Caitlyn Crites
The day after the 2021 inauguration, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut took to Twitter to declare: âBiden is making transparency cool again.âÂ
This was a head-scratcher for many journalists and transparency advocates. Freedom of Information â the concept that government documents belong to and must be accessible to the people â has never not been cool. Using federal and local public records laws, a single individual can uncover everything from war crimes to health code violations at the local taqueria. How awesome is that? If you need more proof: There was an Australian comic book series called
Southern Squadron: Freedom of Information Act; the classic anime
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Twitter didn’t respond kindly to the initial sentiment. Many journalists pointed out that they had to work multiple jobs to afford unpaid opportunities or were completely shut out from them.
Unpaid internships are exploitative and elitist, rewarding students who can afford to take them them and leaving behind students from underrepresented backgrounds.
BuzzFeed lays off dozens of HuffPost employees
BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti had said he “believe[d] in the future of HuffPost and the potential it has to continue to define the media landscape for years to come.” Evidently, dozens of journalists who were laid off earlier this week will not be part of that future.
LAWSUIT: Student reporter sues university president for forbidding journalism by FIRE March 2, 2021
Following Student Press Freedom Day, FIRE files a lawsuit on behalf of student newspaper and editor-in-chief against Haskell Indian Nations University and its president who issued “directive” forbidding routine newsgathering
Federally-operated tribal university in Kansas shorted funding for student newspaper by over $10,000 without any explanation and ignored emails for months
LAWRENCE, Kan., March 2, 2021 Jared Nally is fighting for his rights and the rights of student reporters across the country.
Nally wants Haskell Indian Nations University, a public institution operated by the federal government, to answer for the 90 days he was silenced, without any due process, under a directive that banned him from engaging in basic acts of journalism. He also wants Haskell to restore over $10,000 of funding that the university inexplicably shorted the ne