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Robert Gerhardt

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Photojournalist | Journalist, Blind Magazine | Freelance Arts Writer, New York Amsterdam News | Former Columnist, Hong Kong Free Press | Member FCC HK | Member NPPA

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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 5h
Justice Department Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was looking into whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump. #Trump #DOJ #freepress #pressfreedom
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Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage (Gift Article)
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was looking into whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Judge orders Trump White House to restore access to CNN, MS Now and Politico US district judge orders temporary lifting of Trump’s ban on the three media outlets, saying it was likely unconstitutional #Trump #WhiteHouse #FreePresss #PressFreedom
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Judge orders Trump White House to restore access to CNN, MS Now and Politico
US district judge orders temporary lifting of Trump’s ban on the three media outlets, saying it was likely unconstitutional
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Report: NYPD specialized units keep making unconstitutional stops, mainly on Black, Brown New Yorkers #NYPD #police #policing
amsterdamnews.com
Report: NYPD specialized units keep making unconstitutional stops, mainly on Black, Brown New Yorkers
The report, filed in federal court last week, found that these units continued making unconstitutional stops, frisks, and searches.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’ Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies #DHS #Trump #journalists #freepress #pressfreedom
theguardian.com
Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’
Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
One battle after another: A warrior for press freedom in the time of Trump There’s a case to be made that David McCraw is the tip of the spear defending press freedoms under attack in the United States today. #freepress #pressfreedom #Trump
seattletimes.com
One battle after another: A warrior for press freedom in the time of Trump
A conversation with The New York Times' David McCraw, "the dean" of in-house newsroom lawyers.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence. #StarsAndStripes #Pentagon #FreePress #PressFreedom
nytimes.com
Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication (Gift Article)
The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes. #ICE #Immigration #Minnesota #Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...
nytimes.com
U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown (Gift Article)
The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Six journalists have been murdered in Mexico this year, five of them in just over two months, marking one of the deadliest spikes in violence against journalists that CPJ has documented in over a decade. #Mexico #freepress #pressfreedom
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Amid spike in journalist killings in Mexico, CPJ urges federalizing cases to end impunity - Committee to Protect Journalists
Six journalists have been murdered in Mexico this year, five of them in just over two months, marking one of the deadliest spikes in violence against journalists that CPJ has documented in over a deca...
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No. After Elvis Brooks spent 42 years in prison, a court threw out his conviction for murder. But he has struggled to get compensation from Louisiana for his wrongful conviction. #Louisiana
propublica.org
He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No.
Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore...
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
My latest story for Blind Magazine on the jazz photographs of Steve Schapiro: “Steve Schapiro’s Jazz Years: Before Baldwin, Before the Movement” #jazz #photography www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/stev...
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Steve Schapiro's Jazz Years: Before Baldwin, Before the Movement
Among my collections photography books in my New York City apartment, one of my treasures is a large format limited edition of James Baldwin's The Fire Next Tim
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Betye Saar, the groundbreaking California assemblage artist who confronted stereotypes about Black women through her dreamy memento boxes as well as her arresting images of Aunt Jemima armed with rifles and other weapons, died on Sunday. She was 99. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/a...
nytimes.com
Betye Saar, Artist Who Upended Black Stereotypes, Dies at 99 (Gift Article)
Working with dolls, family photographs, fabric scraps and other found objects, she became a leading figure in assemblage art.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.” #Trump #Smithsonian #museum
nytimes.com
Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum (Gift Article)
President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
My latest story for Blind Magazine on the work of six Ukrainian women working to document the war in the new book "Through Her Eyes:" #Ukraine #War #Photography #photojournalism www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/when...
blind-magazine.com
When Ukrainian Women Soldiers Document their War
"I could never have imagined that at 17 I would witness a full-scale war, that at 19 I would begin documenting it, and that every year I would hear about the de
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
U.S. Sought Phone Records of Times Journalists and Their Relatives The government is aggressively seeking the confidential sources of Times reporters who wrote about the president’s new Air Force One. #freepress #pressfreedom #DoJ #Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/b...
