This column was published in the San Francisco Chronicle, June 17, 2021. Press advocates are practically aglow since President Biden recently pronounced a personal commitment
From Mother Jones on February 5, 2021. With Donald Trump grabbing the public gaze one last time via the valedictory assault on the Capitol that he
People who are concerned about runaway secrecy and who cheer when the media break important stories in defiance of government edict may still find this
Why should people talk to reporters? It’s a question that’s seldom raised among news people, which is too bad, because it’s an important one. When
Why should people talk to reporters? It’s a question that’s seldom raised among news people, which is too bad, because it’s an important one. When
By the standards of other countries, the U.S. approach to official secrecy is ferocious. For leaking hugely newsworthy information to the press, ex-intelligence contractor Edward
When President Obama addressed the American Society of News Editors convention last month, the real news was what didn’t happen. The watchdogs didn’t bark. No
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