Amanda J. Crawford is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Connecticut, where she teaches press history and media law. She is a former reporter for Bloomberg News, The Arizona Republic and The Baltimore Sun, and serves on the national board of the Journalism & Women Symposium. She researches and writes about misinformation and journalists’ role in democracy.
When the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturned a judgment against The New York Times almost 60 years ago and established a higher standard of proof for public officials in libel cases, it did so because it recognized the importance of … Read more
