"It’s not the journalists’ burden to keep the government’s secrets for it," Seth Stern told Columbia Journalism Review. "That is the opposite of the press’s job, which is to tell the public what the government doesn’t want the public told."
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The Pentagon press gears up for a fight.
“None of us are signing this pledge,” said one reporter.
The Senate apparently believes that members of Congress deserve privacy protections, but not regular Americans.
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From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Three journalists were assaulted by federal officers while reporting outside the immigration court at NYC’s Federal Plaza this morning. One of the journalists, L. Vural Elibol of Anadolu Agency, struck his head and has been hospitalized.
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Turkish journalist hospitalized after assault at NYC immigration court
L. Vural Elibol, chief videographer for Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, was knocked to the ground by federal officers while reporting at …
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:
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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 “cruel irony.”
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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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Mobilize for Mario Guevara like you did for Jimmy Kimmel
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Jimmy Kimmel's worst case scenario was moving from prime time to a podcast. Mario Guevara's is being shipped to El Salvador and facing more of the persecution he fled 20 years ago. If that happens, the chilling effect will be impossible to measure.
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Americans rallied for Jimmy Kimmel. Do the same for Mario Guevara
Atlanta journalist faces imminent deportation for reporting the news
Your kitchen cabinets? A national security threat. Your favorite movie? Also a national security threat. Your favorite cocktail? Possibly also a national security threat. Here’s our current top five list of the dumbest things officials have done, or kept secret, ostensibly to protect national security.
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Your kitchen cabinets are a national security threat
The dumbest things the government has done, or hidden, in the name of national security
"Security experts at several news organizations told me they are increasingly concerned about the risk of physical harm." Read Joel Simon on some simple steps news orgs can take to protect their journalists:
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News organizations are increasingly concerned about the risk of violence.
Security experts at several news organizations say they are increasingly concerned about the risk of violence.