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MGW statement on press safety while covering ICE-related protests

Law enforcement must not interfere with the exercise of First Amendment rights. News organizations have a duty to provide protection for reporters, photographers and videographers who are covering these events. We are asking newsroom managers to live up to their obligations.

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Statement against campus violence

Violence against any journalists doing their jobs – reporting, photographing, and video recording the news is unacceptable.

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Congress can make JCPA better

On Thursday, June 15, 2023, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will formally consider The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (S. 1094).

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We stand with student journalists at L.A. City College

A coalition of journalists, journalism educators and press advocates sent a letter to Los Angeles City College and Los Angeles Community College District leaders protesting treatment of student journalists.

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