COVERING DEMOCRACY: PROTESTS, POLICE, AND THE PRESS

"PREFACE BY JAMEEL JAFFER

This report has its genesis in a simple and alarming fact: In the past five years, hundreds of journalists who have been covering peaceful protests, public demonstrations, and acts of civil unrest in the United States have been arrested, physically assaulted, or otherwise forcibly deterred from doing their work by law enforcement personnel. Some of these journalists have been high-profile figures representing legacy media outlets."

Article By Joel Simon