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Dr. Jennifer Henrichsen, PhD

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Assistant Professor, Washington State University's Murrow College of Communication. Affiliated Fellow: Yale’s Information Society Project, UPenn's Media, Inequality & Change Center. 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. PhD from UPenn Annenberg.

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Large banner of Trump unfurled at Justice Department headquarters The DOJ has traditionally operated with a degree of separation from the White House to prevent its powers from being abused for political purposes.

Ich hatte immer gewarnt: "Wenn der Faschismus kommt, wird es nicht wie im Film sein. Es werden nicht unbedingt riesige Banner entrollt".
Ich hatte Unrecht.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

20.02.2026 03:22 👍 2242 🔁 551 💬 82 📌 13
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4 journalists detained in Cameroon reporting on Trump’s deportations Four journalists, including three working for the Associated Press, were detained in Cameroon on Tuesday while reporting from a facility where migrants deported by the Trump administration are held, a...

4 journalists detained in Cameroon reporting on Trump’s deportations
www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

20.02.2026 03:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bar Complaint Filed Over Search of Washington Post Reporter’s Home

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...

10.02.2026 18:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

CBS News invites everyone who works for them to quit.

28.01.2026 23:39 👍 757 🔁 283 💬 76 📌 11
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📣 Free training for local U.S. newsrooms — plus no-cost therapy for journalists!

Learn more here: bit.ly/FreeTraining...

16.01.2026 19:47 👍 8 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1
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Opinion | One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.

One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...

18.01.2026 16:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | Can James Talarico Reclaim Christianity for the Left?

Can James Talarico Reclaim Christianity for the Left? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/o...

13.01.2026 14:57 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Texas A&M, Under New Curriculum Limits, Warns Professor Not to Teach Plato

Texas A&M, Under New Curriculum Limits, Warns Professor Not to Teach Plato www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...

08.01.2026 21:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations

22.12.2025 06:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights

New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...

04.12.2025 14:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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John Dickerson, Anchor and Correspondent, Will Leave CBS News

John Dickerson, Anchor and Correspondent, Will Leave CBS News www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/b...

27.10.2025 21:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Feds searched security systems at 18 WA police agencies, report finds Police in Renton, Auburn and Lakewood said they weren’t aware the federal agency accessed their databases until they were notified last week by UW researchers.

Feds searched security systems at 18 WA police agencies, report finds

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

22.10.2025 02:15 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

20.10.2025 01:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Public TV station in WA will soon go dark U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell noted that the Palouse station's closure announcement followed almost 20 layoffs from Cascade PBS in Seattle.

Northwest Public Broadcasting, WSU halt KWSU-TV operations

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

18.10.2025 02:23 👍 6 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 2
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Indiana University fires student newspaper adviser who refused to block news stories Tension between Indiana University and its student newspaper flared this week with the elimination of the outlet’s print editions and the firing of a faculty adviser.

Indiana University fires student newspaper adviser who refused to block news stories

www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...

18.10.2025 02:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | The Deep, Tangled Roots of American Illiberalism (Published 2024)

The Deep, Tangled Roots of American Illiberalism www.nytimes.com/2024/05/04/o...

15.10.2025 04:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Paramount Buys The Free Press, Ushering in a New Era at CBS News

Paramount Buys The Free Press, Ushering in a New Era at CBS News www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

06.10.2025 14:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Journalists at 3 Newspapers Quit Over Edits to a Charlie Kirk Story

Journalists at 3 Newspapers Quit Over Edits to a Charlie Kirk Story www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

03.10.2025 22:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | The Billionaire Trump Supporter Who Will Soon Own the News

The Billionaire Trump Supporter Who Will Soon Own the News www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...

19.09.2025 00:50 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Wildfire veterans furious at DHS claim that raided crews were not firefighters Wildland fire veterans are seething at a claim made by federal officials that two crews raided by immigration agents at the scene of a wildfire in Washington state were “NOT firefighters.”

Wildfire veterans furious at DHS claim that raided crews were not firefighters
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

06.09.2025 04:00 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Exclusive | Cyberattack on Washington Post Strikes Journalists’ Email Accounts Reporters covering national security and economic policy were among the employees affected by the breach.

www.wsj.com/tech/cyberse...

30.06.2025 22:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91

Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/b...

26.06.2025 22:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Washington Post Will Ask Some Sources to Annotate Its Stories

The Washington Post Will Ask Some Sources to Annotate Its Stories www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/b...

