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Seth Stern is the director of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation. He oversees FPF’s efforts to defend press freedoms and stand up for journalists and whistleblowers who have been denied their rights. Prior to joining FPF, Seth practiced media and First Amendment law in Chicago for over a decade. Before that, he worked as a reporter and editor in the Chicago and Atlanta areas. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.
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Texas authorities extort journalist with his own equipment
Court states the obvious: Citizen journalists have the same First Amendment rights as any other journalists
Lawsuit seeks transparency on Assange prosecution
Advocates, journalists want answers on why the government risked criminalizing routine journalism to pursue Espionage Act charges against WikiLeaks publisher
U.S. silence over Al Jazeera speaks volumes about policies on TikTok, RT
The U.S. government's nonresponse to Israel's attacks on the news outlet makes clearer the dangers of authorizing broad and unchecked censorship of foreign platforms