Launching a Legal Defense Fund for Journalists

From Marigo Farr / Nieman Reports: The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project has established an initiative called Reporters Shield, that provides a legal defense fund to protect journalists and news organizations from harassing lawsuits. By ensuring media actors have lawyers who can review stories prior to publication and guide them through a subsequent legal response, the organization enables them to report on and publish stories that aim to hold powerful people and institutions accountable.

Read the Solutions Insights Lab interview with Paul Radu of The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.

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December 12, 2022

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