First Amendment / media lawyer and former / sometimes current journalist. Previously @MFIAclinic, @NorthJersey, @cornellsun. @michaellinhorst.bsky.social
Breaking news: The Trump administration plans to handpick the reporters who can ask the president questions, breaking decades of precedent in the White House. https://t.co/KlKvu3ktzu
It's harder than ever to be one of NYC's can and bottle collectors: more competition, rising cost of living, rats. On top of it all, they haven't had a raise in 40 yrs, when the 5-cent bottle deposit was first created. Now the canners are organizing, and they're pushing for help
Some have asked in recent days what it means to be an independent newsroom. Here's one example -- a revealing story about The Post's owner -- reported, written and edited by the newsroom with zero interference. Just like every other story. https://t.co/gCauAyey10
Losing the Jersey is a tragedy. Corruption thrives in darkness, and machine bosses will celebrate today's news behind closed doors. Local journalism means local accountability. When needed more than ever, that guardrail is weaker now.
This is devastating. The Jersey was able to attract some of the state and country's best journalists over the years because of its aggressive and necessary coverage of NJ's 2nd largest city. https://t.co/rfWrLKEXUH
Important investigation about the big money flowing through NY's failed cannabis fund -- relying on documents we pried free through FOIL. @CornellLaw1AC
The managers running New York’s cannabis fund, which has been criticized for its disastrous rollout, have earned $1.7 million over the most recently tallied 12-month period and stand to make millions more in years to come, @THECITYNY has learned.
https://t.co/WRxkAOEdzV
New York journalists: Learn tips and tricks for making requests under the Freedom of Information Law, and how to fight for your rights to public docs and open meetings. @CornellLaw1AC and @PCLI are teaming up for a Zoom training Thursday at 7 pm. Sign up: https://t.co/kwDmonSJ1O
Join PCLI on Zoom this Thursday for a discussion of the Freedom of Information Law and Open Meetings Law with the Cornell Law School First Amendment Clinic Local Journalism Project.
@spj_tweets@SPJFreelance
Register here: https://t.co/jvLZlrVTYz
Important editorial from the @nytimes calling on the Senate to pass the PRESS Act, the strongest press freedom bill in modern history.
The House has already passed it unanimously.
The time is now!
https://t.co/gmmj7GS2dv
Getting thrown in jail for criticizing the president? Now that some judges want to apply the "original understanding" of the First Amendment, don't miss @MatthewSchafer and @JacobDCharles's piece last week on why that's such a bad idea https://t.co/bDQ5EG0eqA
An update: the Supreme Court denied cert on the Bahlul case this morning, meaning that the justices will not decide whether the judge was right when he refused to recuse himself from Bahlul's appeal.
The Supreme Court, regularly embroiled in its own ethics issues, is deciding whether to take a case about judicial recusals — and just how unfair a judge has to seem before the law requires they recuse themselves. My latest for @newrepublic https://t.co/0vWDMFT3Qo