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Opinion

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s unconstitutional attack on the press

  • By William H. Freivogel
  • February 17, 2022

From afar, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s attempt to prosecute a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter looks like the folly of.

Media News, Midwest, News and Opinion, Police Accountability Project

Post-Ferguson police reform stalls among racial divisions

  • By William H. Freivogel and Orli Sheffey
  • January 27, 2022

ST. LOUIS – Ferguson became the Selma of the 21st century after Officer Darren Wilson killed Michael Brown seven.

News and Opinion, Police Accountability Project

Police misconduct records secret, hard to access

  • By Kallie Cox and William Freivogel
  • December 22, 2021

Police misconduct records are either secret or difficult to access in a majority of states — 32 of them.

News and Opinion, Opinion

Media laws failing challenge of online misinformation and hate

  • By Mark Sableman
  • December 16, 2021

The ways people communicate change over time.  And our laws, including the First Amendment, adapt to those changes.  But.

Media News, Midwest

With its work set to begin in less than two months, the Local Journalism Task Force in Illinois still recruiting members to fulfill its mandate

  • By Alexander Schmelter
  • November 11, 2021

A new local journalism task force is gearing up to examine the growing news desert in Illinois under a.

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