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Press photographer forced to delete images

A press photographer, Carmen Valino, was forced to delete images of a crime scene after a police sergeant argued that she was disrupting an investigation despite being behind a police cordon

Street Rights 03 Aug 2010

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Photographers win damages in Met Police legal case

Two photojournalists and videographers have received a public apology and £3500 in damages from the Metropolitan Police after they were forcibly prevented from reporting a protest in 2008

Street Rights 28 Jun 2010

Photographers urged to 'just say no' to Guardian rates cuts

The National Union of Journalists' London Photographers' Branch has called on freelance photographers to refuse Guardian News & Media's new rates, which will be cut, from 01 May, by 10 to 50%

Rights 28 Apr 2010

Guardian rolls out new contracts, cuts photography rates

Following discussions with the National Union of Journalists, Guardian News & Media has announced it will cut stock imagery rates by 10% instead of the 15% first proposed, BJP can reveal

Rights 26 Apr 2010

Guardian to slash photographers' fees

Freelance press photographers have been dealt another blow after Guardian News & Media announced it would cut its space rates by up to 50%, only a few months after it stops paying reproduction fees

Rights 01 Apr 2010

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Photojournalist files complaint after Terrorism Act stop

Photojournalist Jess Hurd has filed a complaint with the Independent Police Complaints Commission after she was stopped, searched and detained last year while covering a wedding

Street Rights 13 Dec 2009

Police forced to reiterate photographers' right to work in public places

The Association of Chief Police Officers has issued a call to police forces re-affirming a photographer's right to take images in public places, following a week-long outcry after a journalist was stopped...

Street Rights 09 Dec 2009

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National Union of Journalists backs photographers' rights

The National Union of Journalists, which held its second annual photography conference yesterday, has reaffirmed it will work to protect its photographers' rights

Street Rights 19 May 2009

Police caught bang to rights

Press photographers continue to be targeted by law officers as several cases of heavy-handed policing were revealed and caught on video this month. Olivier Laurent reports

Street Rights 24 Dec 2008

NUJ objects to police approach

The National Union of Journalists has criticised the Metropolitan Police for its heavy-handed attitude towards two photojournalists in London this week

Street Rights 17 Dec 2008

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