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In this cartoon by Osama Hajjaj, a newspaper is torn apart by the personified logos of big-name Internet and social media players Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and Google.
Freedom of the Press is under attack

Freedom of the Press is under attack

By Jan S. Gephardt Important as the “sages of the ages” may have considered it to be, freedom of the press is under attack in the first quarter of the 21st Century. Many economic problems have beset our news media. Local newspapers have taken the hardest blows. The business model that profitably supported newspapers and what we now consider “traditional” broadcast news media for decades has eroded out from under these organizations in the Age of the Internet. Freedom of…

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This cartoon by Jim Morin shows an old-fashioned manual typewriter with “FREE PRESS” on one row of keys. In the upper left corner, it says, “The Keys to a Strong, Enduring Democracy.”
The importance of Freedom of the Press

The importance of Freedom of the Press

By Jan S. Gephardt Today my First Amendment series shifts its focus to the importance of Freedom of the Press. Of the “four freedoms” enshrined in the First Amendment, I take this one especially personally. My first paying job was writing stories for a local “shopper” newspaper (back when those existed). Journalism was my undergraduate minor (only because my school didn’t offer a major). I’ve been a freelance or staff reporter for several publications over the years. And I taught…

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