Press Freedom • Social Media
Streamer detained at the border and questioned for hours
Taylor Lorenz
usermag.com
Piker's detention occurs against a backdrop of increasing scrutiny of political activists and commentators, especially those who challenge the administration’s policies on Israel.
Published On: 05/07/2025
Journalism • Press Freedom
They’re Coming for the Truth-Tellers: Bondi’s Plan to Jail Journalists
Thom Hartmann
The Hartmann Report
Most alarming part of all is what Bondi reportedly wants to do next. According to sources close to the Justice Department, she has argued that leakers — or even reporters — who provide information that she doesn’t like could be prosecuted for treason, a crime that carries the death penalty.
Published On: 05/02/2025
Journalism • Press Freedom
The loss of editorial freedom at 60 Minutes is a sorry milestone
Margaret Sullivan
The Guardian
As with so many of the red alerts – lawsuits, threats, changes in long-held practices that protect the public’s right to know – the problem involves Donald Trump’s overweening desire to control the media.
Published On: 05/01/2025
Democracy • Global • Press Freedom
UN Human Rights Council Report: Journalists in exile
Irene Khan
United Nations Human Rights Council
The security and safety of journalists in exile remain precarious, because of the failure of States to uphold their international obligations.
Published On: 04/26/2025
Democracy • Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom
Why the Fight for Local Journalism Matters
Joel Simon
Columbia Journalism Review
To sustain this new system, Thornton told me, nonprofit news organizations need diversified funding from membership, sponsorship, events, and philanthropy, which will need to support local media in perpetuity, the way they do the arts.
Published On: 04/16/2025