Tag: Press freedom
March 9: Anniversary of Times v Sullivan
March 9 marks the 62nd anniversary of the US Supreme Court deciding the Times V. Sullivan case. A State cannot, under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, award damages to a…
Journalism Community Raises Concerns Over FBI Raid of WashPost Reporter’s Home
The Society of Professional Journalists, the National Press Club and the Committee to Protect Journalists all issued statements denouncing the FBI raid of the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah…
J Groups Issue Opposition To New Pentagon Restrictions
The Society of Professional Journalists and the National Press Club each issued statements condemning the new requirements the Department of Defense laid out for journalists on the military beat. The…
Celebrating World Press Freedom Day in Washington
May 3 was declared World Press Freedom Day by the United Nations in 1993. Since then, journalists and press freedom advocates around the world have celebrated the day with conferences…
DC Pro Chapter VP opinion piece discusses Marion County Record case and its impact on democratic society
SPJ DC Pro Chapter Vice President Celia Wexler, expressing her own opinions not those of the chapter, looked at how the police raid on the Marion County (Kansas) Record is…