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Defence fund set up for WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange
The fund, set up by Assange's law firm Finers Stephens Innocent, will overseen by a voluntary committee including journalist and filmmaker John Pilger
Posted by Laura Oliver on 20/12/10Michael Moore joins list of media figures offering bail surety for Julian Assange
Filmmaker is unable to attend Assange's bail hearing today but says he has wired money to the court in advance
Posted by Laura Oliver on 14/12/10#cablegate: Media figures come to defence of Assange after arrest on sex charges
Journalist John Pilger yesterday offered bail surety for the WikiLeaks founder and Frontline Club founder Vaughan Smith has pledged support
Posted by Laura Oliver on 08/12/10#cablegate: Al-Jazeera an 'instrument of Qatari influence', according to leak
Broadcaster denies any outside influence on editorial policy, which it says is 'guided by the principles of the free press'
Posted by Laura Oliver on 06/12/10#cablegate: Interview with WikiLeaks' Assange crashes Guardian website
Live chat with founder puts strain on news site
Posted by Laura Oliver on 03/12/10#cablegate: How and why the world's media chose to publish the WikiLeaks embassy cables
WikiLeaks has once again partnered with media outlets around the world to gain maximum exposure for its latest leak. We look at the methods and motivations of those involved
Posted by Laura Oliver on 29/11/10#cablegate: NYT cut out by WikiLeaks, forced to obtain cables from the Guardian
Guardian investigations editor reveals that his newspaper had to provide the Times with a copy of the emabassy cables after it failed to obtain one from WikiLeaks
Posted by Joel Gunter on 29/11/10#cablegate: Newspapers playing a vital role in giving context to leak, says Rusbridger
Speaking on the Today programme this morning, Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger said that affiliate newspapers are essential to provide redactions and contest to WikiLeaks material
Posted by Laura Oliver on 29/11/10#cablegate: Latest WikiLeaks release plunges US diplomats into damage limitation
Whistleblowing site publishes first batch of 250,000 secret diplomatic cables in another coordinated effort with media outlets around the world
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#media140 - El Pais writer Joseba Elola 'witnessing history' with WikiLeaks
Elola spoke about the journey from arranging to meet with Julian Assange at the Media140 conference in Barcelona
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 14 April 2011AP: WikiLeaks looking to enlist up to 60 more media partners
Julian Assange says he wants to reach beyond traditional media organisations to speed up the release of US embassy cables
Posted by Joel Gunter on 26 January 2011Guardian forced to print embarrassing correction over WikiLeaks cable
An article in Comment if free heavily criticised WikiLeaks for publishing a US embassy cable that was put in the public domain by the Guardian
Posted by Joel Gunter on 13 January 2011Guardian: Republicans seek congressional inquiry into WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks appears in a list of priorities for investigation by the House of Representatives' oversight committee in a partly political move aimed at the attorney general, Eric Holder
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 4 January 2011Norwegian newspaper claims to have access to full trove of WikiLeaks cables
Views and News from Norway (VNN) claims that Aftenposten has possession of all the documents, despite WikiLeaks' strategy of drip-feeding them on its own website and through select media partners
Posted by Joel Gunter on 22 December 2010Independent: Vaughan Smith - 'Why I'm sheltering Julian Assange'
Smith ponders the disservice to Julian Assange from the media 'with their stockings stuffed by WikiLeaks'
Posted by Laura Oliver on 15 December 2010#cablegate: Judge permits tweeting from court in Assange bail hearing
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Posted by Laura Oliver on 14 December 2010#cablegate: Newspaper editors on their part in the WikiLeaks cables release
Editors of Der Spiegel, New York times, Le Monde and El Pais write about reaction to Wikileaks stories in their titles
Posted by Laura Oliver on 10 December 2010BBC: Pakistani newspapers publish fake embassy cables
English-language Express Tribune newspaper published a front-page retraction after being duped
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 10 December 2010Guardian: WikiLeaks insider to publish memoirs in January
Daniel Domscheit-Berg tell-all book, Inside Wikileaks: My Time at the World's Most Dangerous Website is to be published by Econ Verlag
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 9 December 2010Video: How the Guardian has protected #cablegate sources
The Guardian's database secures sensitive information, such as Wikileaks and protects and sources
Posted by Laura Oliver on 9 December 2010Video: I would have published leaks, says Harry Evans
Evan was critical of WikiLeaks though, which he said had not done a responsible job of redaction
Posted by Joel Gunter on 8 December 2010#cablegate: Is WikiLeaks a whistleblower?
News organisations put an end to the term 'whistleblower' to describe Wikileaks which displays leaked information
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 8 December 2010Emily Bell: 'WikiLeaks has woken up journalism'
Bell writes how WikiLeaks and cablegate is forcing journalists and news organisations to assess their stance on the leaks
Posted by Laura Oliver on 8 December 2010Comment: Joe Lieberman, the New York Times and the idea of 'bad citizenship'
Lieberman makes very clear his desire to see the organisation's founder Julian Assange extradited to the US and indicted by any means possible
Posted by Joel Gunter on 7 December 2010#cablegate: WikiLeaks essential to a strong media, Assange argues in new op-ed
The Australian has published an op-ed piece by Julian Assange which quotes a young Rupert Murdoch saying: 'In the race between secrecy and truth, it seems inevitable that truth will always win.'
Posted by Joel Gunter on 7 December 2010#cablegate: WikiLeaks appeals for support amid sustained cyber attacks
More than a week after WikiLeaks began publishing secret US diplomatic cables but the organisation continues to occupy the headlines amid mounting cyber attacks
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 7 December 2010Comment is Free: Al-Jazeera is not Qatar's 'poodle'
Former Al-Jazeera journalist Mark Seddon responds to US embassy cables released by WikiLeaks that suggested the Arabic arm of the broadcaster has been used as a 'tool of foreign policy' by the Qatari government
Posted by Laura Oliver on 7 December 2010Wired.com: 'Why WikiLeaks is good for America'
Wired.com editor-in-chief Evan Hansen writes in support of Wikileaks on the Threat Level blog despite being criticised by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
Posted by Joel Gunter on 7 December 2010Guardian.co.uk: 'Why we were right to publish the WikiLeaks embassy cables'
Readers' editor Chris Elliott weighs in on the newspaper's decision to partner WikiLeaks
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Reporters Without Borders to host mirror site for WikiLeaks
Press freedom group says the mirror site, which will launch tomorrow, is a 'gesture of support' for WikiLeaks
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 21/12/10