26.06.2025 00:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | The Danger of an Unrestrained President to the World

The Danger of an Unrestrained President to the World www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...

23.06.2025 21:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Reporter Is Detained by ICE After Reporting on Immigration Protest

Reporter Is Detained by ICE After Reporting on Immigration Protest www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...

20.06.2025 14:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Inside Olympia - WSU Professor Jennifer Henrichsen
Inside Olympia - WSU Professor Jennifer Henrichsen YouTube video by TVW

My interview with TVW, the public affairs network for Washington, aired on TV last night! If you are interested in how local news contributes to increased civic engagement and reduced political polarization, check it out! It’s on TVW's YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/watch?v=a085...

06.06.2025 19:09 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Had such an interesting and expansive conversation with Inside Olympia show host Austin Jenkins on TVW today! Grateful for the opportunity to speak about the importance of local news to civic engagement and democracy.

03.06.2025 02:34 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Red background with white text on read reads: "tell your friends. our access to vaccines is under attack."
below:
"Submit a public comment to the FDA by May 23:
We all need access to updated COVID boosters "
"Our template makes it easy 
(link in bio). Comment at 
tinyurl.com/FDAVaccineMeeting"

Yellow People's CDC in lower right corner.

Red background with white text on read reads: "tell your friends. our access to vaccines is under attack." below: "Submit a public comment to the FDA by May 23: We all need access to updated COVID boosters " "Our template makes it easy (link in bio). Comment at tinyurl.com/FDAVaccineMeeting" Yellow People's CDC in lower right corner.

Red background with white text reads: "Vaccine Access is under attack"
Under it: "The CDC currently recommends the COVID vaccine for people 6 months and up. But the Wall Street Journal reported that HHS is considering no longer reccomending COVID vaccine access to pregnant people, and children. 

Robust scientific evidence shows that updated COVID boosters provide important protection against severe illness for all age groups."
Below
"Comment by May 23 tinyurl.com/FDAVaccineMeeting"

People's CDC logo is in lower right.

Red background with white text reads: "Vaccine Access is under attack" Under it: "The CDC currently recommends the COVID vaccine for people 6 months and up. But the Wall Street Journal reported that HHS is considering no longer reccomending COVID vaccine access to pregnant people, and children. Robust scientific evidence shows that updated COVID boosters provide important protection against severe illness for all age groups." Below "Comment by May 23 tinyurl.com/FDAVaccineMeeting" People's CDC logo is in lower right.

Red background with white text reads: "Vaccine Access is under attack"
Below it: 
"The FDA recently approved the Novavax, but with no scientific basis, restricted it to people over 65 and 12-64 with certain health conditions. These unfounded limitations likely could extend to all COVID vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna). 

We need to tell the FDA to make COVID vaccines available for all.
Use our template (link in bio) and comment by May 23."
And small text: 
"Comment by May 23 tinyurl.com/FDAVaccineMeeting"

People's CDC logo is in lower right.

Red background with white text reads: "Vaccine Access is under attack" Below it: "The FDA recently approved the Novavax, but with no scientific basis, restricted it to people over 65 and 12-64 with certain health conditions. These unfounded limitations likely could extend to all COVID vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna). We need to tell the FDA to make COVID vaccines available for all. Use our template (link in bio) and comment by May 23." And small text: "Comment by May 23 tinyurl.com/FDAVaccineMeeting" People's CDC logo is in lower right.

Our access to COVID vaccines is under attack. It’s more important than ever to make our voices heard by making public comment to the FDA by May 23 at 11:59 PM EST. Use our template available on our substack at peoplescdc.substack.com/p/vaccine-ac...

20.05.2025 13:59 👍 249 🔁 216 💬 8 📌 43
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Grateful for the opportunity to talk about the Murrow local news ecosystem report and my Carnegie Fellowship in-studio at Komo 4 this morning. Morning News Co-anchor Holly Menino was kind and apologized she couldn’t give me a tour afterward because she needed to go interview William Shatner (!).

05.05.2025 19:26 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New WSU report sheds light on health of Washington's news industry For more than three decades, journalism advocates worldwide have celebrated May 3 as World Press Freedom Day.

On this World Press Freedom Day, I’m glad to see our Murrow report detailing the local news crisis in Washington and the implications for civic life and democracy, debut on the front page of the paper: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025....

03.05.2025 15:21 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0