Archive for journalist protection act

News Take: Free Press Focus: Preventing Another Capital Gazette Shooting: Why We Need The Journalist Protection Act
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News Take: Free Press Focus: Preventing Another Capital Gazette Shooting: Why We Need The Journalist Protection Act

In this episode of News Take: Free Press Focus, we hear from RTDNA CEO Dan Shelley and Capital Gazette Photojournalist Paul Gillespie about the dangers ... Read More
Statement: News/Media Alliance Applauds Introduction of Journalist Protection Act
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Statement: News/Media Alliance Applauds Introduction of Journalist Protection Act

On World Press Freedom Day, Sens. Menendez and Blumenthal and Rep. Swalwell introduced the Journalist Protection Act in the House and Senate. The bill would ... Read More
Legislation Introduced Would Make it a Crime to Assault or Intimidate Journalists
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Legislation Introduced Would Make it a Crime to Assault or Intimidate Journalists

In our current polarized society, journalists have experienced threats, intimidation and, in some cases, physical attacks as they attempt to gather and report the news ... Read More