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Act Now: Right to Record Police Act Needed
Posted In: Advocacy,
Date posted Mar 24

For years, journalists have been arrested and assaulted for recording police activity in public spaces. In the protests following the death of...

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RTDNA Calls For Access to Border Patrol Facilities, Officials
Posted In: Advocacy, Open Letters,
Date posted Mar 18

By Dan Shelley RTDNA Executive Director Today, the Radio Television Digital News Association sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security...

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America’s Fourth Estate Faces Increasing Danger
Posted In: Advocacy,
Date posted Mar 10

Representative Eric Swalwell first introduced the Journalist Protection Act (JPA) to Congress in 2018. This important piece of legislation would...

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Now is the Time to Strengthen America's Right to a Free Press
Posted In: Advocacy,
Date posted Feb 24

Every day, thousands of local journalists help shape the action we take to right wrongs, hold those in power accountable and use our power as...

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No Time for Complacency
Posted In: Advocacy,
Date posted Feb 10

By Dan Shelley RTDNA Executive Director This essay originally appeared in the January 2021 edition of Crain’s NewsPro and is republished with...

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RTDNA Statement on Allegations Against Two CBS TV Stations Executives
Posted In: RTDNA News,
Date posted Jan 27

As an organization built to support and empower journalists, RTDNA has zero tolerance for harassment, hatred, discrimination or abuse of any kind....

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Solutions-Focused Justice Stories Set Bar for RIAS Media Prize
Posted In: RTDNA News,
Date posted Jan 22

The RIAS Berlin Commission Media Prize has been paying tribute to some of the best in broadcasting journalism in the United States and Germany...

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RTDNA Calls for Full Official Accounting of Events at the US Capitol
Posted In: Advocacy,
Date posted Jan 12

The Radio Television Digital News Association today is demanding that the US Capitol Police, the Department of Homeland Security and other...

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RTDNA Statement on Events of January 6, 2021
Posted In: Advocacy, Open Letters,
Date posted Jan 8

From Dan Shelley RTDNA Executive Director In the wake of unprecedented events this week, the Radio Television Digital News Association would...

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RTDNA and NEFE announce 2020 Personal Finance Reporting Award winners
Posted In: Awards, RTDNA News,
Date posted Oct 1

RTDNA and the National Endowment for Financial Education are proud to announce the winners of the 2020 Excellence in Personal Finance Reporting...

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RTDNA Urges Ferguson Police to Work with Journalists
Posted In: Advocacy, Open Letters,
Date posted Aug 13

As events continue to unfold in Ferguson, Missouri in the wake of the death of Michael Brown, RTDNA has recieved reports of journalists being...

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