Kevin Gosztola
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Shutdown: A Grim Ending for Publicly Funded Media
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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
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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
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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
Two reporters in New Jersey were unconstitutionally charged for refusing to unpublish information related to an expunged arrest.
A Model Anti-Doxing Law: Free Speech, Press Freedom Groups Oppose Effort
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A coalition of free speech and press freedom organizations warns that model legislation intended to fight “doxing” could have “devastating consequences" for newsgathering and