"Later this year, a coalition of organizations including the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Freedom of the Press Foundation, the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press, the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and the Index on Censorship will launch an as-yet unnamed news site to track press freedom violations in the United States."

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"Most of the journalists facing charges are freelancers or from smaller, independent outlets that lack the resources to pay attorney fees or mount a public defense for the reporters. The fact that these journalists do not have the backing of large media companies may make them more vulnerable--but it does not lessen their First Amendment protected right to report the news.

"Journalists have an important role in documenting incidents in the public interest, including instances of civil disobedience and law enforcement operations. This role often draws them near to the scene of action. Trespass and rioting laws should require criminal intent, and journalists who are simply doing their job should not face criminal charges."

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"When digital advertising rates are falling and e-commerce is rising, affiliate revenue seems like a pretty attractive business model, and it’s one that many news outlets have been looking to for growth.

"One downside of the model, though, is that — at a time when publishers already fear they’re giving big tech companies like Facebook and Google too much power over their revenue strategy — it’s, well, awfully dependent on the whims of a big tech company, namely Amazon."