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Kevin Gosztola

Kevin Gosztola

Managing editor of Shadowproof, host of the "Dissenter Weekly," co-host of the podcast "Unauthorized Disclosure," and member of Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)

Israeli Military Assassinates Prominent Al Jazeera Journalist Prior To Invading Gaza City

Israeli Military Assassinates Prominent Al Jazeera Journalist Prior To Invading Gaza City

Israeli military forces assassinated Anas al-Sharif, a high-profile Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza City who officials falsely and maliciously labeled a “Hamas cell” leader.

Police Who Have 'Bad Breakfast' May Not Arrest Reporters Who Stand Too Close, Appeals Court Rules

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Shutdown: A Grim Ending for Publicly Funded Media

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Shutdown: A Grim Ending for Publicly Funded Media

The following article was made possible by paid subscribers of The Dissenter. Become a subscriber and support journalism on press freedom, whistleblowing, and government secrecy. The end of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is a major victory for Republicans in their decades-long campaign to defund public media, particularly the

Media Silence Helped Bring Starving Gaza Journalists To The Brink Of Death

Media Silence Helped Bring Starving Gaza Journalists To The Brink Of Death

The following article was made possible by paid subscribers of The Dissenter. Become a subscriber and support journalism on press freedom, whistleblowing, and government secrecy. No group of reporters in the modern era have demonstrated more of a courageous commitment to journalism than those living and working under siege in

Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Against DAPL Company's Anti-Press Subpoenas

Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Against DAPL Company's Anti-Press Subpoenas

The following article was made possible by paid subscribers of The Dissenter. Become a subscriber and support journalism on press freedom, whistleblowing, and government secrecy. The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled against Energy Transfer, a major fossil fuel pipeline company, and its efforts to force a grassroots-aligned media organization known as

ICE Is A Press Freedom Issue: Interview With Status Coup Reporter Tina-Desiree Berg

Host Kevin Gosztola talks with Tina-Desiree Berg, a Los Angeles-based reporter for Status Coup, about ICE and the threat this ultra-secretive police force poses to freedom of the press. Tina-Desiree and other journalists recently won an injunction in a lawsuit against the LAPD. A federal court ordered the police to

New Jersey Prosecutors Unconstitutionally Charge Two Journalists

New Jersey Prosecutors Unconstitutionally Charge Two Journalists

Two reporters in New Jersey were unconstitutionally charged for refusing to unpublish information related to an expunged arrest.