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Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World's Front Lines, 2015 Edition
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Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World's Front Lines, 2015 Edition

by Committee to Protect Journalists
April 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
256 pages
6h 18m
English
Bloomberg Press
Content preview from Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World's Front Lines, 2015 Edition

22. Journalists Overcome Obstacles through Crowdfunding and Determination

By Jessica Jerreat

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The rubble of a school bombed by the Sudanese government in 2012. Crowdfunding was central to setting up a news agency to cover the conflict.

Source: AP/Ryan Boyette

During South Africa’s Boer War, at the turn of the 20th century, a determined news organization relocated reporters, copy editors, and printing presses to the front line to ensure accurate reporting. In the Warsaw Ghetto, during World War II, a literal underground press, established to counter Nazi propaganda, required the nightly movement of cumbersome printing equipment to evade ...

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