By suing WikiLeaks, DNC could endanger principles of press freedom
May 29, 2018 10:53 AM ET
In 1993, WILK radio host Frederick Vopper broadcast a conversation intercepted by an illegal wiretap and sent anonymously to the Pennsylvania radio station, in which two teachers union officials discussed violent negotiating tactics. The officials sued Vopper, arguing that...
How US Espionage Act can be used against journalists covering leaks
May 20, 2017 8:30 AM ET
Earlier this week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly joked about Trump using a saber on the press and U.S. Senator Jim Risch told CNN the press should be questioning the Washington Post about its sources. Then, on...
With press freedom under attack worldwide, US is setting wrong example
May 2, 2017 1:41 PM ET
For decades if not longer, repressive leaders around the world have defended restrictions on freedom of the press by citing examples of Western governments failing to live by their own professed standards....
Transition to Trump: Reporters must be allowed to protect their sources
January 18, 2017 1:47 PM ET
As a new presidential administration prepares to take over the U.S., CPJ examines the status of press freedom, including the challenges journalists face from surveillance, harassment, limited transparency, the questioning of libel laws, and other factors....
Transition to Trump: First Amendment attorney Floyd Abrams on Trump's power over libel laws
December 15, 2016 3:12 PM ET
As a new presidential administration prepares to take over the U.S., CPJ examines the status of press freedom, including the challenges journalists face from surveillance, harassment, limited transparency, the questioning of libel laws, and other factors....
Appeal against Risen keeps source protection in focus
October 25, 2011 1:00 PM ET
A reporter's right to protect confidential sources, a topic of debate both in the U.S. and internationally, will undergo another round of legal scrutiny after federal prosecutors formally appealed a decision shielding journalist James Risen's sources in a CIA...