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Sought Phone Records of Times Journalists and Their Relatives (Gift Article)
The government is aggressively seeking the confidential sources of Times reporters who wrote about the president’s new Air Force One. The Times has asked a judge to quash the subpoenas.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
New York Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.” #Trump #NYTimes #freepress #pressfreedom www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...
nytimes.com
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media (Gift Article)
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The Trump administration is charging these Minneapolis protesters with conspiracy. Organizers won’t back down ‘Minnesota 15’ indicted after opposing ICE crackdown – just the latest attempt by Trump DoJ to criminalize resistance #ICE #DoJ #Trump #Minnesota15 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
The Trump administration is charging these Minneapolis protesters with conspiracy. Organizers won’t back down
‘Minnesota 15’ indicted after opposing ICE crackdown – just the latest attempt by Trump DoJ to criminalize resistance
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The government wants to scare Americans out of sharing the news The government appears to be taking a disturbing new step: investigating Americans for posting information on social media that originally appeared in news reports. #freespeech #ICE freedom.press/issues/the-g...
freedom.press
The government wants to scare Americans out of sharing the news
The Department of Homeland Security has a new tactic to suppress reporting: silence people who repost information from news stories
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
US judge throws out Trump’s $3.8bn defamation lawsuit against Washington Post Suit stemmed from 2023 Post article that said bank with ties to the porn industry helped fund Trump’s media operation #WaPo #Trump #freepress #pressfreedom
theguardian.com
US judge throws out Trump’s $3.8bn defamation lawsuit against Washington Post
Suit stemmed from 2023 Post article that said bank with ties to the porn industry helped fund Trump’s media operation
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Guest Essay: “The World Has Failed the Uyghurs” #Uyghurs #Uyghur #China #Beijing
nytimes.com
Opinion | The World Has Failed the Uyghurs
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
For the 4th of July, my latest story for the New York Amsterdam News on the work of photographer William Meyers, and his new book "Civics," that captures the everyday public service and neighborly support that sustain American democracy in NYC: amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/07...
amsterdamnews.com
Photographer William Meyers documents 25 years of NYC life in new book, ‘Civics’
Photographer William Meyers’ new book “Civics” captures the everyday public service and neighborly support that sustain American democracy
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
They Studied Nearly 14,000 People to See How Eviction Rates Are Linked to Gun Violence Since the 1990's, researchers have connected poverty to gun violence. A recent study shows how housing instability relates to shootings in Chicago. #gunviolence #poverty
thetrace.org
They Studied Nearly 14,000 People to See How Eviction Rates Are Linked to Gun Violence
Since the 1990's, researchers have connected poverty to gun violence. A recent study shows how housing instability relates to shootings in Chicago.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Journalism has never been a more dangerous pursuit Facts can be expensive in a dangerous world. I have covered some brutal wars during my three decades at the Guardian, but journalists are now actively targeted in a way I have never seen #freepress #pressfreedom #journalism #journalist
theguardian.com
Journalism has never been a more dangerous pursuit
Facts can be expensive in a dangerous world. I have covered some brutal wars during my three decades at the Guardian, but journalists are now actively targeted in a way I have never seen
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
2026 RSF Index: press freedom at a 25-year low For the first time in the history of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) World Press Freedom Index, over half of the world’s countries now fall into the “difficult” or “very serious” categories for press freedom. #pressfreedom #freepress
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2026 RSF Index: press freedom at a 25-year low
For the first time in the history of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) World Press Freedom Index, over half of the world’s countries now fall into the “difficult” or “very serious” categories for pr...
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The leaders of major media companies around the world are calling on Israel’s government to lift a ban keeping foreign journalists from being able to independently enter and report from Gaza #Israel #Gaza #freepress #pressfreedom
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Media organizations call on Israel to allow foreign reporters independent access to Gaza
Leaders of major media companies are urging Israel to lift a ban preventing foreign journalists from independently entering Gaza.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
F.C.C. Orders a Review of ABC’s Broadcast Licenses The agency said the review was related to the network’s diversity and inclusion policies. But it came amid a fight between the president and the network’s late night host, Jimmy Kimmel #FCC #ABC #freepress #pressfreedom
nytimes.com
F.C.C. Orders a Review of ABC’s Broadcast Licenses
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
NYPD data shows the number of young people charged or identified in connection with shootings nearly doubled from 2020 to 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and hasn’t dipped back down below 100 any year since. #gunviolence #NewYorkCity
gothamist.com
More teens suspected in NYC shootings even as gun violence drops, city data shows
The number of people under 18 whom police charged or identified in gun violence incidents jumped during the pandemic and hasn’t substantially declined since.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The incident underscored that the threat of political violence has not ebbed as overall gun violence in the U.S. is now at record lows. #guns #gunviolence #Trump
thetrace.org
Newsletter: What We Know About the White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting
President Donald Trump emerged unharmed this weekend after shots were fired at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Jack Thornell, AP photographer who captured assassination attempt on James Meredith, dies at 86 #photography #photojournalism apnews.com/article/jack...
