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  August 2021

Whatcom Watch Series Wins Award

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by Jennifer Karchmer To the Editor: Hello from Ithaca, New York. In May, I drove cross-country from Washington and landed in central New York’s Finger Lakes region. You may be wondering, why Ithaca? It’s my college town and I celebrate … Continue reading →

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  February 2021

Whatcom Watch Featured on KING5 News

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Recently, a staff person added Steve Bunin to the Whatcom Watch mailing list. Mr. Bunin usually anchors the noon news on Channel 5 in Seattle. A segment of the news show he anchors is called “Above the Fold,” which highlights … Continue reading →

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  January 2021

Washington Reporters Get Free Legal Help

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by Jennifer Karchmer Microsoft and Davis Wright Tremaine Protect Journalists Freelance journalists and small newsrooms that lack funds to hire lawyers can get pro bono legal representation from Microsoft and Seattle law firm Davis Wright Tremaine. The two companies joined … Continue reading →

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  Oct/Nov 2020

A Win for Press Freedom

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by Jennifer Karchmer Washington has one of the strongest reporter shield laws, as depicted in this map from the RCFP. RCW 5.68.010, which went into effect in 2007, “provides the news media with absolute protection for confidential sources and qualified … Continue reading →

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  August 2020

Seattle Judge Rules Against the Press

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by Jennifer Karchmer Seattle Times and TV Stations Must Hand Over Footage to Police Despite Washington state’s reporter shield law that protects journalists from having to relinquish notes, documents or sources in most cases, freedom of the press was dealt … Continue reading →

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  July 2020

Despite Threats, Student Journalists Head Into the Profession

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by Jennifer Karchmer When I graduated from college in the early 1990s with a journalism major, there was no talk of reporter safety — where to get a gas mask to protect you from pepper spray or how to handle … Continue reading →

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  May 2020

Freedom of the Press Amid Covid-19

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by Jennifer Karchmer KUOW Pulls Plug on Live White House Briefings On March 25, 2020, public radio station KUOW announced that it would stop airing President Trump’s live Coronavirus Task Force briefings. With no time to adequately fact-check the president’s … Continue reading →

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  October-November 2018

Building Trust Between Journalists and the Public

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by Jennifer Karchmer  Steps reporters can take to build trust with the public: Be transparent — peel back the layers of reporting. Show readers where you found your information. Be clear where and how your interviews take place: in person, … Continue reading →

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  October-November 2018

Defending Freedom of the Press

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by Jennifer Karchmer “We’re in the truth business, and the knowledge business, not the entertainment business.” — Pete Hamill, longtime journalist and author of “News Is a Verb: Journalism at the End of the Twentieth Century.” With election season nearing, … Continue reading →

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  April 2018

Washington Becomes 14th State To Pass New Voices Law

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by Jennifer Karchmer The New Voices Bill Preserves and Protects Students’ Freedom of Speech and the Press “We have to be the check on their power. If we don’t hold them accountable, who will?” – Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee, … Continue reading →

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