Reporter for The Associated Press here:

Have been getting messages all night from human rights and press freedom advocates in other countries. They are in shock that these kinds of scenes could be unfolding here. I guess at some level they all still believed in this country’s exceptionalism.

Co-sign this. Appreciate the student reporting especially when most journalists are barred from campus. Proud to be associated with Columbia Journalism and awed by Columbia Daily Spectator and WKCR-FM NY

These Columbia Journalism students need freelance assignments, not interview requests. They are on the cusp of graduation, desperate for experience and clips, with a front-row seat to the biggest story in America—pay them to tell it!

My story from yesterday afternoon:

Fox pulls down six-part series after Hunter Biden threatens defamation suit

npr.org/2024/04/30/124…

WKCR reports Columbia President email announces NYPD will remain on campus til May 17 — until after graduation — first thing tonight that seems to choke up some of the on-air student reporters

Columbia Journalism School dean jelani cobb live on MSNBC with Chris Hayes: 'There are between 4 and 6 drones flying over campus. And the drones prefaced the arrival of the police the first time, when they came on April 18...'

Really wanna shout out the incredible work being done by the Columbia students reporting on WKCR-FM NY right now. You can listen to 89.9 on Apple Music

Personally I think this sounds very bad. time.com/6972021/donald…

I increasingly believe this election will be a referendum on whether anything matters anymore. There's no rational case for Trump, but there's a loud contingent on the left that just wants to burn it down. Combine that with low information voters and Republicans circling the

Public policy to support local news = the best ROI in news philanthropy. Rebuild Local News, a five-person 502c3 with a budget of just over $1 million has helped generate $90 million for #localnews in NY state with more to come in CT.

'The Dallas Morning News Adds Public Editor' investor.dallasnewscorporation.com/news-releases/…

You simply must read Eric Cortellessa's interviews with Trump. If he wins, he wants to:
-deport 11m immigrants, via detention camps and military
-allow red states to monitor women's pregnancies
- fire US attorneys who don't follow his prosecutorial orders
time.com/6972021/donald…

For Student Journalists: 20 tips for staying safe while covering protests. I’ll be posting more resources here but this is a great start. 1/x splc.org/protests/

#BREAKING : 8 major U.S. newspapers are suing OpenAI, Microsoft for copyright infringement
— On top of a similar case filed by The New York Times against both companies, the new suits add heft to publishers' claims.
— More on Axios:
axios.com/2024/04/30/mic…

Here’s the legal hotline from the excellent Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press rcfp.org/legal-hotline/ 2\x