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“Richard Simcox – for editor of the Journalist” – richsimcox.co.uk

“Richard Simcox for Journalist editor” – facebook.com

Photographers are under attack – job losses in local and national media, picture rate cuts and police repression on the streets. Bottom line – our industry and our union are up against it. We need a Journalist that’s got our back. We need a Journalist that is vibrant and challenging – both in print and online. We need an editor who will make the best of the latest technology and social media. That is why I urge all members – but especially photographers – to vote for Richard Simcox.

“Frontline Club – Networking Party” – frontlineclub.com

Here is the video from last night at The Frontline Club – a discussion on the impact of “citizen journalism” on photography. I was on the panel along with Turi Munthe (CEO, Demotix), Olivier Laurent (News Editor, British Journal of Photography) and Matthew Eltringham (BBC News, User Generated Content). The night was chaired by Ben Hammersley (Associate Editor, WIRED).

The Q&A at the end gets a little bit feisty – enjoy.

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“Frontline Club – Networking Party” – frontlineclub.com

I’m back at The Frontline Club this Friday – I’m on the panel for a discussion on the impact of citizen journalism on photography. Click here for more info.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 11.09.09. Anti-fascist demonstrators and local Muslim youths gathered outside Harrow Central Mosque in North West London to counter a protest by far right groups on Friday 11 September 2009 in London, England. A group calling themselves ‘Stop the Islamisation of Europe’ – including members of the English Defence League – had called a protest outside the Mosque after Friday prayers on the 8th anniversary of the September 11th attacks in America. (Photo by Marc Vallee/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 11.09.09. English Defence League supporters are protected by police before being escorted out of the area on Friday 11 September 2009 in London, England. Anti-fascist demonstrators and local Muslim youths had gathered outside Harrow Central Mosque in North West London to counter a protest by a group called ‘Stop the Islamisation of Europe’ which included members of the far right English Defence League. (Photo by Marc Vallee/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 08.09.09. Anti-arms protesters congregate in the City of London on Tuesday 8 September 2009 in London, England. Around 100 masked anti-arms activists smashed windows and thrown paint bombs at financial institutions – that campaigners allege fund the arms trade. The protest coincided with the opening of DSEi – Defence Systems Equipment International – the world’s largest arms fair being held in London Docklands this week. (Photo by Marc Vallee/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.

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“Freedom to Photograph – Reclaim Our Shopping Centres” – photographernotaterrorist.org

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 01.09.09. Environmental activists blockade the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) headquarters in the City of London on Tuesday 1 September 2009 London, England. Around 100 climate campers congregated outside RBS – 70% of which is state owned – to protest at the banks investments in carbon intensive projects. Environmental activists set up camp in south east London on Wednesday 26 August 2009 – in clear sight of London’s financial and corporate centre – to hold a week long protest to highlight the impact of climate change. (Photo by Marc Vallee/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 30.08.09. A sign outside the entrance of the “Climate Camp” on Sunday 30 August 2009 in London, England. Environmental activists set up camp on Wednesday 26 August 2009 – in clear sight of London’s financial and corporate centre – to hold a week long protest to highlight climate change. (Photo by Marc Vallee/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.

“NUJ condemns alleged assaults on Climate Camp photographers” – John Plunkett, The Guardian.

“NUJ condemns assault on photographers at Climate Camp” – Martin Dominquez, Press Gazette.

“Apology sought after climate camper attacks journalists” – National Union of Journalists.

“Climate Camp: An Open Letter” – jwarren.co.uk

The Climate Camp has been urged by the National Union of Journalists to “unequivocally condemn” a man who assaulted Jonathan Warren and I covering the camp on Sunday – we are still waiting.

Jeremy Dear, NUJ General Secretary, said: “In the past journalists have exposed heavy handed policing of climate protests. Demonstrators need to understand that photographers must do their job without showing bias.

“I join with Marc and Jonathan in calling for the climate camp organisers to condemn this attack.”

Will this assault by one person attending the camp impact on me covering the Climate Camp in the future? No is the short answer. Last year I was assaulted by the police covering the Climate Camp at Kingsnorth and that did not stop me working on three major investigations on the environmental movement for The Guardian.

One investigation was on police surveillance of protesters and journalists at the Kingsnorth camp – the second investigation was on the covert state targeting of Plane Stupid and the third investigation was about the police violence at last years camp – the violence of one person – backed up by a few mates – at this years Climate Camp will in no way impact on me documenting political dissent in this country – far from it.

But and it’s big but – it does make me think about the nature and character of an environmental movement – which claims that it wants to take on the anarchic market system of capitalism that is destroying our planet.