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The Committee to Protect Journalists Monday joined nearly 40 other press freedom and civil liberty organizations in a letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, urging him to advance the PRESS Act in a 2022 end-of-year omnibus bill.

The legislation would create a federal shield law that would protect journalists from being forced to disclose their sources or information obtained while newsgathering. It has bipartisan support in the U.S. House of Representatives. 

Read the full letter here.


This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by Committee to Protect Journalists.

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[1]https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PRESS_Act_Coalition_Letter.pdf