'They are startling images that will stay with me: the pensive gaze of a protester whose face is obscured by a keffiyeh, which has become both a symbol of solidarity with Gaza and a practical means of masking one’s identity to avoid doxing, writes jelani cobb.(Photos by Nina Berman)

Police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA in photos trib.al/PCLLc1H

Night’s falling at the UCLA pro-Palestine encampment, probably an hour or less until full darkness. Still hundreds of protesters inside the encampment & we can see many more just outside its increasingly fortified makeshift walls. Everyone expects law enforcement to be here soon.

Defending the freedom of the press isn't just about delivering the news. It's about defending our democracy via public access. NAHJ proudly stands w/our allies calling on Texas DPS to drop the spurious charges against photojournalist Carlos Sanchez #JournalismIsNotACrime

'I missed the senior cruise on April 25 — I stayed to cover a major pro-Israel protest with sightings of Proud Boys outside the gates,' writes Irie Senter.

'Yesterday’s formal senior dinner? That was canceled, and deans sent a shelter-in-place order instead.' #ColumbiaUniversity

Another teary send-off at WRHU Radio Hofstra University, this time to graduate student and #Gracie award-winner Fatima Moien. Tonight was her last 88.7 FM broadcast at the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication. And it was another big news night, updating on #ColumbiaUniversityProtest , #StudentDebt , #Haiti and more.

Amidst police violence at Columbia, CUNY and UCLA, the news that my friend Paul Auster has died. In 1968 he was one of the Columbia student occupiers, fleetingly captured by British filmmaker Peter Whitehead in a documentary called The Fall

It's time to say goodbye to our seniors at Lawrence Herbert School of Communication. Today's #Newsline #radio show is for Jason, a fantastic audio engineer who graduates in a few weeks. Flowers and confetti for Spills!!!!

I hope Mr. Cheng “Charlie” Saephan of Portland can beat the cancer that he has so he can live a long life with wife, his two children, and his community.

Oregon winner of $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot is an immigrant from #Laos opb.org/article/2024/0…

'Decency is how we're able to be here tonight.'

The #Israel - #Gaza war has been devastating for journalists covering the conflict.

📸 CPJ has compiled photos of journalists working under extreme, heartbreaking, and sometimes fatal circumstances to cover the fighting.

View them here ⬇️
cpj.org/2023/11/photos…

Here’s another video where you can more clearly hear the pro-Israel crowd chanting “go to Gaza” at Columbia students through the gate

That’s me, I’m “faculty member”

It is worth watching this CNN video from the moment Emory Econ Professor Caroline Fohlin came across the violent arrest of a protester on campus and asked the police, with shock, 'What are you doing?' That's all that prompted an officer to hurl her to the ground and handcuff her.

SPJ President SPJ President on the arrest of FOX 7 Austin photojournalist: 'This is a clear violation of the First Amendment. SPJ stands with all journalists in their efforts to seek truth and report it, a commanding principle in the SPJ Code of Ethics.' spj.org/news.asp?REF=3…

Morehouse students grill their President on having Biden @ graduation
'There's a possibility of a genocide happening & we're seeing our government continually sending more & more weapons.'
'We the students telling you we see it as 'that's being complicit!''

Incredibly disturbing footage out of Texas where authorities appear to be barring any pro-Palestinian protest at all in open outdoor areas of campus — not just disruptive ones. This appears to be a blatant violation not just of the First Amendment but S.B. 18 which requires these…

“Witnessing the trauma of Palestinians is excruciating, especially when recognizing how our own families have been complicit in perpetuating a distorted narrative and revisionist history whereby Palestinians are made to be our aggressors, because...'