Reporter to Get $850K After Police Raid on Newspaper
A small Kansas town has agreed to pay $850,000 to a former reporter at its weekly newspaper to end her federal lawsuit over a police raid of the paper's offices in 2023 that ignited a national furor...
View ArticleTrump Spars With Journalist Who Asked About Manifesto
A gunman's attack outside Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner left the president rattled only on the matter of logistics, not nerves, he said Sunday night on 60 Minutes . In an interview with...
View ArticleJudge Opens Up Media Access for Tennessee Executions
A judge ruled on Friday that Tennessee prison officials must grant expanded access to media members to view state-run executions, after a coalition of news groups, including the AP , sued over claims...
View ArticleNYT Sues Pete Hegseth Over 'Press-Restrictive Scheme'
The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Defense and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, challenging a controversial Pentagon policy that bars journalists from reporting any...
View ArticleCounty to Pay $3M Over Police Raid on Newspaper
A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in August 2023 that sparked an outcry over press...
View ArticleNPR Sues White House Over 'Textbook Retaliation'
National Public Radio promised to fight a presidential executive order cutting off its federal funding, and now that's exactly what it's doing. The public broadcaster—which, along with PBS, was...
View ArticlePress Group: New Pentagon Restrictions a 'Direct Attack'
The Pentagon has tightened access for journalists, with new rules requiring official escorts for credentialed reporters in most areas of the Pentagon. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the...
View Article2 Editors Guilty in Landmark Hong Kong Case
A Hong Kong court convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet on Thursday, in a case widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedom in the city once hailed as a bastion of free...
View ArticleFlorida Looks to Crack Down on Political Bloggers
Any blogger mentioning Florida's governor or a state legislator would be required to register with the state under newly proposed legislation experts say would surely violate the First Amendment....
View ArticleAmid 'Uncertainty' Over New HK Law, a Big Move for NYT
With low taxes and a location close to China's mainland, Hong Kong has long been seen as an ideal site in which media outlets can set up shop for their international teams. The New York Times ,...
View ArticlePompeo's NPR Feud Continues With a 'Perfect Message'
After Mike Pompeo berated NPR journalist Mary Louise Kelly last month in an expletive-filled rant for turning a discussion about Iran to Ukraine and ex-US Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, the State...
View ArticleHere's What NPR Host Has to Say About Pompeo
NPR journalist Mary Louise Kelly says she was just doing her job when she asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about Ukraine , only to be accused of violating "the basic rules of journalism and...
View ArticleChris Wallace of Fox Delivers Stinging Rebuke of Trump
Chris Wallace of Fox News has not been shy about voicing his criticism of President Trump, and he delivered a strong rebuke Wednesday night. "I believe that President Trump is engaged in the most...
View ArticleHigh School Newspaper Fights to Run Story on Student in Porn
Once again, a California high school newspaper's adviser is risking her job over a story that school administrators don't want published. In the past, Kathi Duffel and her students have fought the...
View ArticleOne of Time's People of the Year Just Got Arrested
A high-profile journalist detained in the Philippines says President Rodrigo Duterte is trying to silence her. Maria Ressa , CEO of news site Rappler and a 2018 Time Person of the Year alongside Jamal...
View ArticleWH Threatens Acosta Press Pass; CNN Seeks Emergency Hearing
The White House is now saying that once a judge's ruling restoring Jim Acosta's press credentials expires at the end of November, it's going to suspend him once again, per the Washington Post . In...
View ArticleJournos Dispute WH Account on Barring CNN Reporter
The White House on Thursday defended its decision to bar a CNN correspondent from attending an open press event but contended it had nothing to do with the questions she asked. Deputy press secretary...
View ArticleTrump Bans 'Dishonest' Washington Post
Donald Trump has decided that the Washington Post —winner of 47 Pulitzer prizes, including one for its role in exposing the Watergate scandal—isn't the kind of newspaper he wants covering his campaign....
View ArticleGawker Just Got Its Own Billionaire Backer in Hulk Hogan Trial
Hulk Hogan's ongoing lawsuit against Gawker is starting to look a lot like a game of Rock'em Sock'em Robots with two tech billionaires at the controls. On Thursday, PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel...
View ArticleMass-Media Prof Asks for 'Muscle' to Remove Journo
A University of Missouri photojournalist on freelance assignment for ESPN found himself in a confrontation with student activists Monday as they tried to ban him from the tent city they'd set up on...
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