The statement reads:
âRecent civil unrest in Minneapolis and St. Paul has drawn national attention to the relationship between media, protestors and law enforcement officials. The Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication is a School dedicated to teaching students and training professionals to be leaders in their fields and to be thoughtful, productive citizens in their communities and in public life. Less than a year ago during social unrest, we stated unequivocally that the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication takes seriously its responsibility to educate the public on the rights and responsibilities protecting press freedoms covered by the First Amendment,â said Elisia Cohen, director of the Hubbard School and professor. âIt is disheartening that even after a court order protecting journalists to ensure their First Amendment right to lawfully cover protests, documentation provided to the U.S. District Court demonstrates that journalists h
By: Abe Asher, Freelance Journalist
Jack Flom and Rebecca Jacobson went to the nightly protest at the Brooklyn Center Police Department on Tuesday, April 13, to help.
Flom and Jacobson, both students at the University of Minnesota (UMN), wanted to be on hand to offer protesters rides away from Brooklyn Center, or, depending on how the night progressed, to be able to pick up protesters who were arrested and released at locations throughout the Twin Cities.
When Flom and Jacobson arrived in Brooklyn Center in Flom’s vehicle shortly before 10 p.m., the night was progressing calmly. Flom parked his car at Van’s Automotive Service, down the street from the police station, and the two proceeded to walk towards the main protest. Then, things changed in a hurry.
Lisa Christensen was one of the 14 jurors in the Derek Chauvin trial. She was an alternate, none of the 12 jurors who deliberated and decided Chauvin’s fate have spoken out.
Minnesota should be America s Nordic model on press freedom World Press Freedom Index shows the Scandinavian exception to global press repression, and conditions this state should aspire to.
By John Rash, Rash Report April 23, 2021 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Coronavirus vaccine is not all that s in short supply worldwide.
Trustworthy, truthful journalism the main vaccine against disinformation, according to Reporters Without Borders is completely or partly blocked in 73% of the 180 nations ranked in the organization s 2021 World Press Freedom Index, which was released this week.
Only 7% of nations have a good environment for journalism, a grim, slim sliver compared with the 20% deemed fairly good, the 33% labeled problematic, the 29% considered bad and the 12% very bad for press freedom. And because so many of the latter categories are representative of more densely populated African or A
Lisa Christensen was one of the 14 jurors in the Derek Chauvin trial. She was an alternate, none of the 12 jurors who deliberated and decided Chauvin’s fate have spoken out.