Tag: PressFreedom

Guild, NABET: Don’t Let the FCC Crush Local News

Nov. 7, 2017 – The NewsGuild-CWA and NABET-CWA are urging members and supporters to sign a petition opposing plans by the Federal Communications Commission to eliminate longstanding rules governing media ownership – rules that are intended to protect local news coverage and guarantee a diversity of voices.

“If the rules are abolished, residents would face a drastic loss of local news coverage – and jobs – as media companies consolidate,” said NewsGuild President Bernie Lunzer.  Continue reading “Guild, NABET: Don’t Let the FCC Crush Local News”

Press Freedom Groups Send ‘Letter of Concern’ to St. Louis Mayor

Letter Protests Arrest of Journalists; Excessive Force

Oct. 25, 2017 – The NewsGuild-CWA has joined the Committee to Protect Journalists and 17 other organizations in writing to the mayor of St. Louis to express concern about the arrest and mistreatment of journalists covering protests in the city in recent weeks. Continue reading “Press Freedom Groups Send ‘Letter of Concern’ to St. Louis Mayor”

Right2Report Swag Available

Oct. 18, 2017 – The NewsGuild-CWA has developed cards and stickers to promote the Right2Report campaign.

The Real Reporters, Real News card outlines how Guild members produce accurate, quality journalism.

Right2Report stickers feature the campaign logo (above).

Order them Guild@cwa-union.org. Include your name, local, title (if any), the quantity you want of each item, and a mailing address. Continue reading “Right2Report Swag Available”

Guild Joins Challenge to Gag Orders on Gov’t Requests for Info

Oct. 17, 2017 – The NewsGuild-CWA joined the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and other organizations in filing a friend-of-the-court brief challenging the constitutionality of the national security letter (NSL) statute, which grants the FBI the power to demand customer records from electronic communication service providers and impose gag orders banning providers from disclosing any details of the NSLs they receive.

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Guild Joins Coalition Opposing Subpoena of NY Times Reporter

Oct. 11, 2017 – The NewsGuild-CWA joined 48 media organizations in filing a friend-of-the-court brief on Oct. 6 in support of a New York Times reporter who is seeking to quash a subpoena for her testimony and notes from a jailhouse interview with Conrado Juarez, who is on trial for the murder of “Baby Hope.” The reporter, Frances Robles, is a member of The NewsGuild-CWA’s New York chapter, The NewsGuild of New York.

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NewsGuild: Hold Mayor, St. Louis Police Department Accountable

Updated Oct. 6, 2017

Oct. 5, 2017 – The mayor and acting police commissioner of St. Louis must be held accountable for the arrest of journalists covering public protests in the city, the Executive Council of The NewsGuild-CWA declared at a meeting on Oct. 5. Continue reading “NewsGuild: Hold Mayor, St. Louis Police Department Accountable”

Guild Members Stand Up for ‘Right to Report’

 

At an August campaign rally in Phoenix, President Trump said of journalists, ‘And they’re bad people. And I really think they don’t like our country.’

September 2017 – Members of The NewsGuild-CWA are continuing to stand up for reporters and press freedom through the Right to Report project, even as President Trump amps up his attacks on both.

The president’s war on the media gained steam throughout the summer, beginning with his decision to retweet a 28-second video that depicted him beating up CNN and ending with him questioning journalists’ patriotism at a 2020 campaign rally in Phoenix.

“Trump’s attacks on journalists are straight out of the authoritarian playbook,” said NewsGuild-CWA President Bernie Lunzer. “His goal is to delegitimize the press; distort the truth; deny the American people access to information, and distract from news he doesn’t like. Continue reading “Guild Members Stand Up for ‘Right to Report’”

Victory: Charges Dropped

 

Radio reporter Dan Heyman and his attorney, Tim DiPiero, on the night of his arrest.

September 2017 – Charges were dropped in September against a radio reporter who was arrested after he persisted in asking questions of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price in a hallway at the West Virginia Capitol. Continue reading “Victory: Charges Dropped”

Freelance Guild Photographer Roughed Up by Police

 

Anderson took the photo above before she was roughed up by police.

September 2017 – The Pacific News Media Guild is protesting the treatment of a freelance photographer and union member who was roughed up by police as she covered a protest outside a Berkeley City Council meeting in June. Continue reading “Freelance Guild Photographer Roughed Up by Police”