Today, Knight First Amendment Institute joined Committee to Protect Journalists and other civil society groups in raising #pressfreedom concerns and urging the Department of Justice to drop charges against Julian #Assange ahead of a Monday hearing in U.K. court. Read the full letter here: knightcolumbia.org/blog/knight-in…

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: “Free Speech and Consumer Protection in the Era of Commercial Surveillance.” Submit statements of interest to join Knight First Amendment Institute’s fall workshop in collaboration with Olivier Sylvain. Deadline: 6/15. Details here: knightcolumbia.org/blog/call-for-…

In Ep. 7 of 'War & Speech' – The War and the Platforms – Deborah Brown Human Rights Watch & Evelyn Douek Stanford Law School talk with Jameel Jaffer about the role that social media platforms play in shaping, suppressing, and distorting public discourse about the war. Tune in: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war…

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Knight First Amendment Institute is #hiring a coordinator for our research & policy programs. Applicants must be creative, resourceful, proactive, able to work both independently and collaboratively, & enthusiastic about the Institute’s mission. Details: zurl.co/KyaJ

Important viewing for anyone who cares about the free press providing access to information this election cycle. cc: Joel Simon Knight First Amendment Institute

Last week, Knight First Amendment Institute's Candace White joined Kelvin Washington Spectrum News 1 SoCal to introduce our award-winning short documentary 'Flashpoint' and discuss #press rights to cover protests without police interference. latimes.com/entertainment-…

For Knight First Amendment Institute's podcast, 'War & Speech,' I talked with jelani cobb, Dean of Columbia's Journalism School, and Isabella Ramírez, EIC of the Columbia Daily Spectator, about press freedom and the crisis at Columbia. knightcolumbia.org/content/views-…

Great news! Honored that Knight First Amendment Institute's first short film 'Flashpoint: Protests, Policing, and the Press' won Audience Award for best Short Documentary at Independent Film Festival Boston!

To be a part of this documentary was such an honor and to see it now on an Los Angeles Times platform is amazing.

Thank you to Knight First Amendment Institute for producing such an important, timely and impactful documentary.

#JournalismIsNotACrime

Great news! Honored that Knight First Amendment Institute's first short film 'Flashpoint: Protests, Policing, and the Press' won Audience Award for best Short Documentary at Independent Film Festival Boston!

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Regardless of Frontiers. Knight First Amendment Institute invites submissions for our fall symposium exploring the changing role of the international border as a justification for censorship. 5/31 deadline: knightcolumbia.org/blog/call-for-…

📽️ 'Flashpoint: Protests, Policing, and the Press,' Knight First Amendment Institute's short documentary that sheds light on the role and rights of the press while covering protests and cites the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker's data, is taking over the LA Times front page today.

Watch: latimes.com

Thrilled that Los Angeles Times is platforming Knight First Amendment Institute's first short doc 'Flashpoint,' a timely chronicle of #journalists who were assaulted or arrested by police while reporting at protests. In collaboration with Joel Simon & SPJ President. Watch: latimes.com

Across the nation -- from NYC to Austin to Los Angeles -- journalists covering protests have been detained, assaulted, & harassed. For essential context watch Flashpoint from Knight First Amendment Institute, published today on the homepage of the Los Angeles Times. thhttps://www.latimes.com/shortdocs