CPJ documented 99 journalists and media workers killed worldwide in 2023—and nearly 3/4 were Palestinian journalists killed in the Israel-Gaza war.

The 2023 global total is the highest since 2015 and a 44% increase from 2022.

Read more in our report: cpj.org/reports/2024/0…

N.Y.P.D. Defends Contentious Arrests of ‘Violence Interrupters’ nytimes.com/2024/04/12/nyr…

'Rob was 35 years old when the voices started.' Read this, by Julie Wernau wsj.com/us-news/homele…

Robert MacNeil, Earnest News Anchor for PBS, Dies at 93 : “Every journalist in this country has a stake in the democratic system working, and I think institutions of democracy are worth taking seriously.' nytimes.com/2024/04/12/bus…

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Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, the New Orleans R&B singer behind the 1956 hit 'Ain't Got No Home,' dies

Foreign Press Association presses again for immediate access to Gaza raising “questions about what Israel does not want international journalists to see”. The US administration has also pressed Netanyahu directly on the issue, still no change.

Iris as the sun sets.

.WBEZ leadership just announced the elimination of our podcast unit, the end of the Vocalo radio broadcast and the layoffs of 14 people. It's only been two years since we were big enough and financially healthy enough to acquire the Sun-Times.

'Our son spent his 32nd birthday in prison. He has missed out on so much. Family celebrations. Holidays. Soccer games. He's missed all of it. And he's still there.' We stand with Evan and his brave family and call for his immediate release. #IStandWithEvan

'Lies can be optimized for virality. The truth cannot because it’s constrained by reality, which is sometimes boring. So it’s no surprise that lies can do better online; they can be designed to appeal to their audiences’ biases and desires.'

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Oops. The evidence that was released after data requests (Lou Raguse had it first) involving the expert witness in the Ryan Londregan case identifies the wrong Collins...

Gershkovich 'was the first U.S. journalist taken into custody on espionage charges since... the height of the Cold War — it came as a shock, even though Russia had enacted increasingly repressive laws on freedom of speech after the invasion of Ukraine.' apnews.com/article/russia…

#Gaza : RSF alerts on the disappearance of 🇵🇸 journalist Bayan Abusultan, last seen on 19/03 among those sequestered in the raid on Al Shifa hospital in Gaza. RSF demands that the 🇮🇱 army immediately shed light on the disappearance of Bayan 𓂆.

Instead of just complying with the public records law, Hennepin County scrambled to write a bill to remove the consequences for breaking the law before they would have to face trial. That bill now appears to be dead.