Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, Virginia.
Format:
News release
Publication Date:
2000-04-07
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: C25627
Notes:
Retrieved December 28, 2006, 2 pages., Involves an effort by an Associated Press reporter to get public records about an agriculture loan to a seafood firm.
Evans, Jim (author) and International Federation of Agricultural Journalists.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-03-15
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: C27353
Notes:
3 pages., Reports fatalities, arrests, harassment and other restrictions that journalists faced during 2007 in covering rural affairs throughout the world.
International: Zimmcomm New Media, Cantonment, Florida.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12106
Notes:
Online from ZimmComm News Media. 2 pages., A pioneer in agricultural uses of new social media expresses concern about FaceBook, Twitter, and YouTube having become political weapons. "Since the election, the level of censorship on all of the major social media platforms has just skyrocketed. Never in our wildest dreams did we ever think that freedom of speech and the press might be endangered in this country, but we do believe it is right now." FaceBook and Twitter platforms "are both essentially business platforms. Author reports a decision to put a temporary hold on ZimmComm business FaceBook accounts.
