Building Trust: Let’s get back to the basics

By David Baxley, Assistant Professor of Mass Communications, Francis Marion University, SPJ South Carolina member Journalists are beholden to our Founding Fathers for entrusting reporters to be society’s torchbearers. Since the First Amendment was ratified in 1791, that responsibility has not been diminished. For veteran and student journalists, now is the time to reignite the…

December 20, 2016 in The News Business.

Prior Restraint: New Jersey press should rally against unconstitutional order

Journalism is a competitive business. Reporters and news organizations try to get scoops for praise or financial gain. Certain circumstances require cooperation and unity to prevail over those rivalries, however. An injunction imposed by a New Jersey Superior Court Judge Craig Corson is currently preventing The Trentonian and its reporter Isaac Avilucea from reporting on…

December 16, 2016 in Freedom of the Press.