By JW August, journalist and Past President of Californians Aware Do the police ever abuse authority? Do you think most officers believe citizens have the right to speak their minds, for example in protesting how they’re being...
Read MoreAs reported this past weekend, on Friday the San Francisco Police Department sent an armed detail to sledgehammer its way into a journalist’s home and office, handcuff him and cart off his phone, computer hard drive, notebooks...
Read MoreCalifornians Aware joined a coalition of more than 100 organizations on Thursday in urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to cease targeting of activists, journalists, and lawyers based on their First...
Read MoreWhen someone leaks a city attorney’s communications with the city council to a local newspaper, can the city get a court to stop their publication? No, decided a Monterey Superior Court judge last Friday, affirming the...
Read MoreBy JW August, journalist and Past President of Californians Aware A lawsuit challenging what amounts to a No Photo Zone policy of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has a new lease on life. An appellate court said U.S....
Read MoreBy JW August, journalist and Past President of Californians Aware Google on the phrase “politicians intimidating journalists” and you’ll be reminded how routine the phenomenon is in countries with no First Amendment but a Strong...
Read MoreWhen a court clerk mistakenly files as a public document information that was meant to be filed under seal, may the judge correct the error by demanding that the media who have published the information online now delete it?...
Read MoreOver the weekend NBC News, reminding its audience in the wake of the Annapolis Capital Gazette murders that credible death threats come with the territory for many if not most veteran journalists, cited as the leading example...
Read MoreA recent Fresno Bee interview-based investigative report on high schoolers’ sexual attitudes has angered some adults who think the school should have kept students from speaking to the press on such matters. There are two...
Read MoreWashington, D.C. — Leave the press alone. Don’t threaten them and don’t try to intimidate them. That was the message here recently from a distinguished panel of journalists, most but not all from outside the United States,...
Read MoreIn view of today’s reported statement by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions that the Justice Department has seen a threefold increase in its leak investigations compared with the number that were ongoing at the end of the Obama...
Read MoreTim Crews, president of Californians Aware, is the focus of current attention from two separate centers for journalism standards and ethics based on the East Coast. The editor and publisher of the twice-weekly Sacramento Valley...
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