crackdown on reporters
Georgia Legislators Propose Orwellian “Press Freedom” Bill
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A Georgia bill would create a state commission to set and oversee journalism ethics. What do legislators fear would happen otherwise?
The Marshall Project
The Marshall Project Launches Print Publication for People Living behind Bars
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The Marshall Project, in conjunction with Lawrence Bartley, a person formerly incarcerated for 27 years, has launched News Inside, writing about criminal justice for Americans behind bars. They are currently seeking to expand from 19 to all 50 states.
freedom of the press
How to Advance Knowledge: Try to Suppress It
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A hundred years ago, Henry Ford used a paper he owned to publish extensive amounts of anti-Semitic propaganda. Is journalism forbidden to acknowledge that today?
nonprofit real estate
Hopkins Buys the Newseum Building: A Two-fer Nonprofit Strategy
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For the small sum of $372.5 million, Johns Hopkins purchases from the Newseum prime Pennsylvania Avenue real estate between the White House and the Capitol. For Hopkins, it establishes the school as a major player in Washington DC. For the Newseum, the cash infusion may give the financial struggling institution a new lease on life.
crackdown on reporters
CNN’s Dismissal of Black Palestine Defender Reflects Long History of Muzzling Dissent
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The backlash against Marc Lamont Hill for his support of the Palestinian liberation movement is an attempt to limit the boundaries of “revolutionary desire.”
freedom of the press
NPQ’s Statement Urging the White House to End Its Irresponsible Attacks on Journalism
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In solidarity with the Boston Globe and hundreds of media outlets across the country, we at NPQ express our dismay at the dangerous slandering of the press coming from the White House and remind ourselves and others of the media’s essential role, even if not always fully realized, in building an engaged civil society and an active democracy.
freedom of the press
News Organizations Commit to Run Simultaneous Editorials for Press Freedom
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The Boston Globe has invited other news organizations to join them in expressing to their own communities in their own ways how important the free press is to democracy and to protest the constant attacks against it from this presidency.
freedom of the press
New York Times Publisher Calls Out Dangers of Anti-Press Rhetoric
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The publisher of the New York Times is pilloried as a representative of responsible journalism on the carnival ride of a dangerous and erratic, but now increasingly predictable, presidential tweet storm.
freedom of the press
Los Angeles Times Contests Order to Remove Paragraph from Article
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A federal judge in California ordered a paragraph removed from a Los Angeles Times news story last Saturday, unleashing major concerns regarding erosion of press freedoms and judicial overreach. The paper will challenge this order in Court tomorrow.
boycotts
Journalists Rally against Disney to Support Press Freedom
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Disney quickly walks back its decision to keep L.A. Times critics from attending film premieres based on a disagreement with its reporting.