Category Archives: Freedom of the Press
Democracy Now! visit
We went to visit the Democracy Now! building. There, we watched the filming of the show and got a tour of the building. we were also lucky e [...]
Visiting Democracy Now!
We visited Democracy Now! Which is a news broadcast created to cover the 1996 election but, because of popularity stayed on air. We took a t [...]
Visiting Democracy Now!
Last Friday we went to visit Democracy Now! Democracy Now is a private news organization that reports on news that is not being focused on i [...]
Watching The Post
This weekend I watched a movie called, The Post. It is about The Washington Post's involvement in the Pentagon Papers case of 1971. These ev [...]
Watching The Post
We watched a movie called The Post, which depicts events related to the Pentagon Papers that eventually lead to Watergate. [...]
Sending Letters to Imprisoned Journalists
We wrote letters to imprisoned journalists in Iran, Myanmar, and Russia. The letters let them know that there are people who support them ou [...]
Interview with Chris Ott
For this fieldwork, we met with Chris Ott, a lawyer for the ACLU based in Wisconsin. We asked him about past cases and his thoughts on them, [...]
Sending letters to imprisoned journalists
We wrote letters to imprisoned journalists in Russia, Iran, and Myanmar. All three of them were imprisoned due to unfair behavior from the l [...]
Sending Letters to Imprisoned Journalists
For this fieldwork, we sent messages to imprisoned journalists in other countries to comfort and support them. We also let them know that lo [...]
Meeting with Andrea Taetle
We interviewed Andrea Taetle, A civil rights attorney. She showed us a documentary that covers a story where James Risen (a New York Times j [...]
Interview with Farah Brelvi
For this interview, we got in touch with Farah Brelvi. A lawyer for the ACLU and CJA via Skype. We asked her questions about her work and op [...]
Talking with Farah Brelvi
We skyped a family friend of Tatsuya's named Farah Brelvi. She taught us about the 1st amendment and cases that she have done which involve [...]
Talking with Chris Ott
We had an interview with Chris Ott who works for the ACLU. Chris Ott along with the ACLU help journalists all around the world, with their r [...]
Talking about James Risen with Andrea Taetle.
We talked about a case where a New York times reporter known as James Risen was forced to leak his sources, and the threat of Jail loomed ov [...]
Letters to Imprisoned Journalists
I wrote letters to imprisoned writers in Iran, Myanmar and Russia. The letters were wishing them happy holidays and let them know that peopl [...]
Interview with Andrea Taetle
We spoke with Andrea Taetle, she is a civil rights attorney (and also max's mom). We watched a documentary about James Risen, a journalist f [...]
Interview with Chris Ott
We spoke with Chris Ott, a lawyer for the ACLU Wisconsin (American Civil Liberties Union) who provides legal representation for journalists [...]
Interview with Chris Ott regarding the ACLU
We called Chris Ott and talked about what the ACLU is and does and why it is important to the US. We also discussed famous cases where the 1 [...]
Meeting with Andrea Taetle Regarding Freedom of the Press and Whistle Blowing
In this field work, our group visited the house of Andrea Taetle, a Civil rights attorney as well as the mother of one of our group mates. W [...]
Interview with Farah Brelvi
We skyped Farah Brelvi, a lawyer for the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) and asked questions about her job and personal opinions about [...]
Interview with Farah Brelvi regarding the 1st Amendment
For our fieldwork, we had a skype call with Farah Brelvi to talk about the different complications and areas of interest in freedom of press [...]
Freedom of the Press
Our group is focused on Freedom of the press in the US as well as in other countries. We want to find out how the 1st amendment may be flawe [...]
