press freedom
Note to White House: You Don’t Get to Decide the “Rules,” Either
Even as the White House restored the “hard pass” to CNN’s Jim Acosta, permitting him onto White House grounds, it promulgated some new, unrealistic rules for journalists.
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Sorry Mr. President — You Don’t Get to Choose
Whoever told you that you should pull Jim Acosta’s security pass — or failed to tell you that you shouldn’t — was wrong.
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The Whereabouts of Missing Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Should Concern Us All
Where is Jamal Khashoggi? In the name of press freedom and what it means to us as citizens of the United States, we not only expect an answer, we demand it.
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#DefendPressFreedom campaign launched ahead of midterm elections
The Freedom Forum Institute and the Newseum have joined Reporters Without Borders in a campaign to encourage voters to ask their congressional candidates where they stand on press freedom.
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‘Enemies of the people?’ Simply, plainly — ‘no.’
Most journalists put their personal preferences aside in doing their job, looking for a good story regardless of political implications.
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An ongoing outrage, a tragedy — and a puzzling farce
News of a Russian journalist faking his own death and the debate it ignited has overwhelmed another tragic journalist killing in Mexico and the deaths of two reporters here in the U.S.
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President’s press credential threat will be ‘trumped’ by the First Amendment
Here’s how the media should respond to President Trump’s threat to block reporters from White House press briefings.
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Journalists being killed, jailed, threatened – and that’s no joke
Ten journalists were killed Monday in attacks in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the U.S. media was still focused on a comedian’s controversial performance at Saturday’s White House Correspondents Dinner.
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Speaks at Newseum
Rosenstein spoke about the rule of law and the First Amendment, but also fielded questions about the long-running feud between the Justice Department and President Trump.
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The White House is wrong. A free press is ‘the people’
Newseum Institute President Gene Policinski’s op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman looks at the historic tension between the press and the president.
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