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Reporters Committee tips for covering protests
Update: The introduction of this post was updated on May 7, 2024. In recent years, mass demonstrations concerning issues like…
June 5, 2020
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Reporters Committee letter to Minnesota officials demands end to police attacks against journalists
Over 100 media and press freedom organizations signed on to the Reporters Committee’s letter to Minnesota officials.
June 2, 2020
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Chris Young
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Gabe Rottman
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First Amendment
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Reporters Committee tracks curfew orders in wake of nationwide protests
As local, state officials clamp down on protests, RCFP is monitoring if curfews include carve-outs for the media.
June 1, 2020
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Reporters Committee
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Reporters Committee condemns arrest of CNN crew in Minneapolis
State police arrested three journalists reporting on protests
May 29, 2020
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Four states pass laws restricting protestors
Four states have recently passed legislation restricting the rights of protesters.
October 23, 2017
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Emma Lux
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Updates on journalists arrested and charged with rioting during Presidential Inauguration protests
This page also includes information on anyone who is a self-identified journalist. Aaron Cantu 7/6/18: CHARGES DROPPED Cantu is a freelance…
January 27, 2017
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Resources for journalists covering events in Ferguson, Mo.
AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, J.B. Forbes Getty Images photographer Scott Olson is arrested in Ferguson in August 2014. Update: Journalists…
August 18, 2014
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