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Independent Journalism Only Survives If Readers Decide It Matters
7+ hour, 23+ min ago (336+ words) Greenwald is the founder, editor, and executive director of the Davis Vanguard. He founded the Vanguard in 2006. David Greenwald moved to Davis in 1996 to attend Graduate School at UC Davis in Political Science. He lives in South Davis with his…...
Federal Compliance with Journalist Protections Questioned in Unsealed Warrant
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (455+ words) RICHMOND, Va. " The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press said the newly unsealed justification for a search warrant targeting Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson ignored what it described as a "crucial freedom guardrail," raising serious concerns about federal compliance…...
Federal Raid on Washington Post Reporter's Home Sparks Press Freedom Concerns
3+ week, 5+ day ago (335+ words) WASHINGTON " A recent federal raid on the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson has intensified concerns about press freedom and digital privacy after court documents obtained by The Intercept showed investigators were authorized to attempt to unlock her phone…...
A City Hall, a Social-Media Journalist and a Courtroom Battle Over Who Gets to Speak
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1531+ words) As social media videos of protests and federal clashes out of Minnesota surged across newsfeeds, and the arrest of independent journalist Don Lemon by federal agents rekindled fears about press freedom, an appellate panel in California dropped a ruling that…...
Prison Newspapers: Carceral Plantations of Epistemic Injustice
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (935+ words) Carceral journalism is an uncensored stakeholder-driven critical analysis of the carceral state " a for us, by us enterprise " unbridled by government Don't call those of us who bravely elect to work from confinement, apart from prison newspaper censorship, "prison journalists,…...
How a COVID-era Law Banning ‘Fake News’ in Puerto Rico Targets the Press
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (486+ words) In the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when Puerto Rico passed a law attempting to ban "fake news," two journalists feared the ban would open them to prosecutions against their reporting that was critical of the government, its officials, or…...
Building Our Journalism Guild: The Power of Proximity
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (197+ words) Some people impact you with so much emotional force, they alter your being " you become changed in a fixed way that reorients how you think about your purpose. When I met and embraced Hinton, along with her team of justice…...
Community Journalism in the Age of the Algorithm - And The Vanguard’s Community Journalism Project
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1203+ words) Maria Ressa has a chilling way of describing the world we now live in. She argues that an "invisible atom bomb" has exploded in our information ecosystem, that technology platforms have infected us with a "virus of lies," and that…...
Emmy-Winning Journalist Mario Guevara to Be Deported to El Salvador
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (420+ words) ATLANTA " Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE for more than 100 days in what advocates say is retaliation for his reporting on law enforcement, is set to be deported Friday to El Salvador after the Eleventh Circuit Court of…...
ACLU Says Emmy-Winning Journalist Faces Deportation After 100 Days in ICE Custody
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (418+ words) ATLANTA " The American Civil Liberties Union reports that Emmy Award-winning journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation after more than 100 days in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. According to the ACLU, Guevara's legal team has filed an emergency motion for a…...