UW Panel Explores Student Press Rights and Free Expression - CJMD Student journalists reveal chilling effects, legal dilemmas, and financial pressures while reporting on campus conflicts.

Student journalism is no longer just training; it’s the front line of free expression.

At UW's CJMD, student reporters, lawyers, and faculty unpacked the chilling effects, legal dilemmas, and institutional pressures shaping campus newsrooms today.

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You're invited: Explore social media and political communication at the Korea University & University of Washington CJMD Research Symposium! Small, interactive, and collaborative. 💡

Featuring scholars Sangwon Lee and Russell Hansen 🧠

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Public Media Under Pressure: Why It Matters and What Can Be Done

Speakers:
• Rob Dunlop (Cascade PBS)
• David Fischer (KNKX)
• Tina Pamintuan (KUOW)
• Matthew Powers (UW/CJMD)

Tues, June 3 | 5–6:30 PM
Mary Gates Hall 389
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Trump targets NPR and PBS as public and nonprofit media account for a growing share of local news coverage Public media can’t replace everything that’s been lost during journalism’s economic crisis. But it has plugged some major holes, particularly at the local level.

📢 New from CJMD co-director Matt Powers: In The Conversation @us.theconversation.com, he breaks down the growing role of public and nonprofit media in local journalism, and what’s at risk as defunding efforts target NPR and PBS.

Trump targets NPR and PBS as public and nonprofit media account for a growing share of local news coverage Public media can’t replace everything that’s been lost during journalism’s economic crisis. But it has plugged some major holes, particularly at the local level.

📢 New from CJMD co-director Matt Powers: In The Conversation @us.theconversation.com, he breaks down the growing role of public and nonprofit media in local journalism, and what’s at risk as defunding efforts target NPR and PBS.

Our report on Statehouse Journalism in Transition is out! Thanks to our great research team including @meagandoll.bsky.social, Matt Powers, Patricia Moy and Russell Hansen, who have been tracking changes in state-government reporting, using Washington State as a case study.