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Keep the frontier wild

This month’s Carnival of Journalism question, posed by Doug Fisher, asks — more or less — what the law can do for journalism. My answer?  As little as possible. Keep the frontier wild. Photo by Ushlambad on Flickr. One of … Continue reading

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Raising an eyebrow in Arizona

The Phoenix New Times is facing grand jury subpoenas of all sorts of crazy crap after publishing a county sheriff’s home address. Read the whole story (warning – your IP address might end up part of these legal proceedings) in … Continue reading

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Comment trouble at the Arizona Daily Star

Danny Sanchez points out an explainer from the Executive Editor of the Arizona Daily Star on why comments were deleted from some stories: “While we created the reader comments feature to give readers a place to talk, StarNet is still … Continue reading

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Student media under fire

I’ve got a guest column in today’s Spartan Daily that elaborates on the dangers of the Hosty v. Carter decision, what State Assemblyman Leland Yee wants to do about it, and why we’re actually pretty safe on public campuses in … Continue reading

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Protection coming for California college media?

In today’s Spartan Daily, the student newspaper here at San Jose State University, former Daily executive editor John Myers reports that a California legislator has introduced a bill in the state assembly that would make it more difficult for university … Continue reading

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