apnews.com
Jack Thornell, AP photographer who captured assassination attempt on James Meredith, dies at 86
Jack Thornell, the Associated Press photographer whose picture from an assassination attempt on James Meredith in 1966 won a Pulitzer Prize, has died at age 86.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Israeli strike kills journalist after ongoing attacks blocked rescuers, Lebanon says Amal Khalil had been buried in rubble after an Israeli strike that also injured another journalist, Zeinab Faraj #Israel #Lebanon #freepress #pressfreedom #journalist
theguardian.com
Israeli strike kills journalist after ongoing attacks blocked rescuers, Lebanon says
Amal Khalil had been buried in rubble after an Israeli strike that also injured another journalist, Zeinab Faraj
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend The bureau said it is not pursuing a case, but the scrutiny is an example of the Trump administration weighing whether to criminalize routine news gathering #FBI #KashPatel #freepress #media #journalism #journalist
nytimes.com
F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
How This Deputy Mayor Plans to Reduce Violence in New York City Renita Francois will oversee the newly created Mayor’s Office of Community Safety. #NewYorkCity #safety
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How This Deputy Mayor Plans to Reduce Violence in New York City
Francois is the city’s first deputy mayor for community safety and will oversee the newly created Mayor’s Office of Community Safety.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The Committee to Protect Journalists and their partners have filed an emergency motion in the Israeli Supreme Court seeking independent media access to Gaza #Israel #Gaza #FreePress #PressFreedom
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CPJ, partners file emergency motion to Israeli Supreme Court seeking independent media access to Gaza - Committee to Protect Journalists
On Monday, April 13, 2026, the Committee to Protect Journalists, together with its amicus partners the Foreign Press Association in Israel, the Union of Journalists in Israel (UJI) and Reporters Witho...
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
NYC SantaCon charity fundraiser was more con than Claus, authorities say Officials say charity fundraiser that flooded New York with drunk people in Santa costumes every Christmas was a con #SantaCon
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NYC SantaCon charity fundraiser was more con than Claus, authorities say
Officials say charity fundraiser that flooded New York with drunk people in Santa costumes every Christmas was a con
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The Baltimore Banner’s parent organization will buy the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and turn it into a nonprofit news outlet under a deal intended to ensure the survival of one of the country’s oldest newspapers. #newspaper #journalism #media
thebanner.com
Banner parent company to buy Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, staving off its closure
The Venetoulis Institute will acquire the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, converting it to a nonprofit to prevent the historic paper’s closure.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Why some wars don’t make headlines As media attention is focused on Iran and the wider region, journalists from Uganda, Burkina Faso and Ethiopia reflect on why so many conflicts go ignored #Africa #journalism #media
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
Why some wars don’t make headlines
As media attention is focused on Iran and the wider region, three journalists from Uganda, Burkina Faso and Ethiopia reflect on why so many conflicts go ignored.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Body camera video released Monday shows a St. Louis police officer fatally shooting a 17-year-old in the back of the head as he fled, contradicting an earlier police statement that the teen pointed a gun at officers. #BlackLivesMatter #police #EmeshyonWilkins #BLM
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Bodycam video contradicts St. Louis police's earlier account in fatal shooting of 17-year-old
Body camera video released Monday shows a St. Louis police officer shoot a 17-year-old in the back of the head as he fled, contradicting an earlier police statement that the teen pointed a gun at offi...
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The Committee to Protect Journalists demands answers after deaths of journalist, media worker in Israeli custody #Israel #freepress #pressfreedom
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CPJ demands answers after deaths of journalist, media worker in Israeli custody - Committee to Protect Journalists
Amman, April 13, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Israeli authorities to provide immediate and transparent explanations for the deaths in Israeli custody of Palestinian journalist Ih...
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
A U.S. judge in Washington ruled on Thursday the Pentagon is hampering journalists ‌in defiance of a court order that required it to restore access to credentialed reporters covering the seat of U.S. military power. #Pentagon #freepress #pressfreedom
reuters.com
US judge says Pentagon violated court order to restore press access
A U.S. judge in Washington ruled on Thursday the Pentagon is hampering journalists ‌in defiance of a court order that required it to restore access to credentialed reporters covering the seat of U.S. ...
