Plan in advance Establish pre-arranged contact points with the rest of your team (photographer, camera operator, producer, etc.) if you plan to separate Always carry press identification, but conceal it if it attracts unwarranted attention Bring a cellular phone with emergency numbers pre-set for speed dialling Position yourself upwind if there is a possibility that […]

The head of information for Belgian newspaper Le Soir told the International Press Institute (IPI) today that his country’s ambassador to Cairo spoke by telephone this afternoon with detained correspondent Serge Dumont, who said he had been interrogated by Egyptian authorities. Belgian Ambassador M. Bruno Neve de Mevergnies  reportedly said Dumont indicated he was violently […]

Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has signed a bill into law that will make it possible for the country’s information minister to ban the publication and circulation of any publication deemed “contrary to the public interest,” sources in Malawi told IPI this week. News reports said that the amendment of Section 46 of the Penal […]

As protests grow in Egypt, with a reported million protestors calling on President Hosni Mubarak to cede power on Tuesday, journalists are reporting that citizens on the ground have found novel ways to circumvent the government-ordered communications crackdown. Egypt has shut down Internet access in the country, and mobile telephone networks have been severely disrupted. […]