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Cops on campus arrest, bully journalists

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As police stormed several college campuses in recent days and arrested hundreds of students protesting the Israel-Gaza war, the free press was also under attack. Texas Department of Public Safety officers arrested Carlos Sanchez, a photojournalist for the local Fox affiliate, as he was covering protests at the University of Texas at Austin. But police can’t seem to make up their minds about what, exactly, they want us to believe Sanchez did wrong, repeatedly bringing then dropping charges against the photographer.

Tim Burke is a journalist. His prosecution tries to criminalize journalism

Arrests/Prosecutions • Article

President Biden has said that journalism isn’t a crime. But the DOJ seems to think otherwise

Northwestern’s student newspaper helps kill anti-speech prosecution

Arrests/Prosecutions • Article

Student journalists set an example for the professionals when it comes to standing up for the First Amendment

Arrests of independent journalists should make headlines too

Arrests/Prosecutions • Article

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

DOJ: Dispersing journalists from protests violates First Amendment

Protests • Article

Recent report marks welcome change from Justice’s past anti-press positions

Global imprisonment of journalists spikes amid U.S. inaction

Global Affairs • Article

Credible American leadership needed to curb disturbing trend.

Don’t get lost in the Trump raid debates. The oft-abused Espionage Act is in dire need of reform

Espionage Act • Article

Misguided debates around the Espionage Act have led to a flood of misinformation about what the often-abused law actually does in practice. Left unchecked, it will have a lasting effect on important reform efforts.

Congress has a historic chance to protect journalists and whistleblowers in this year’s defense authorization bill

Espionage Act • Article

For years, DOJ has abused the Espionage Act against whistleblowers and journalists. A new bill could potentially change that.

Secret Justice Dept. subpoena drives home the need for a strong journalist shield law

PRESS Act • Article

With a reporter surveillance scandal of its own embroiling Biden’s Department of Justice, it’s now more important than ever for his administration to throw its weight behind passing a journalist shield law such as Senator Ron Wyden’s PRESS Act.

Biden administration defends Trump’s indefensible surveillance of reporters

Surveillance • Article

Department of Justice subpoenas for the phone records of three Washington Post reporters represent an outrageous invasion of the First Amendment rights of journalists to communicate with sources, and the defense of their use by the Biden administration raises alarming questions about its commitment to press freedom.