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Hey I'm Steph, a masters candidate, journalist, and an enthusiast of many a thing, including art, politics, travel, books, activism, music, and nerd-joy. Photographer, green chile addict, boulder climber, avid reader, habitual goof.

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For student journalists, the beats are the same but the protections are different

This article was published by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.

Student journalists, plagued by questions of editorial independence and with varying degrees of First Amendment protections, nonetheless face the same press freedom challenges as their professional counterparts.

The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, which documents First Amendment aggressions in the United States, has collected student…

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Tech investor attempts to compel U.S. journalist to identify confidential source

This article was published by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.

On Oct. 31, 2019, venture capital investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist Shervin Pishevar filed an application for discovery against Fast Company senior news editor Marcus Baram in an effort to uncover identifying information about a source cited in a 2017 article.

In September 2017, Baram met with a confidential source who claimed…

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Trump’s anti-press language on Twitter mirrored in violent video created by supporter

This article was published by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.

More than half of the news outlets depicted in a graphic fake video of President Donald Trump assaulting his critics have also been singled out in anti-press tweets published by the president.

In a video shared with The New York Times over the weekend, a fake Trump in a pinstripe suit rampages through a church, shooting, stabbing and…

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Tech journalist subpoenaed in ongoing Bitcoin lawsuit

This article was published by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.

Brendan Sullivan, a journalist at Modern Consensus, received a subpoena for all documents and communications between him and Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist and businessman who has claimed to be the creator of Bitcoin.

Wright is currently the defendant in a lawsuit brought against him by the Estate of David Kleiman,…

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BuzzFeed reporter receives subpoena in ongoing Unsworth-Musk defamation lawsuit

This article was published by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.

Ryan Mac, a senior technology reporter for BuzzFeed News, was issued his first subpoena in the unfolding case between caver Vernon Unsworth and Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Aug. 26, 2019. Mac subsequently received a second deposition subpoena, bringing the total number of subpoenas issued against the outlet and its reporter to five.

Unsworth…

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Owner and reporter for Texas weekly threatened, arrest warrant issued

This article was published by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.

Dina Garcia-Peña, owner of the El Tejano newspaper, received a threatening message from a man on Aug. 1, 2019, the same day her outlet published a news item about his indictment.

Garcia-Peña told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that the weekly newspaper often covers crime in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, publishing breaking news on the…

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Documentary filmmaker shot with ‘crowd control ammunition’ while filming protests in Puerto Rico

This article was published by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.

Documentary filmmaker Ricardo Olivero Lora was shot with a round of “crowd control ammunition” while filming police officers dispersing protesters in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the early morning of July 23, 2019.

Olivero Lora told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that he was filming between 1 and 3 a.m., carrying his professional camera…

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Florida judge rejects contempt petition against Sun Sentinel, two reporters

This article was published by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.

A Florida judge dismissed a request to hold the South Florida Sun Sentinel and two of its reporters in contempt for publishing the entirety of an improperly redacted report, issuing her ruling on May 13, 2019.

Reporter Brittany Wallman told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that they were relieved at finally having a resolution, but that…

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Two journalists assaulted while covering a protest in Salt Lake City

This article was published by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.

Two broadcast journalists for local KUTV 2News were assaulted on July 9, 2019, while covering a protest in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Photojournalist Matthew Michela told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that he and his team had been covering the protest over Utah’s planned inland port, a logistics and distribution hub, for a couple of hours…

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Two journalists assaulted while covering protest in Memphis

This article was published by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.

At least two reporters were hurt as protests erupted over a fatal officer shooting in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 12, 2019.

U.S. marshals shot and killed Brandon Webber, a 20-year-old black man, in the Memphis community of Frayser, sparking violent protests. In a Facebook post in response to the protests, Memphis Mayor John…

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Student newspaper subpoenaed for documents and reporting materials as part of $100 million dispute

This article was published by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.

The Chicago Maroon, the University of Chicago’s student newspaper, was served a subpoena on May 17, 2019, in connection with a lawsuit between The Thomas L. Pearson and The Pearson Family Members Foundation and the university.

On March 5, 2018, The Maroon published an article written by then-editor Euirim Choi on the unravelling of…

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Student journalist subpoenaed for documents and reporting materials as part of dispute between university, foundation

This article was published by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.

Student journalist Euirim Choi was served a subpoena on May 22, 2019, in connection with a lawsuit between The Thomas L. Pearson and The Pearson Family Members Foundation and the University of Chicago. Choi is the former editor of the university’s student newspaper, The Chicago Maroon, and has been asked for documents and…

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Freelance reporter stopped while crossing border; passport card photographed

Reporters removed from Kansas Senate floor, threatened with loss of press passes

This article was published by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.

Nate Abaurrea, a freelance reporter and radio journalist, was stopped and pulled aside for additional screening by U.S. Customs and Border Protection while crossing into Mexico at the San Ysidro border crossing on May 24, 2019. During the screening, Abaurrea was questioned about his work and an officer photographed his passport card.

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Customs officers search reporter’s car and phone at Canadian border

This article was published by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.

Anne Elizabeth Moore — a cultural critic and reporter who has written for Salon, Teen Vogue, Jacobin, and The New Inquiry — was driving across the Ambassador Bridge into Detroit, Michigan, on August 3, 2017, when she was stopped and questioned by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers.

Moore told the Committee to Protect…

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Al Jazeera journalist stopped and questioned in Los Angeles airport

This article was published by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker. 

Ali Latifi, a journalist for Al Jazeera English, was flagged for secondary screening by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers when he flew to Los Angeles from Istanbul on May 27, 2017.

Latifi is a dual Afghani and American citizen who has reported for the New York Times, the Telegram, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago…

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Pennsylvania borough settles lawsuit after punitively withdrawing advertising from local newspaper

Pennsylvania borough settles lawsuit after punitively withdrawing advertising from local newspaper

This article was published by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.

On March 19, the Borough of Middletown in Pennsylvania agreed to a settlement on a lawsuit filed by the Press & Journal, a local weekly. The newspaper sued after the mayor and borough council sent an official policy letter withdrawing advertising dollars from the Press & Journal in retaliation for the paper’s reporting…

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HuffPost journalist and colleagues receive online threats

HuffPost journalist and colleagues receive online threats

This article was published by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

At least 11 journalists at HuffPost, their families and others were harassed and threatened online in late May and early June 2018, Lydia Polgreen, editor in chief at HuffPost, told CPJ. The harassment came after the outlet published a piece written by reporter Luke O’Brien that identified the person behind a Twitter account that…

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