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Use public records to fight government secrecy, experts urge
Public records systems may be far from perfect, but webinar panelists say that doesn’t mean we should lose hope for the revelations stashed within them
Greene County says employees aren’t prohibited from talking to press
We’re posting the denial to hold them to it, because gagging public employees is unconstitutional
Trump-Paramount mediation is toxic for all involved
A billboard in New York City’s Times Square urges Paramount Global not to settle Trump’s frivolous lawsuit to pay for the administration’s approval of a merger.
Paramount should abandon mediation with Trump. So should the mediator
No one should help facilitate bribery, especially when the First Amendment is at stake.
Journalists are being attacked at protests again. Here’s how you can help
Five ideas for standing with and standing up for journalists facing police abuses at protests
How to help journalists covering protests
Plus: Agencies hijack the ‘public interest’ to attack free speech
Reddit asks, we answer: Q&A on whistleblowing, SecureDrop, and sharing info with the press
To answer questions about how the public can safely share information with the press, FPF experts engaged with Reddit’s r/IAmA community members
Journalists under attack in LA
Plus: All-star lawyers join FPF’s effort to stop Paramount settlement
Federal agencies hijack the ‘public interest’ to attack free speech
How the government is threatening nonprofits and the press, and how the public can fight back.
The reporter documenting 10 years of Trump’s anti-media posts
Since Trump’s first term as president, Stephanie Sugars has managed an extensive database that documents each and every anti-media post from Trump.