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
LA teen loses eye after being shot by US agent at No Kings march, lawyer says USC student Tucker Collins’s attorney accuses homeland security of ‘overt act of repression’ at Los Angeles protest #DHS #NoKings #LA
theguardian.com
LA teen loses eye after being shot by US agent at No Kings march, lawyer says
USC student Tucker Collins’s attorney accuses homeland security of ‘overt act of repression’ at Los Angeles protest
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
American Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq Is Freed The journalist, Shelly Kittleson, was abducted by a militia allied with Iran and held for a week. Iraqi officials say she was freed in exchange for the release of militia members. #Iraq #freepress #pressfreedom
nytimes.com
American Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq Is Freed
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New York City’s Spike in 3D-Printed Guns Prompts Push for Tougher Laws Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is advocating legislation that would make 3D-printing guns a crime. #guns #NewYorkCity #ghostguns
thetrace.org
New York City’s Spike in 3D-Printed Guns Prompts Push for Tougher Laws
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is advocating legislation that would make 3D-printing guns a crime.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Trump threatens to jail journalist to find source of second missing airman report Trump targets media to find ‘leaker’ who revealed that a US airman was missing after being shot down by Iranian forces #Trump #freepress #pressfreedom #media #journalism
theguardian.com
Trump threatens to jail journalist to find source of second missing airman report
Trump targets media to find ‘leaker’ who revealed that a US airman was missing after being shot down by Iranian forces
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history #AP #news #journalism #journalists #buyouts
apnews.com
AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history
The Associated Press says it will offer buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspapers and their print journalism that sust...
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
American Journalist Abducted in Iraq, Security Officials Say The freelance journalist was identified as Shelly Kittleson, who has worked for various news organizations, including Al-Monitor, which called for her safe and immediate release. #Iraq #journalist #freepress
nytimes.com
American Journalist Abducted in Iraq, Security Officials Say
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
An American journalist was kidnapped Tuesday in Baghdad and Iraqi security forces are pursuing her captors, Iraqi officials said The journalist was identified as freelancer Shelly Kittleson by one of the outlets she worked for #Iraq #freepress #pressfreedom #journalism #journalist
apnews.com
US journalist kidnapped in Baghdad and security forces hunt captors, Iraqi officials say
Iraqi officials say kidnappers have seized an American female journalist in Baghdad, and security forces are chasing the group.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Israeli Strike Kills 3 Journalists in Southern Lebanon, Officials Say Israel accused one of the reporters of being a Hezbollah operative. Lebanon’s president said they were journalists and condemned the killings. #Israel #Lebanon #freepress #pressfreedom
nytimes.com
Israeli Strike Kills 3 Journalists in Southern Lebanon, Officials Say
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
How Camden, N.J., Cut Its Murder Rate to a 40-Year Low In their own words, members of the community tell the story of how change came to the city, once among the nation’s deadliest. #NewJersey #Camden #guns #gunviolence
nytimes.com
How Camden, N.J., Cut Its Murder Rate to a 40-Year Low
In their own words, members of the community tell the story of how change came to the city, once among the nation’s deadliest.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Israeli soldiers echo settler ideology, talk of revenge after targeting Palestinians and detaining CNN crew in the West Bank #Israel #freepress #pressfreedom
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Israeli soldiers echo settler ideology, talk of revenge after targeting Palestinians and detaining CNN crew in the West Bank | CNN
Twelve hours after Israeli settlers brutally attacked several Palestinians and established a new illegal outpost in their village, the Israeli military stepped in.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
My latest piece for the New York Amsterdam News on the Getty Museum's current exhibition "Photography and the Black Arts Movement," on view through June 14th: #photography #photojournalism #GettyMuseum
amsterdamnews.com
LA’s Getty Museum presents ‘Photography and the Black Arts Movement’
“Photography and the Black Arts Movement" explores the role photography played in fostering Black empowerment.
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Robert Gerhardt @robertgerhardt.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Pentagon Adopts New Limits for Journalists After Court Loss The Defense Department said it would close the Pentagon’s work area for journalists, among other changes, after a judge found the existing media policy unconstitutional. #Pentagon #DoD #freepress #pressfreedom
nytimes.com
Pentagon Adopts New Limits for Journalists After Court Loss
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