Press Freedom
Surveilling journalists to discover their sources. Using the Espionage Act to prosecute whistleblowers for disclosing information to the press that the public should know. Arresting and attacking journalists reporting on social unrest. Criminalizing the kinds of activities that journalists engage in routinely and as a necessary part of their work. Serious threats, all, to the freedom of the press.
This blog channel highlights the Institute’s ongoing work to preserve and strengthen free press protections in the digital age.
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Deep Dive: The Future of Press Freedom: Scholars Series, Press Freedom
Political Tensions and the Democratic Press
Advocates for press freedom must confront the objectivity-subjectivity and institutionalism-populism divides.
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Institute Update: Press Freedom
An Introduction to Our Project: The Future of Press Freedom
A cross-disciplinary initiative to identify and protect the role of the press
By RonNell Andersen Jones & Sonja R. West -
Institute Update: Press Freedom
Call for Papers: New Voices in Press Freedom
The Knight Institute invites submissions from junior scholars exploring the news in changing times.
By RonNell Andersen Jones , Sonja R. West & Katy Glenn Bass -
Deep Dive: Press Freedom
First Step in Police Reform: Protect the First Amendment
Police should ensure that journalists and members of the public acting as newsgatherers are able to work without interference
By Joel Simon & Katy Glenn Bass
Event
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Surveillance Ascendant, Democracy in Free Fall
A convening addressing the threats to speech and privacy enabled by commercial surveillance in our quickly shifting democratic landscape
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Research
Essays and Scholarship
Protecting Immigrant Activists From U.S. Government Retaliation: Lessons From First Amendment Litigation
Immigrant activists in the U.S. face legal and structural barriers when fighting First Amendment retaliation.
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Event
Digital Authoritarianism and the Fight for Democracy
How new tools of surveillance and censorship are fueling rights violations around the world
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How new tools of surveillance and censorship are fueling rights violations around the world
Litigation
Lawsuit
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York v. USDA
A case challenging USDA’s purge of climate-related webpages.
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