Topic: Freedom of the Press

Freedom of the Press in Indian Country
At its creation, the Lakota Times ‘became the only independently owned Indian weekly publication in America.’
By Tim Giago

A Free and Responsible Press
A Review of Free Press Report
By Louis M. Lyons

Freedom for What?
Only a Responsible Press Can Stay Free, Hutchins Commission Finds
By the Hutchins Report

Web v. Journalism: Court Cases Challenge Long-Held Principles
‘… courts and legislatures, reluctant to apply different rules to the “old” and “new” media, are rethinking the basic constitutional principles that have protected a free press for generations.’
By Jane Kirtley

‘Freedom of the Press Becomes a River Without Water’
An attorney describes the fight for access to news in a post-September 11 world.
By Herschel P. Fink