Sentences with phrase «for freedom of the press»

And that has disturbing implications for freedom of the press, as Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo notes in a post:

The struggle for the freedom of the press and freedom of ideas has, up till now, been mainly an argument within the bourgeoisie itself; for the masses, freedom to express opinions was a fiction since they were, from the beginning, barred from the means of production — above all from the press — and thus were unable to join in freedom of expression from the start.

«Public information belongs to the public, and it shouldn't cost thousands of dollars in legal fees to access it,» said Bruce Brown, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Emily Grannis, a fellow with the nonprofit Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, said New York's automatic deletion policy «strikes me as inconsistent with the goals of [freedom of information] laws, and to have such a short timeframe is particularly troubling.»

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and a coalition of 33 media organizations sent a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo urging him to sign into law a bill that will strengthen New York's Freedom of Information Law.

This documentary series about The New York Times in the Trump era illuminates critical issues facing journalism today, and chronicles the tenacious men and women fighting for the freedom of the press and America's right to know.

That legal action opens the window for the Washington Post to strike back and take a stand for the freedom of press.

Through extraordinary access and exclusive interviews, Oscar ® nominated filmmaker Liz Garbus chronicles the tenacious men and women in the trenches who are fighting for the freedom of the press and America's right to know.

But when the paper's executive editor, Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks), gaines access to the Pentagon Papers too, Katharine must decide whether or not to risk The Post's future — not to mention possible criminal prosecution and her long friendship with both The White House and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara — or stand up for freedom of the press, and the truth, by publishing the story.

He is a member of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Cato Institute, where he is a senior fellow.

She became a visible and vocal advocate for freedom of the press.

Member American Institute for Video and Film, Visual Studies Workshop, Film / Video Arts, Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press.

And it seems to be the same side as the ACLU and some journos... like The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, i.e.: Advance Publications, Inc., Allbritton Communications Company, American Society of News Editors, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., The E.W, Scripps Company, First Amendment Coalition, The McClatchy Company, The National Press Club, NJational Press Photographers Association, NBC Universal Media, LLC, News Corp, Newspaper Association of America, Online News Association, POLITICO LLC, Society of Professional Journalists, Time Inc., Tribune Company, and The Washington Post.

Jacob «Jack» C. Landau, a lawyer and journalist who helped found the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in 1970 and was its executive director from 1974 to 1985, died this week at the age of 74.

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 29 other U.S. news media organizations had sent a letter to the French agency, the CNIL, before it slapped Google with a nominal fine and an ultimatum, saying the demand on the search engine behemoth is an «unacceptable interference with what people in other nations can post and read on the internet.»

Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, put it best when she said of the lawsuit: «If you don't like the notion of conducting the public's business in public, you shouldn't run for office.»

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press hosted the event, at which The National Law Journal's Tony Mauro moderated.

Whether you are a credentialed reporter or a citizen journalist, if you are arrested or run into legal problems while reporting on the presidential inauguration, help is available from two sources: The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press will run a round - the - clock hotline for reporters who are detained while covering the inauguration.

For anyone wanting to learn more about reporters, subpoenas and shield laws, there is no better resource on the Web than The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Although it was launched in June, it has taken me this long to get around to checking out the Digital Journalist's Legal Guide created by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

A report last year by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press found rules in this area, if they even exist, tend to «vary from state to state, and at times from trial to trial.»

Hands down, the best publicly available guide to electronic recording law is that provided by the Reporters Committee For Freedom Of The Press (RCFP).

What is surprising, however, is how much less notice was paid to a Reporters Without Borders report two weeks earlier, the Press Freedom Index, ranking the best and worst countries for freedom of the press.

On Friday, U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman in Seattle gave the IRS 30 days to produce the requested information, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press reports.

Or you could show that the logical extension of your opponent's cited case would create absurd results, as Judge Frank Easterbrook did in Kissinger v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

But in a letter sent Saturday to members of the House of Delegates, Lucy A. Dalglish, the lawyer who is executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, said the proposals would severely damage the public's right to know.

For context, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press provides a non-exhaustive list of examples of actions reporters can take when publishing parody and satire, noting again that no single item below must be included and the presence of one of them does not provide an absolute defense.

It's an annual week put on by the American Society of News Editors and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Sunshine Week, which is organized by the American Society of News Editors and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, runs March 12 to 18.

by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press found the change was never publicly announced.

We can now report that, according to a June 20, 2011 post on the Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press News website, Texas is the 27th state, along with the District of Columbia, to adopt anti-SLAPP litigation.

In a decision described as a major breakthrough for freedom of the press in Canada, the court chiselled out what it calls a «new and distinctive» defence for journalists reporting on matters of public significance: The «public interest responsible journalism defence.»

A joint undertaking by the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press, Sunshine Week is about driving home how important it is for the people to know what's their government is up to, why and the cost.

Lucy is the Executive Director Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and was previously a media lawyer for almost five years in the trial department of the Minneapolis law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP.

It's Sunshine Week again, brought to us by the American Society of News Editors and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Sunshine Week celebrates — and advocates for — the public's access to government information.Established by the American Society of News Editors and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, its marked by lots of organizations, from the National Archives to Open the Government.In an... Continue reading →

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However, it remains an open question whether it's ever illegal, given the First Amendment's protection of press freedom, for a reporter to solicit information.

Any prosecution of Assange would be «incredibly dangerous for the First Amendment and pretty much every reporter in the United States,» Trevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, told Wired.

The IFJ said it and the European Federation of Journalists were calling on the EU «to take additional steps to hold Turkish President Erdogan accountable for press freedom breaches.»

The Freedom of the Press Foundation has sent an open letter to major camera manufacturers, asking for encryption features to be built into camera equipment used in photojournalism.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been known to remark that Dief doesn't get enough credit for that 1960 bid to entrench federal protection of freedom of religion, speech, the press, and assembly.

Constitutional Amendment 1: «Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances»

Chris Pedigo, senior VP - government affairs for publisher association Digital Content Next, predicted before the election that freedom of the press issues would become more top - of - mind during a Trump presidency.

Well, if you're a tech company, then it's much easier to regulate your product without worries about infringing on free speech and freedom of the press, particularly if it can be proven that Facebook is bad for mental health and perhaps even for democracy.

In an earlier interview with the Press & Journal, Mr Movan claimed his constitutional right to practise freedom of religion had been «infringed upon» and that the police department had made «no accommodation» for his religious beliefs.

It is reassuring that many of our current religious organizations understand that our nondiscrimination policy poses no threat to their religious freedom,» Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Richard McCarty said in a press release.

For Antonina's generation of early Twentieth - Century immigrants, the freedom of America's press offered solid evidence that their faith in the young country's promise and opportunity was well - founded.

funny how the freedom of press is not being used when the world is saying to remove the princess kate nude pics, but when 1.2 billion muslims and non muslims combined are asking for a video to be removed its a big deal of frweedom of speech.

They estimated a «human freedom index» for each country based on 1985 figures for forty different indicators among them the right to travel, freedom of religion, freedom from unlawful detention, independent press, homosexual activities between consenting adults.

Robert F. Miller, attorney for the Christian Yellow Pages, insists that the directory is protected by the constitutional guarantees of freedom of press and religion.