[net-gold] Reporters Committee Protests Raid on US University Student Newsroom
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- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:17:34 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:45:11 -0600 (MDT)
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Subject: [Net-Gold] Reporters Committee Protests Raid on US University Student
Newsroom
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Reporters Committee Protests Raid
on US University Student Newsroom
Reporters Committee protests raid
on student newsroom
Keywords:
Newsroom searches;
student newspaper;
Student speech
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The Reporters Committee for Freedom
of the Press on Tuesday sent a letter
condemning a county prosecutor's
decision to confiscate the computer
files of James Madison University's
student newspaper.
?By raiding The Breeze?s newsroom
and copying files from its computers,
you have by extension infringed upon
every Virginian?s right to receive
information from an independent and
free press,? Reporters Committee
Executive Director Lucy A. Dalglish
wrote to Rockingham County
Commonwealth's Attorney Marsha Garst.
Attorneys representing the paper and
the prosecutors office are still
negotiating over the fate of the
photos chronicling an April 10 off-campus
gathering that police dispersed with
tear gas and riot gear. The files are
now in the hands of a third party.
The Reporters Committee expressed its
hope for more positive future
interactions between student journalists
and prosecutors.
"At the very least, the student
journalists deserve an apology and a
concerted effort on the part of your
office to ensure it never happens
again ? so that prosecutors can do
their jobs without worrying about
potential lawsuits, and journalists
can act as independent conduits of
news to the people," the letter read.
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