'The mother of Austin Tice, a U.S. journalist captured over 12 years ago in Syria, said on Friday that her family had information that he is still alive.
“We have from a significant source that has been vetted all over our government: Austin Tice is alive," Debra Tice told journalists at the National Press Club on Friday, before going to the White House for a meeting.'
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/family-journalist-austin-tice-meets-top-us-official-says-hes-alive-2024-12-06/

#Journalism #FreePress #Journalist #Syria #IndependentJournalist #USA #AustinTice

Our mission is to bring you the best journalism out there, and of course that includes newsletters. This week, we’re pleased to add five great newsletters about media and tech to Flipboard, from esteemed reporters like @om, @harrymccracken, @oliverdarcy, @thekenyeung and @mathewi. Read more about them in our blogpost, and tell us in the comments if there's another newsletter you'd love to see on Flipboard.

https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/tech-and-media-newsletters-on-flipboard/

#Flipboard #Newsletter #Tech #Media #Journalism #IndependentJournalist #NewsInfluencers

@misskoula

This phrase is taken from

https://www.normalisland.co.uk/p/iran-launches-unprovoked-attack-at

It is the work of laurakt@mas.to

She is a freelance writer and deserves to have her work acknowledged. It would also be a nice gesture to contribute some money to her so she can continue to call out the hypocrisy that is our political system.

#plagarism #copyright #independentjournalist

HOLY SHIT!

'Can't Make This Up': #Journalist Arrested Under UK #AntiTerror Law Hours After Criticizing It

"I criticized the #TerrorismAct before getting on the plane, then got arrested under the Terrorism Act upon landing."

Brett Wilkins
Aug 21, 2024

"#RichardMedhurst, a #SyriaBritish #IndependentJournalist who defends #Palestinians' right to resist #IsraeliApartheid, occupation, and other crimes, said this week that he was recently arrested at London's Heathrow Airport and held for nearly 24 hours for allegedly running afoul of a highly controversial #AntiTerrorism law critics say is used to silence legitimate dissent.

"Medhurst—who is known for his work opposing U.S., British, and Israeli war crimes in the Middle East and for his advocacy for formerly imprisoned #WikiLeaks founder #JulianAssange —s aid on social media Tuesday: "I criticized the Terrorism Act before getting on the plane, then got arrested under the Terrorism Act upon landing. Can't make this up."

"In a nearly nine-minute video posted Monday night on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, Medhurst said that "on Thursday, as I landed in London Heathrow Airport, I was immediately escorted off the plane by six police officers who were waiting for me at the entrance of the aircraft."

"They arrested me—not detained—they arrested me under #Section12 of the Terrorism Act of 2000 and accused me of allegedly 'expressing an opinion or belief that is supportive of a prescribed organization,' but wouldn't explain what this meant," he continued."

Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/richard-medhurst

#FreePalestine #SilencingDissent #Fascism #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #CriminalizingDissent #Fascism #HumanRights #Article20 #RightToProtest

Seriously - Go watch ;) It's FUN!

#Videography #BehindTheScenes #IndependentJournalist https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/@show/112418546981417731

I was lucky enough to be able to record a quick interview with Ottawa NDP MPP Joel Harden today at the protest at Canada's Parliament Hill.

https://youtu.be/HqHjf9tvGz4

#transrightsarehumanrights #canpoli #independentjournalist #ottawa #onpoli #humanrights #protest #canada #politics

Got out two game reviews this week. The most topical is definitely Hogwarts Legacy, where I look at the game and how successfully (or not) the makers have managed to distance themselves from She Who Must Not Be Named's hateful attitudes.

#HogwartsLegacy #gamereview #independentjournalist

https://www.pfangirl.com/review/hogwarts-legacy-ten-hours-early-review/

I'm new on journa.host, so an #introduction.

I'm an #IndependentJournalist—reporting mostly on #CivilRights #ColdCases. I reported for #Frontline's Emmy Award winning #Unresolved, but I've been on this beat since 2005.

My blog in the aughts about/inspired by my father's time as special assistant to #MLK in the #SCLC was how I got started.

Stories are mainly in #Mississippi, but currently I'm working w/support from #TypeInvestigations on the 1965 #PoliceKilling of a Black man in #Louisiana.

#JudyWoodruff versus #MikePompeo

"And just finally, you know that there has been no proof of any misdoing on the part of Vice president Biden -"

"You all keep repeating that line as if you were working for the DNC!"

"I'm definitely not working for the DNC. I'm an #IndependentJournalist."

#ThanksJudy #PBSNewshour #Journalism #PBS #FrankisSnippets