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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
When the law’s on your side but ICE isn’t
Plus: Administration ignores flotilla abuses
Public records expert: ‘We can do better’
David Cuillier explains how the ‘death of transparency’ affects us all, and how our public records laws must change.
Fight for press freedom as ICE attacks Chicago
Plus: Tell your lawmakers to strengthen presidential library transparency
Court backs Chicago reporters, but leaves door open for dispersals
A federal court limited how federal officers can target journalists at protests, but stopped short of entirely blocking them from ordering reporters to leave
Independent journalists must be protected from ICE attacks
Letter calls on local authorities to investigate all attacks on journalists
ICE is on a rampage against the press
Plus: Journalist Mario Guevara has been deported
Journalist or not, photography isn’t a hate crime
Gatekeeping over hate crime charges misses the forest for the trees
