Don’t Miss Richard Prince’s Journal-isms Roundtable Oct. 1: “When the Authorities Abuse Journalists”
This Journal-isms Roundtable is Sunday, Oct. 1, at 1 p.m. EDT, simulcast on Facebook. The page is https://www.facebook.com/RPjournalisms/
It will be a hybrid Zoom and in-person session at the Washington, D.C., home of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: http://www.rcfp.org/about.html
With special guest: Roy Wood Jr., ”American humorist, stand-up comedian, radio personality, actor, producer, podcaster, and writer best known for his correspondent appearances on The Daily Show.” He entertained at last spring’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2398653/bio/ >
— Earl Caldwell, veteran journalist whose dilemma over a government demand to reveal his sources in the Black Panther organization –https://tinyurl.com/2p9t35wm — prompted The Reporters Committee’s founding in 1970 — https://www.rcfp.org/our-history/ — and, he says, was a major step in creating an identity for Black journalists.
— Veteran First Amendment lawyer Lee Levine, who is writing a book about Caldwell and his press-freedom case…
