Liam Scott

Famous writers at New Yorker are up in arms after fact-checker’s firing The media company dismissed four employees, including a fact-checker at the 100-year-old magazine, for “extreme misconduct.” Many of its famous writers are outraged.

This was supposed to be a season for celebration at the New Yorker.

Instead, some of the most famous writers in America are up in arms about parent company Condé Nast firing a fact-checker for “extreme misconduct."

w/ @laurawags.bsky.social and @liamjscott.bsky.social

“‘Things happen.’ Just two words. That’s all it took for Donald Trump to effectively dismiss what is probably the most infamous journalist killing of the last decade.” — CPJ’s CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social writes in an op-ed for @theguardian.com.

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How Talking Points Memo lasted a quarter century. Josh Marshall reflects on building “a tabloid for smart people” and how his politics blog survived in a “chaotic and unstable and bad business.”

"It is a chaotic and unstable and bad business, but if you have an owner who is really committed to the journalism and also really feels a personal need to keep the thing going, that changes the equation." @joshtpm.bsky.social to @liamjscott.bsky.social

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LA County must face journalist's challenge to retaliatory investigation, court rules Journalist Maya Lau, co-represented by RCFP attorneys, sued LA County for unlawfully investigating her in retaliation for her reporting about police misconduct.

A federal judge has ruled that LA County must face journalist Maya Lau’s lawsuit, which alleges that sheriff's deputies unlawfully investigated her in retaliation for her reporting about police misconduct.

@rcfp.org attorneys are co-representing Lau in the case.

The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai How a globe-trotting attorney is trying to win the release of the famed Hong Kong publisher.

Writing in @thenation.com December issue, @liamjscott.bsky.social writes about our work to #FreeJimmyLai.

A renowned publisher, pro-democracy advocate, a husband, a father, a grandfather. As he turns 78, the race is on to free him and save his life.

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Keeping Voices from Vanishing In the remote Arctic town of Kotzebue, Alaska, some residents still talk about the Dairy Queen that closed several years ago. They also talk about what’s at risk of closing next: the region’s lone rad...

KOTZ broadcasts to a region the size of Indiana that has 0.1% of its population. @liamjscott.bsky.social reported from Alaska on the connections KOTZ provides to those towns—and the threat posed by Congress’s recission of funding for public media: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/1...

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Who’s going to save local newspaper archives? Archivists worry in particular about photographs that have never been digitized.

“Newspaper archives are at risk around the United States. Sometimes the threat is a natural disaster, as it was in Canadian, but archives are more commonly lost when newspapers shutter, move to smaller offices, or are purchased.” @liamjscott.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/dig...

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On trial for journalism in Kentucky. Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges.

@liamjscott.bsky.social reports on two @citybeatcincy.bsky.social reporters who covered an immigration detention protest being put on trial on criminal charges. www.cjr.org/news/madelin...

On Trial for Journalism in Kentucky Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges.

On Trial for Journalism in Kentucky: Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges. By @liamjscott.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/news/madelin...

For the Uyghur Diaspora, the Taste of Home Brings Both Joy and Sorrow Popular dishes savored by those in exile capture a lost time

For Uyghurs living in exile, a taste of home serves up both joy and sorrow, writes @liamjscott.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social with recipes of popular dishes.

What’s in a Hand? The White House press corps gets credit for not falling for misinformation about Trump’s health. But is it missing the story again?

The White House press corps gets credit for not falling for misinformation about Trump’s health. But is it missing the story again? By @liamjscott.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/tru...

My latest for @columjournreview.bsky.social on podcasts and the industry’s future

The #Trump administration has brought Maga "newsfluencers" into the #WhiteHouse - signalling a new threat to press freedom in the #US but also the rest of the world. @liamjscott.bsky.social writes on the rise of citizen journalism: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/09/the-...

What’s Left of Tennis Journalism Is Struggling to Keep Up A once thriving field is now fragmented and poorly resourced. The sport it covers is worth billions.

“You get to see a lot of the human condition when you’re covering tennis.” Read @liamjscott.bsky.social on what remains of tennis journalism. www.cjr.org/analysis/us-...

CPJ filed a declaration of support in the case of reporter Mario Guevara, as part of the @aclu.org’s habeas petition that outlines how ICE is punishing him for livestreaming law enforcement. We demand his immediate release.

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#FreeMario

Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza Letters, condemnations, and Israeli court cases have failed to change the world’s deadliest place for journalists. We’ve cast out for a new approach.

Urgent ideas for defending press freedom in Gaza, the world’s deadliest place for journalists. By @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @meghnadbose.bsky.social, and @laurenwatsonjourno.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature/urge...

Stars and Stripes Keeps Its Head Down The paper was almost shut down during the first Trump administration. Now editors are navigating a less cooperative Pentagon.

Stars and Stripes was almost shut down during the first Trump administration. Now editors are navigating a less cooperative Pentagon. By @liamjscott.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/sta...

The Cuban Journalist Trapped in America’s Immigration Blockade José Luis Tan Estrada has been stuck in Mexico since May, locked in asylum purgatory.

Cuban journalist José Luis Tan Estrada has been stuck in Mexico since May, locked in asylum purgatory, by David C Adams. www.cjr.org/analysis/jos...

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The rise of citizen journalism has been a long time coming. Since the start of #Trump's 2nd term it's accelerated at an alarming rate as the White House embraces pro-#Trump newsfluencers. @liamjscott.bsky.social examines what this means for press freedom today: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Three Years Detained in Guatemala A public service initiative from The Washington Post to promote press freedom worldwide.

“[José Rubén Zamora] says that he sees his imprisonment as part of his job as a journalist.” — CPJ Americas Regional Director José Carlos Zamora on the 3rd anniversary his father's arbitrary detention

More in the @washingtonpost.com Press Freedom Partnership Newsletter:

My latest, on how the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner is fighting to protect the First Amendment, via @columjournreview.bsky.social

Anna Gomez’s Lonely Fight As the FCC’s sole Democrat, she’s been outspoken about protecting the First Amendment. Getting her way has been tough.

“We are supposed to be this technical expert body that calls balls and strikes fairly and independently, but instead we are being weaponized for political retribution and ideological purity,” she told @liamjscott.bsky.social .
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“This is not just about one journalist. This is about what kind of country we want to be,” said Katherine Guevara, daughter of jailed journalist Mario Guevara.

CPJ and partners hosted a press conference calling for his immediate release. More: cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-...

📷: CPJ/Laura Strawmyer

Trump White House removes Wall Street Journal from Scotland trip press pool over Epstein report | CNN Business When the White House took control of the so-called “press pool” that accompanies the president, journalists worried that the Trump administration would use that power to punish news outlets.

When the White House took control of the “press pool” that accompanies the president, journalists worried that the Trump administration would use that power to explicitly punish news outlets. And now it's happening. The WSJ has been booted from an upcoming Trump trip: www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/m...

Mzia and Mario: a tale of two Georgias Georgia has been on my mind a lot lately: Georgia, the country and Georgia, the U.S.

I wrote about the uncomfortable press freedom parallels between Georgia, the country, and Georgia, the state.

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