Journalists must be allowed to cover protests and their aftermath
From Cop City to the National Gallery of Art, officers continue to ignore the First Amendment and harass journalists covering civil unrest
Ten questions to ask US officials about attacks on journalists in Gaza
The Biden administration has yet to meaningfully comment, let alone act, on the unprecedented journalist casualties in Gaza. That needs to change.
Disinformation campaign puts journalists’ lives at risk in Gaza
U.S. senator calls to investigate journalists for aiding terrorism based on spurious report
Is it time to revisit undercover journalism?
The landmark Food Lion case largely put a stop to undercover journalism. Now the court admits it got it wrong
Prominent journalists’ union risks harming reporter’s privilege
NewsGuild should be working to expand the reporter’s privilege, not demanding journalists out sources in court
Is Julian Assange a ‘journalist’? Here’s why it doesn’t matter
Whether Julian Assange is a journalist is irrelevant to the threat his prosecution poses to press freedom
Ambiguous gag order could silence the press in North Carolina
If the court did not intend to censor the media, it needs to promptly clarify to avoid chilling press freedom
Deferred prosecution agreements silence and extort journalists
Authorities chill press freedom when they condition dropping baseless charges on journalists agreeing to behave and paying fines
Judges should have to go to law school. That’s not as obvious as it sounds
But even experienced jurists often fail to protect journalists’ constitutional rights
Arrests of independent journalists should make headlines too
When cases that don’t involve the mainstream press don’t get the attention they should, it results in bad law that harms the rights of all journalists
