press freedom
Journalists are adapting to being targets: here’s how
For journalists, investigative skills are essential. But those in conflict zones may also want first aid, countersurveillance and other survival skills.
“Press freedom … is in retreat on all five continents.”
Press freedom suffered a "drastic decline" between October 2013 and October 2014, according to Reporters Without Borders. Wars, extremist and nonstate groups, censorship and...
When free speech was attacked, it only inspired more free speech
Cartoonists around the world reacted to the January 7 terror attack at the office of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris by publishing their...
When journalists are targeted, so is your right to know
Even before journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff were killed in 2014 by Da’esh, also known as ISIL (the Islamic State of Iraq and...
Turning the page on homelessness [video]
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James Davis will never forget the cold nights that he slept on park benches.
Today, he is an electronics mechanic and one of 130 vendors...
Rights no just government should refuse
December 15 is Bill of Rights Day. On this date in 1791, the United States ratified the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution....
Make your voice heard on college radio
Maybe you want to promote a local band. Or keep students in-the-know about local and world news. Or just express your views to a...
When journalists pay the ultimate price, you pay too.
What price does a journalist pay for a story? In the past decade, 700 paid with their lives. Many more face death threats, violent...
A scandal, an ethics teacher and how far a student went...
Vinny Vella works the night shift at the Philadelphia Daily News, arriving at crime scenes to document what took place. When a teenager was...