Rupert Murdoch and his son, James, said were not to blame in a burgeoning scandal
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| Jul.18 |
England |
Hacking whistle-blower found dead |
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| Jul.17 |
London |
Brooks arrested in hacking scandal
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| Jul.16 |
London |
Murdoch ad apologizes for 'wrongdoing' |
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| Jul.15 |
London |
Murdoch apologizes as deputies resign
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| Jul.14 |
FBI |
FBI to probe Murdoch's company |
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| Jul.12 |
London |
Murdoch summoned over phone hacking
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| Jul.9 |
London |
NoW goes to presses for last time
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| Jul.7 |
London |
Hacking scandal spurs paper's closing | The embattled tabloid News of the World, one of the oldest and best-selling newspapers in Britain, will shut down after Sunday's issue. This Sunday's issue will be the last edition of the paper, News International chairman James Murdoch says. The announcement f... | |
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| Jul.6 |
London |
UK dead soldiers' families 'hacked' |
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| Jul.5 |
London |
UK press hacking row escalates |
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| May.11 |
Libya |
First Gaddafi footage in two weeks |
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| Jan.23 |
West Bank |
Palestinian peace 'offers' leaked |
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| Jul.28 |
North Mexico |
Four journalists held hostage |
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| Aug.18 |
Kabul |
Poll media blackout urged |
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| Jun.7 |
 North Korea |
Reporters get 12-year terms in N. Korea Two U.S. journalists who were detained in North Korea while covering the plight of defectors have been sentenced to 12 years in labor camps
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| Apr.23 |
North Korea |
US women 'face North Korea trial'
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| Aug.31 |
North Caucasus |
Kremlin critic shot in Ingushetia |
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| Jul.30 |
 Beijing |
Web curbs for Olympic journalists Journalists covering the Olympic Games will not have completely uncensored access to the internet
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| Jul.22 |
Belgrade |
Fugitive Karadzic 'wrote magazine column' |
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| Mar.26 |
Tibet |
Monks disrupt tour of journalists |
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| Jun.3 |
New Hampshire |
US Democrats appear in TV debate |
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| Jun.1 |
Gaza |
Video released of BBC's Johnston
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| May.27 |
Venezuela |
TV station off the air
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| May.26 |
Venezuela |
Tens of thousands protest over TV issue
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| May.2 |
Paris |
Sarkozy, Royal spar in TV debate
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| Apr.18 |
Virginia |
Gunman sent final video |
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| Apr.15 |
London |
BBC calls claim of reporter's death 'rumor' |
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| Apr.7 |
London |
Naval captives can sell stories |
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| Jan.23 |
Istanbul |
Thousands mourn journalist Hrant Dink |
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| Jan.19 |
Istanbul |
Outspoken journalist shot dead| Hrant Dink, 53, was a prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist who spoke out against the killings of Armenians early last century. He was given a six-month suspended sentence in October 2005 after writing about the Armenian 'gen... | |
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| Oct.27 |
Mexico |
Shootouts kill journalist
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| Oct.7 |
 Moscow |
War critic writer murdered Anna Politkovskaya was known for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya. Her body was found in an elevator
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| Aug.29 |
Iran |
Ahmadinejad in Bush TV debate call |
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| Apr.15 |
Nepal |
Police attack media protest
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| Feb.15 |
Australia |
New Abu Ghraib images broadcast
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| Feb.8 |
Washington |
Syria, Rice face off over prophet cartoon
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| Nov.30 |
Washington |
Report: U.S. buys positive press in Iraq
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| Sep.30 |
USA |
CIA agent case reporter in court
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| Jun.4 |
Beirut |
Hundreds mourn Beirut journalist |
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| Jun.2 |
Beirut |
Blast kills journalist
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| May.15 |
Washington |
Newsweek backs off Quran story The report that U.S. interrogators desecrated copies of the Quran blamed for sparking violent riots in Afghanistan
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| Apr.14 |
Paris |
Chirac makes case for EU treaty |
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| Sep.29 |
Iraq |
Hostage Bigley shown in new video |
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| Sep.7 |
Russia |
Footage shows drama in besieged school |
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| Mar.28 |
Iraq |
Protests as U.S. closes Iraqi paper
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| Jan.29 |
London |
BBC apologizes as Dyke quits |
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| Jan.28 |
London |
BBC chairman quits over Hutton |
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London |
Hutton clears Blair, faults BBC A senior judge says the government did not act in a 'dishonorable, underhand or duplicitous' way in its handling of David Kelly
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| Sep.5 |
Spain |
Al-Jazeera reporter arrested |
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| Nov.19 |
Afghanistan |
4 journalists killed
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| Apr.14 |
Moscow |
NTV management wrested control |
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| Apr.3 |
Moscow |
Bosses ousted at Russia's NTV |
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| May. 9, 1754 |
Philadelphia |
Benjamin Franklin's 'Join or Die,' newspaper cartoon published First published in his Pennsylvania Gazette. The earliest known pictorial representation of colonial union produced by a British colonist in America
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| Mar. 11, 1702 |
London |
First daily paper (Courant) appears in England It was produced by Elizabeth Mallet at her premises next to the Kings Arms tavern. Consisted of a single page, with advertisements on the reverse side
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