Governor signs Shield Law
Near the end of March, the Kansas Legislature passed a Shield Law for reporters and journalists. This was a great step and something that is […]
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KS Legislature passes Shield Law
It has finally happened. The Kansas Legislature Tuesday passed a Shield Law, which will “give journalists limited protection against being forced to identify unnamed sources […]
Fired reporter wins awards
Claire O’Brien, a former reporter for the Dodge City Daily Globe, was fired recently after she made comments about The Globe’s parent company, GateHouse Media, […]
Dodge City reporter fired
On Oct. 13, Dodge City Daily Globe reporter Claire O’Brien in which she used an anonymous source who commented on a murder case she was […]
Anonymous source never told reporter true name
Recently Dodge City Daily Globe reporter Claire O’Brien revealed the name of a confidential source she used in reporting about murder suspect Samuel Bonilla. Prior […]
Dodge City reporter gives up source
Friday I wrote about Dodge City Daily Globe reporter Claire O’Brien. She was being held in contempt and fined a $1,000 a day for not […]
Free press being attacked in Kansas
Dodge City Daily Globe reporter Claire O’Brien is under attack, along with the freedoms the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution afford journalists. On Oct. […]
Anon Inquiries (part 2): Kansas newspaper uses anonymous sources, creates more questions for budding journalist
As a journalism student I strive to understand all facets of the profession I have fallen in love with. One of my current points of […]
Anon Inquiries (part 1): Anonymity needed tool for nation’s journalists
Recently a story was published in The St. Charles Journal, a small Missouri newspaper near St. Louis, about a 13-year-old girl, Megan Meier, who committed […]