Government Doesn't Decide Who Is (And Isn't) A Journalist
July 04, 2024
July 04, 2024
SAN RAFAEL, California, July 4 -- The First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release:
Emilie Raguso was incredulous.
Standing outside a conference room at a county office building on November 29, the veteran journalist and owner and founder of the Berkeley Scanner had been denied entry to a press conference called by Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price. The kind of press conference she'd attended -- without issue -- hundreds of times before.
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Emilie Raguso was incredulous.
Standing outside a conference room at a county office building on November 29, the veteran journalist and owner and founder of the Berkeley Scanner had been denied entry to a press conference called by Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price. The kind of press conference she'd attended -- without issue -- hundreds of times before.
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