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Marion County Record settlement: A step toward accountability
Dear Friend of Press Freedom,Rümeysa Öztürk has been facing deportation for 234 days for co-writing an op-ed the government didn’t like. As we’ll discuss during an online panel Tuesday, the government hasn’t stopped targeting journalists for removal. Read on for news from Kansas, Ohio, and more.Kansas county …
Kansas county pays $3M for forgetting the First Amendment
Marion County cops got their First Amendment lesson the hard way. Police elsewhere should take note
No, journalists don’t need permission to cover immigration courts
DOJ office rescinds unconstitutional check-in requirement following FPF letter
Time to enforce ICE restraining orders
Plus: FPF takes ICE to court
If Big Tech can’t withstand jawboning, how can individual journalists?
Scrutiny of soft pressure is welcome, but should be focused on the real victims
LA sheriff ducks journalist’s request for deputy photographs
ICE won’t be the only secret police in town if the department gets its way
Public records are for the public
Plus: Shutting down the government doesn’t shut down the First Amendment
Wired and 404 Media make FOIA reporting free. Other news outlets should too
We spoke to Katie Drummond of Wired, Joseph Cox of 404 Media, and Lauren Harper of Freedom of the Press Foundation about the case for unpaywalling public records-based reporting
Rights remain under attack by ICE
Plus: Deported journalist speaks out
How press can survive interactions with police on the skirmish line
The pen is mightier than the sword, but only if you know how to use it
