Ten Journalists

by | Oct 31, 2020 | Freedom of Press, Journalism

From the One Free Press Coalition: Slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in October of 2017 shortly after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, tops the November ranking of the One Free Press Coalition’s “10 Most Urgent” list of press freedom cases....

Madison and Minority Rule

by | Oct 30, 2020 | Constitution, Federalism, Separation of Powers

James Wallner at R Street: Madison believed that the Critical Period events were a sign that America was falling into the destructive cycle that befell all previous experiments in self-government. The Greek historian, Polybius, called this phenomenon “the cycle of...

Conspiracy Theory and Threats to Journalists

by | Oct 27, 2020 | Journalism

CPJ spoke with Dr. Joan Donovan, the research director at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, about why and how conspiracy theories spread and the implications for journalists. Are QAnon adherents a real, physical threat to...