HandyHamlet
Regular Member
You only work for the press if the city of NY says so. And you will still be arrested. Bold print by me. What does the word "treason" mean again?
http://www.observer.com/2011/11/blo...sting-credentialed-reporters-reading-the-awl/
List of arrested press that isn't?
• Natasha Lennard: Non-contract freelancer, now not covering politics for the Times.
• Kristen Gwynne: freelance writer and editorial assistant, Alternet.
• Marisa Holmes: Documentary filmmaker and activist, OWS organizer.
• John Farley: multimedia web editor, WNET/Thirteen’s MetroFocus.
• Bob Plain: recently laid off, at the time of the arrest was a digital reporter for WPRO.
• Jonathan Meador, reporter, Nashville Scene.
• Susie Cagle, freelance artist and cartoonist.
• Ian Graham, freelance photographer, RVA Magazine.
• Kristyna Wentz-Graff, staff photographer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinal.
• Stephanie Pharr, intern, Creative Loafing.
• Alisen Redmond, Kenneshaw State University Sentinel.
• Judith Kim, Georgia State University Signal.
• Jonathan Foster, photographer, Rochester Institute of Technology's student Reporter Magazine.
• Julie Walker, freelancer, NPR.
• Jared Malsin, freelancer, East Village Local The Local East Village (a "collaboration" of often unpaid labor between NYU and the New York Times).
• Unknown, photographer, Agence France-Presse.
• Justin Bishop, photographer on assignment for Vanity Fair.
• Matthew Lysiak, reporter, New York Daily News.
• Karen Matthews, AP reporter.
• Seth Wenig, AP photographer.
• Patrick Hedlund, news editor, DNAinfo.
• Paul Lomax, freelance photographer.
• Doug Higginbotham, a freelance video journalist, TV New Zealand.
• Ryan Harvey, musician, correspondent for Indyreader.
• J.A. Myerson, freelancer, TruthOut.
Bloomberg Spokesperson Admits Arresting Credentialed Reporters, Reading The Awl
By Megan McCarthy 11/17 8:23pm
To: Interested Parties
From: Stu Loeser
Re: Just 5 of the “26 arrested reporters” are actually credentialed reporters
Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011
Like all of you, I’ve heard and read many reports of reporters who supposedly were wearing valid NYPD press credentials, yet allegedly encountered problems on the streets of New York. Like some of you, I had those stories in mind when I read The Awls’ rundown of “The 25 26 Arrested Reporters and What They Do.” (In case you missed it, that piece, that piece is linked here.)
Not being familiar with many of the media outlets for which The Awl says these reporters work, I had the list of “26 arrested reporters” checked against the roster of reporters who hold valid NYPD press passes.
You can imagine my surprise when we found that only five of the 26 arrested reporters actually have valid NYPD-issued press credentials. Note that we didn’t check – and don’t really care for the sake of this exercise – if the reporter’s credential lists the media outlet for which he or she currently works.
One more thing. Of the five reporters with valid press credentials who were arrested, three were arrested for trespassing and had their arrest voided. As the Associated Press and others reported, there’s no doubt that these personnel – and others – were in fact trespassing. There’s no question that protesters sliced open a chain link fence and tried to take over private property.
This report was published by the AP:
“Reporter Karen Matthews and photographer Seth Wenig of The Associated Press in New York were taken into custody along with about eight other people after they followed protesters through an opening in a chain-link fence into a park, according to an AP reporter and other witnesses. Matthew Lysiak of the Daily News of New York was also arrested at the park, according to witnesses and the Daily News.”
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Stu
http://www.observer.com/2011/11/blo...sting-credentialed-reporters-reading-the-awl/
List of arrested press that isn't?
• Natasha Lennard: Non-contract freelancer, now not covering politics for the Times.
• Kristen Gwynne: freelance writer and editorial assistant, Alternet.
• Marisa Holmes: Documentary filmmaker and activist, OWS organizer.
• John Farley: multimedia web editor, WNET/Thirteen’s MetroFocus.
• Bob Plain: recently laid off, at the time of the arrest was a digital reporter for WPRO.
• Jonathan Meador, reporter, Nashville Scene.
• Susie Cagle, freelance artist and cartoonist.
• Ian Graham, freelance photographer, RVA Magazine.
• Kristyna Wentz-Graff, staff photographer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinal.
• Stephanie Pharr, intern, Creative Loafing.
• Alisen Redmond, Kenneshaw State University Sentinel.
• Judith Kim, Georgia State University Signal.
• Jonathan Foster, photographer, Rochester Institute of Technology's student Reporter Magazine.
• Julie Walker, freelancer, NPR.
• Jared Malsin, freelancer, East Village Local The Local East Village (a "collaboration" of often unpaid labor between NYU and the New York Times).
• Unknown, photographer, Agence France-Presse.
• Justin Bishop, photographer on assignment for Vanity Fair.
• Matthew Lysiak, reporter, New York Daily News.
• Karen Matthews, AP reporter.
• Seth Wenig, AP photographer.
• Patrick Hedlund, news editor, DNAinfo.
• Paul Lomax, freelance photographer.
• Doug Higginbotham, a freelance video journalist, TV New Zealand.
• Ryan Harvey, musician, correspondent for Indyreader.
• J.A. Myerson, freelancer, TruthOut.