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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Knight
First Amendment Institute
1.
CJA's January 12, 2026 e-mail
to Knight First Amendment Institute --
"Scholarship & Amicus Curiae
-- Federal Lawsuit vs the NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants, Vindicating the
First Amendment by Causes of Action for 'Journalistic Fraud' &
'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'"
2.
CJA's January 12, 2026 e-mail to
Scholars of the Knight First Amendment Institute's Project on
THE FUTURE OF
PRESS FREEDOM – DEMOCRACY, LAW, & THE NEWS IN CHANGING TIMES
3.
CJA's February 2, 2026 e-mail --
"The American Law
Institute's Restatement (3rd) of Torts --
& the Unfolding Federal
Lawsuit to Establish the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud'
& 'Institutional
Reckless Disregard for Truth'"
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2023-2024
"The
Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times
-- A project aimed at identifying and protecting core press functions"
October 16, 2023
"An
Introduction to Our Project: The Future of Press Freedom"
RonNell Andersen Jones
Sonja R. West
May 3, 2024 Program -- The Future of Press Freedom --
Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times
May 3, 2024 program & videos
Panel 1
Panel 4
Panel 1: Democracy & the Press Function
Erwin Chemerinsky/Dean-UC Berkeley Law School
Lyrissa
Lidsky/Florida University Levin College Law School
Robert C. Post/Yale Law
Schoool
Michael Schudson/Columbia J-School -Discussant
RonNell Andersen Jones-Moderator
ALI
Panel 2: Idenifying Performers of the Press Function
Hannah Bloch-Wehba/Texas A&M Law School
Meredith
D. Clark/Northeastern University
Richard L. Hasen, UCLA Law School
Seth Stern/Freedom of
the Press Foundation - Discussant
Sonja R. West/University of
Georgia & Knight Institute - Moderator
Martha L.
Minow/Harvard
Jelani
Cobb/Dean J-School
Isabella , Editor-in-Chief/Daily Spectator
Panel 3: Sustaining the Press Function
Heidi Kitrosser/ Northwestern University Pritzker Law School
Wesley
Lowery/American University
Victor Pickard/University of Pennsylvania
Courtney
C. Radsch/Center for Journalism & Liberty -- Discussant
Katie
Fallow/Deputy Litigation Director-Knight Institute - Moderator
Panel 4: New Frontiers for Protecting the Press Function
Mike
Ananny/University of Southern California
Christina
Koningisor/UC Law-San Francisco
Jacob
Noti-Victor/Cardozo Law School
Nora
Benavidez, Esq./Free Press -- Discussant
Katy
Glenn Bass/Research Director-Knight Institute -- Moderator
"The
Future of Press Freedom: Scholars Series"
2025 -- Cambridge University Press
The Future of Press Freedom
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2025
November 5, 2025
"The Future of Press Freedom in an Era of
Democratic Backsliding"
VIDEO
Katy Glenn Bass --Introduction
Margaret Sullivan -- Opening Remarks
Law Professor RonNell Anderson Jones
Nora Benavidez,
ESQ./Free Press
Azmat Khan/Columbia J-School
Joel
Simon/CUNY J-School &
here
Moderator -- Law
Professor Sonja R. West
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Sonja R. West, “The Press,' Then &
Now," 77 OHIO. ST. L.J. 49, 68–69 (2016)
(the most important
“structural role” of the press is for it to be on the lookout for
“government malfeasance”)
SULLIVAN, supra note 265, at 20 (“When local news fails, the foundations
of democracy weaken.
The public, which depends on accurate, factual
information in order to make good decisions, suffers.”).
RonNell Andersen Jones, Defamation, Disinformation, and the Press
Function, 3 J. Free Sp. Law 103 (2023)
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