labor issues and working conditions, censorship and citizen journalism
The National Writers Union is preparing to go to court against Ebony Magazine for non-payment of as much as $200,000 to freelance writers.
Continue reading NWU Sues Ebony Magazine For Not Paying Freelancers
Media Alliance received this solicitation this morning.
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Dear Ms. Rosenberg,
My name is XX and I work for The Washington Times in Washington, D.C. I’m reaching out to you inviting the Media Alliance to participate in the annual Constitution Day Special section which is a joint project is the of The Constitutional Sources Project and The Washington Times.
This year’s special section, publishes on September 12, focuses on the hot-button issue of Freedom of Speech. We are developing a superb lineup of opinions written from various political perspectives on this subject. We want your opinion and your perspective as well. Continue reading Republican Op-Ed Space Costs $7 A Word
Native-American journalist Jenni Monet was arrested covering the Standing Rock Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
Monet wrote a lengthy description of her detention in Morton County for Indian Country today. You can read it here.
Its title. “I Was Strip Searched But My White Cellmates Were Not”.
Continue reading Native Journalist Jenni Monet Still Facing Riot Charges
Schechter was an innovator and an insightful media critic, in addition to being a talented journalist and documentary filmmaker.
He passed in March of 2015
Please enjoy this 2012 interview with Danny.
More than 60 civil liberties, digital rights, press freedom and public interest groups (including Media Alliance) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding a full, transparent account of the Justice Department’s targeting of journalists and whistleblowers. Continue reading 62 Public Interest Groups Demand Answers on AP Seizures
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has proposed new sweeping censorship rules for information going into and out of California prisons
Public comment remains open, years after the call. Use this tool to send a note with your objection to the vague and over-reaching regulations, which characterize all political materials as “oppositional to society and authority”.
Continue reading CA Corrections Department Proposes New Sweeping Prison Censorship Rules
The Speak Free Act is a federal anti-SLAPP bill introduced in the House of Representatives on a bipartisan basis by Reps Anna Eshoo and Texas Republican Blake Farenthold.
SLAPP stands for Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation and describe lawsuits filed primarily to discourage, harass and intimidate public participation and free speech.
Anti-SLAPP laws provide a way for those targeted via SLAPP suits get the suits dismissed fairly rapidly and avoid being drained by long and resource-consuming lawsuits designed not to prevail on the merits, but to exhaust the target into silencing themselves to get out from under the lawsuit.
Continue reading MA Supports the Speak Free Act
