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Facebook looking to hire journalists to curate dedicated ‘News Tab’
In an attempt to enter the publishing space, Facebook plans to hire seasoned journalists to help curate its dedicated space for news, called the News Tab.The company confirmed the move to The New...
Study: Women are abused every 30 seconds on Twitter
Earlier this year Amnesty International released a report discussing what many of Twitter's female users already know: the social network is not always a great place to be if you're a woman. Now, a new study reveals the hard statistics on just how to...
Does social media threaten the illusion of news neutrality?
For journalists, social media can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, they can use platforms like Facebook and Twitter to share their opinion on a wide range of matters, from sports to politics. But, at the same time, they have to remember to e...
White House adds four ‘Skype seats’ for press briefings
Starting this week, the White House will open up four so-called Skype seats to reporters outside of Washington, DC. Press secretary Sean Spicer announced the move in a briefing today, one that he says will "open up the briefing room to journalists wh...
Why was Al Jazeera correspondent Ahmed Mansour detained in Berlin?
Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour is currently being detained in Berlin, Germany, while awaiting a judge to dismiss Egyptian extradition orders.In 2014, Mansour was sentenced in absentia for...
Disgraced Sir Tim Hunt’s Apology on Women in Science Rings Hollow
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sir Tim Hunt has resigned all posts and left his legacy in disgrace after making sexist comments about relationships in science labs.The Associated Press recounts that...
Ethiopia is Hacking Journalists in US and Europe
The very fact that it exists is sickening! It portrays a world reminiscent of the dystopia George Orwell depicted in his nightmarish novel 1984. Once the sole province of big government agencies such...
Warzone Photojournalist Action Figure
It takes a real hero to drop into the middle of a warzone armed with nothing but a high end camera, lenses, and a set of brass balls. Toymaster has created the War Journalist: Battlefield Hero action figures to commemorate those who put themselves in danger to present the story. He’s a 1/6 scale figure, which puts him at about 12 inches tall.
The action figure, which looks a whole lot like Leonardo DiCaprio, has a whole range of interchangeable accessories ranging from his clothes and jewelry to a water bottle to a complete set of lenses in his camera bag. There’s even a little laptop so he can upload his shots back to the studio and check out Facebook in his downtime. Just kidding, a dude this bad-ass doesn’t have any downtime.
He’s even got a CNN press pass to wear around his neck and a cell phone with Bluetooth earpiece (presumably with Anderson Cooper on speed dial). These figures don’t seem to be around much, although a few pop up right here on eBay, as well as the mini toy camera kits being sold separately for any photo enthusiast who likes miniatures. (via petapixel)
Warzone Photojournalist Action Figure