Reporters seeking credentials to cover state government are finding themselves in a holding pattern as officials review the policies
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Read More »October 24, 2013 Comments Off on Deja few: State may again try to limit journalists
Reporters seeking credentials to cover state government are finding themselves in a holding pattern as officials review the policies
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Read More »July 29, 2013 Comments Off on University of Maryland announces Lacy-Smith Award
COLLEGE PARK — The University of Maryland has announced the creation of an annual award that will be given to a sports journalist or broadcaster who has made “significant contributions to racial and gender equality in sports.” The Sam Lacy-Wendell ...
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Read More »April 16, 2012 Comments Off on Judges, journalists clash over courtroom tweets
CHICAGO — Getting news from a big trial once took days, moving at the speed of a carrier pigeon or an express pony. The telegraph and telephone cut that time dramatically, as did live television broadcasts. Now comes Twitter with ...
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Read More »October 6, 2011 Comments Off on List of claimants suing News of the World grows
LONDON — More than 60 people have filed court papers alleging their phones were hacked by the News of the World, a lawyer said Thursday, amid preparations for a group lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s now-defunct tabloid. The claimants include movie ...
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I’d like to discuss the most recent news surrounding Casey Anthony, namely, her desire to change her name and move out of the Orlando area. The moves are because of the verdict last week that acquitted Casey of murdering her ...
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Read More »April 28, 2011 Comments Off on Inside the First Amendment: World press freedom comes at a cost
Thanks to the First Amendment, I’m free to write these words and you’re free to read them. But for about 84 percent of the approximately 6.9 billion people with whom we share this planet, that’s not the case. They live ...
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