Vance Center Executive Director Alex Papachristou and AfroLA founder Dana Amihere during a panel discussion at INN Days in San Diego, June 12, 2024. Photo credit: Fabiola Lopez On June 12, Papachristou moderated a panel at the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) Days conference entitled “Publishing News? Then Yes, You Need a Lawyer.” During the session, he presented the work of Lawyers for Reporters and engaged in dialogue with Dana Amihere, founder of AfroLA, a nonprofit digital news outlet that covers greater Los Angeles through the lens of the Black community, and a longtime LFR client. Amihere described AfroLA’s recent investigative... read more
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Reporters Shield Joins UNESCO Panel on SLAPPs
Posted on November 7, 2023On November 3, Green participated in a panel entitled “Strategic lawsuits against public participation: a mechanism for silencing the press under the guise of legality.” The multi-lingual panel, which featured speakers in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, was part of a series of events to commemorate UNESCO’s International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, held on November 2-3 at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington D.C. Green detailed the dangers that these lawsuits, known as SLAPPs, pose to investigative reporters and outlets around the world. She introduced Reporters Shield to the audience of press... read more