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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged Zuccotti Park

1. November 15, 2011 11:23 AM

   Occupy Protests Present a New Terrain of Risk for Reporters

   Journalists physically removed from Occupy Wall Street raid

   By Natasha Lennard

   On the night of November 14, when the NYPD sprung a surprise raid to evict Occupy Wall Street’s foundational Zuccotti Park encampment, credentialed press were pushed back by police into a pen, unable to watch the eviction at close hand. Mother Jones magazine’s Josh Harkinson live-tweeted how he was physically dragged along the ground and removed from the park by...

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2. October 7, 2011 11:57 AM

   Occupy Wall Street’s Media Team

   A day in the life

   By Alysia Santo

   Wednesday, October 5th Among the tarps, pizza boxes, and people tightly squeezed into Zuccotti Park, there are subtly segmented sections. There’s the art area, towards the back of the park, overflowing with posters. A buffet style food assortment resides near the center, kitty-corner to the sleeping area, where mattresses and sleeping bags lie, some vacant, some not. Behind the...

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