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News Take: Free Press Focus: How Do We Ensure Protections for the Press After Shocking Police Raid?
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News Take: Free Press Focus: How Do We Ensure Protections for the Press After Shocking Police Raid?

In this episode of News Take: Free Press Focus, Eric Meyer, Publisher of the Marion County Record, shares the story of the day police raided ... Read More
News/Media Alliance Joins Media Letter in Calling for Senate to Advance the PRESS Act
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News/Media Alliance Joins Media Letter in Calling for Senate to Advance the PRESS Act

The News/Media Alliance joined a letter with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, along with over 50 other news media and press rights organizations, calling ... Read More
News/Media Alliance Joins Comments in Response to Proposed Amendments to New York City Press Credential Rules
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News/Media Alliance Joins Comments in Response to Proposed Amendments to New York City Press Credential Rules

On March 20, 2024, the Alliance joined a coalition of groups in submitting comments in response to the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media ... Read More
News Take: Free Press Focus: Preventing Another Capital Gazette Shooting: Why We Need The Journalist Protection Act
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News Take: Free Press Focus: Preventing Another Capital Gazette Shooting: Why We Need The Journalist Protection Act

In this episode of News Take: Free Press Focus, we hear from RTDNA CEO Dan Shelley and Capital Gazette Photojournalist Paul Gillespie about the dangers ... Read More
Secretary of State Addresses Violence Against the Press
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Secretary of State Addresses Violence Against the Press

On May 3, Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a briefing on the state of world press freedom. During the meeting, he told specific stories of assaults on the ... Read More
Congressmen Introduce Resolution Condemning Attacks on Free Press
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Congressmen Introduce Resolution Condemning Attacks on Free Press

On May 3, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH), Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), and other members of the Senate ... Read More
Barbara Wall to Receive William J. Brennan, Jr. Defense of Freedom Award
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Barbara Wall to Receive William J. Brennan, Jr. Defense of Freedom Award

The Media Law Resource Center (MLRC), at its Annual Dinner on November 10, will present its William J. Brennan, Jr. Defense of Freedom Award to ... Read More
News Media for Open Government Encourages Congress to Take Actions to Support Journalists, a Free Press and an Open and More Accountable Government
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News Media for Open Government Encourages Congress to Take Actions to Support Journalists, a Free Press and an Open and More Accountable Government

Recent events continue to demonstrate that journalism and journalists are a necessary part of our democracy and critical to a well-functioning government and an informed ... Read More
To Reap the Value of a Free Press, We Must Allow Them to Do Their Jobs
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To Reap the Value of a Free Press, We Must Allow Them to Do Their Jobs

As we head into what is going to be a truly historic election, we must remember the importance of the freedoms granted by the First ... Read More
RCFP, 57 Media Groups Object to Restrictions on Press During Upcoming Senate Impeachment Trial
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RCFP, 57 Media Groups Object to Restrictions on Press During Upcoming Senate Impeachment Trial

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the 57 undersigned media organizations write in opposition to restrictions on the press during the upcoming ... Read More