The Media Drop

On Wednesday afternoon, Reuters’ Barry Moody wrote about the news organization’s contention that the military on the ground in Iraq has been “limiting the ability of independent journalists to operate.” In a letter to Virginia senator John Warner, head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, managing editor David Schlesinger expressed his concerns, asking that Warner […]

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The Associated Press reports Saturday that AP Television cameraman Saleh Ibrahim was killed by gunfire and photographer Mohamed Ibrahim was injured from shrapnel today while covering the scene of an explosion in Mosul.

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The AP’s Rawya Rageh informs Thursday about a “magazine” that showed up online with the plan to incite Muslims to go after the “infidels” currently in Iraq. It is believed to have ties to the al Qaeda terror group.

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On Monday, ABC News published anchor Peter Jennings’ “final thoughts” from Iraq, where he was on site to cover the elections on Sunday. This filing focused on the American soldier, and how they were perceived by Jennings.

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Indiana’s WFIE-TV has details on the death of Diaa Najm, a freelance cameraman killed Monday in Iraq while obtaining footage of fighting.

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The Associated Press reports that Zeina Mahmoud, an Iraqi television journalist for Al-Hurriya TV, was shot and killed by unknown gunmen who were “driving by in an Opel car around 8:00 am” local time on Thursday.

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The Associated Press reports that a journalism program being run in Baghdad has closed up shop for the time being, but is expected to resume elsewhere. The program, run by University of Arizona journalism grad Maggy Zanger, was teaching journalism skills to Iraqis - but could not continue to operate in the current unstable […]

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Radio Free Europe reports Sunday that a Palestinian television journalist, Mazen Tomeiziri, was killed while filming a news report in the middle of a battle when fire from U.S. helicopters reached the area he was in on the streets of Baghdad. An unnamed cameraman for Reuters was wounded during the fighting as well.
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Australia’s Herald Sun has the details on two French journalists that were kidnapped in Iraq on Saturday by the Islamic Army in Iraq group, which was responsible for killing an Italian journalist earlier this week. According to the article, this capture has a different motive than the previous ones - the kidnappers don’t want […]

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Both Reuters and the Associated Press (via Fox News) are reporting that Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni, kidnapped in Iraq a few days ago, has been killed. Both services state that Al-Jazeera has received a video showing his murder, but the network has not aired it.

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