BREAKING: The D.C. Court of Appeals has rejected award-winning journalist Catherine Herridge's bid to protect her sources via reporter's privilege. This is a significant blow to press freedom for all journalists. image
From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Journalist and co-founder of Unraveled Press Raven Geary was one of several members of the press shot with crowd-control munitions while reporting outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, on Friday:
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Journalist shot in the face with pepper ball at Illinois ICE facility protest
Journalist Raven Geary was shot in the face with a pepper ball by federal officers while reporting on protests outside …
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Two journalists are set to be tried in Kentucky this week. Their crime? Covering a protest of the immigration detainment of Ayman Soliman, who himself fled persecution for his journalism in Egypt. Soliman’s lawyer called it a β€œcruel irony.”
Columbia Journalism Review
On trial for journalism in Kentucky.
Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges.
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