Reporters Without Borders came out with their 2008 freedom of the press rankings and the U.S. is down considerably from last year. The 50 states received 36th place out of 173 countries of the world, but including the U.S.’s territories it was a low 119th.
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Hopefully the brand-new N.E. First Amendment Center — which lives in the journalism department at Northeastern and online — will help shed some light on under-reported events and developments on the freedom of speech and right-to-know front. (Full disclosure:
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