First Amendment & media law scholar, journalist, professor, higher ed leader @csuf. Views my own; RTs ≠ endorsements.
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Jason M. Shepard retweeted
We applaud @merrillcollege and its dean for defending student journalist Cat Murphy.
It's encouraging to see a school defend the very principles it teaches.
Merrill College students know their rights as journalists.
"Cat Murphy is a master's student at the University of Maryland, credentialed as a reporter for our Capital News Service and doing the job we teach our students to do. Cat recorded openly in a public space alongside other news outlets, and that is her legal right," Dean Rafael Lorente (@DeanLorente) said. "I'm proud of how she handled herself in a difficult situation."
Jason M. Shepard retweeted
After President Donald Trump banned CNN, MS Now and Politico from White House grounds, the other TV networks in the reporting pool agreed to not participate in the White House TV pool.
Here’s how the networks are fighting back against Trump’s ban: poynter.org/commentary/2026/…
Jason M. Shepard retweeted
Capturing here all statements speaking out against Trump’s targeted bans against news outlets he does not like. Mostly for my own records of this dark development for democracy. /1
What is the White House pool? These days, it's a battleground between Trump and free press rights apnews.com/article/trump-poo…
So incredibly sad. Eliana believed in journalism and her enthusiasm was infectious. She reminded viewers why journalism matters.
💔 for everyone who knew Eliana and George.
@NBCLA @LynetteRomero
#ElianaMoreno #GeorgeMarciniw #Journalism #LosAngeles
Devastated to watch this news coverage and heartbroken for the journalists at @NBCLA who lost their lives today in a helicopter crash while covering the news. nbclosangeles.com
Jason M. Shepard retweeted
Because after getting so much wrong with no accountability no one believes you. That’s largely the fault of journals and journalists that lost credibility, not the fault of the people who lost faith with. Physician, heal thyself.
Government withdraws subpoenas of 3 reporters for The New York Times after admitting legal errors
apnews.com/article/usmediati…
“48 hours after The Times had published the first article on the new plane, its reporters were served with subpoenas … Historically, the Justice Department has sought to subpoena reporters only as a last resort after other reasonable options have been exhausted.”
NEW: White House directed Patel to oversee investigation involving Times reporting. @DevlinBarrett @GlennThrush me nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/po…
Jason M. Shepard retweeted
“The appearance of Federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects,” said David McCraw, senior vice president and deputy general counsel at the Times.
The Trump administration subpoenaed four New York Times reporters who worked on stories about security concerns with a Qatari-gifted jet used as Air Force One on.wsj.com/4wv1CVc
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media nytimes.com/2026/07/11/busin… via @NYTimes
Jason M. Shepard retweeted
Great piece from First Amendment scholar Matthew Schafer on the press freedom legislation the Trump admin has proven we urgently need, from the PRESS Act to protect source confidentiality to Espionage Act reform to stop criminalization of newsgathering.
priorrestraintblog.substack.…
Jason M. Shepard retweeted
“Despite how it ended, Van Houten said the most heartbreaking part of the buyouts and layoffs wasn’t that she could no longer tell these stories herself - it was the fear that, with so many journalists gone, no one would.”
A really important read about the dismantling of the Washington Post's photo department, by Lori King. nppa.org/magazine/article/ne…
Jason M. Shepard retweeted
Breaking News: Donald E. Newhouse, the billionaire media mogul who once ran the newspaper division of Advance Publications, has died at 96. nyti.ms/4wSjgTG
Jason M. Shepard retweeted
In a heartfelt sign-off, Anderson Cooper reflects on the stories, risks, adventures, and human connections that defined his two decades with television's most iconic newsmagazine. cbsnews.com/news/celebrating…
Jason M. Shepard retweeted
Congrats to all the journalists, authors, artists recognized @PulitzerPrizes today-& those who weren’t. Small newsrooms with few resources, those toiling at labors of love for years or laid off, editors, factcheckers, photogs. Your work contributed. Your work matters.Don’t stop.
Last Week’s Landmark Verdicts Against Big Tech Have a Surprise Ally at the Supreme Court - Slate apple.news/Ay-TZZgkZQ_2ebieE…
.@Peggynoonannyc in the @WSJ on the devastating cuts to the @wapo: “I fear sometimes that few people really care about journalism, but we are dead without it.”
wsj.com/opinion/a-lament-for…
Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial Starts Today in California reason.com/2026/01/26/landma… via @reason
