August 2015 Tianjin American news outlet I was shooting interviews in Tianjin on a street corner near a police station the day after the blasts. The police thought I was shooting the front of the station. Even though the station was just a few steps away, they got...
Reporter Akio Yaita of the Japanese newspaper Sankei on Aug 18 applied for a credential to cover the military parade. On Sept 1, an official of the Media Center for the parade told Sankei that the pass for Mr. Yaita would not be issued because the application...
China’s importance in current affairs continues to grow, and foreign journalists’ efforts to chronicle the important events and changes have kept pace. Unfortunately, getting access to the news in China is not getting any easier. Official harassment, obstruction and...
May 18, 2015, Linshui, Sichuan “A peaceful protest of local residence ended in a violent confrontation between police and demonstrators. The local government had allowed Al Jazeera to report on the town’s return to normality. As I was recording a statement...
(March 2014) The FCCC has compiled the results of this year’s annual survey of visa issues for correspondents, based on your experiences during the visa renewal season at the end of 2013. We received a record 162 responses (including 42 from non FCCC members, whom we...
