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Resistance Is NOT Futile

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Via Bernice Yeung

California First Amendment Coalition, in conjunction with the Society of Professional Journalists, NorCal chapter, presents “RESISTING GOVERNMENT SECRECY IN A TIME OF TERRORISM,” CFAC's 2004 open government assembly – a 2-day conference featuring premier investigative reporter SEYMOUR HERSH as key note speaker.

Friday, October 8 and Saturday October 9 at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.

To be sure that you'll be able to get in – and to take advantage of our discount for early registration – register now or call CFAC at (415) 460-5060.

CFAC's program this year is rich in journalistic, legal and national security experts leading lively panel discussions on, among other topics:

*news coverage of the Iraq war;
*subpoenas against reporters;
*information controls under the Patriot Act and other
federal laws;
*the civil liberties/national security trade-off in
the U.S. Supreme Court;
*access to courts and state agencies; and
*international press freedom (or lack thereof).

For the full program, click here.

If you can attend only one conference this year, this is it. The experience will leave you well-informed, energized and
with a renewed commitment to First Amendment principles.

For more information, contact: Peter Scheer, Executive Director, California First Amendment Coalition at (415) 460-5060.

Have You Made A Difference?

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Via Sreenath Sreenivasan

The Australian PhotoJournalist is a boutique journal that casts a critical eye across journalism and attempts to challenge the notions and practices currently employed in that profession.

The Australian PhotoJournalist magazine's forthcoming issue is on ‘Celebrating Journalism: journalism that makes a difference'. As part of this issue we would like to include a fact sheet on journalists and photographers who have
made tangible differences as a result of their work.

We are looking to include people like Canadian Journalist and former radio producer, Jane Macklohone who is giving her time and money to teach the women of Afghanistan to use their country‚s airwaves to change the way that they are viewed in their society.

If you or someone you know has done something similar as a result of writing an article or assignment we would like to include you in our next issue. Your prompt response would be much appreciated as we are compiling within this week. We are still struggling to find journalists who have made a difference in the situations and people they document. Is this happening? We would love to acknowledge anything of this sort.

Thanking you for you time.

Laura Boase
APJ Editorial Board
Phone: 61 7 3875 3168
Fax: 61 7 3875 3202
Dept of Photography
QCA Griffith University
PO Box 3370
South Brisbane QLD
Australia 4101

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