Journalism After Snowden

The Future of the Free Press in the Surveillance State

Smitha Khorana, Jennifer Henrichsen, Emily Bell, Taylor Owen

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9780231540674
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Journalism
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Edward Snowden's release of classified NSA documents exposed the widespread government practice of mass surveillance in a democratic society. The publication of these documents, facilitated by three journalists, as well as efforts to criminalize the act of being a whistleblower or source, signaled a new era in the coverage of national security reporting. The contributors to Journalism After Snowden analyze the implications of the Snowden affair for journalism and the future role of the profession as a watchdog for the public good. Integrating discussions of media, law, surveillance, technology, and national security, the book offers a timely and much-needed assessment of the promises and perils for journalism in the digital age.

Journalism After Snowden is essential reading for citizens, journalists, and academics in search of perspective on the need for and threats to investigative journalism in an age of heightened surveillance. The book features contributions from key players involved in the reporting of leaks of classified information by Edward Snowden, including Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of The Guardian; ex-New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson; legal scholar and journalist Glenn Greenwald; and Snowden himself. Other contributors include dean of Columbia Graduate School of Journalism Steve Coll, Internet and society scholar Clay Shirky, legal scholar Cass Sunstein, and journalist Julia Angwin. Topics discussed include protecting sources, digital security practices, the legal rights of journalists, access to classified data, interpreting journalistic privilege in the digital age, and understanding the impact of the Internet and telecommunications policy on journalism. The anthology's interdisciplinary nature provides a comprehensive overview and understanding of how society can protect the press and ensure the free flow of information.

INDEX

Page numbers refer to the print edition but are hyperlinked to the appropriate location in the e-book.

Abdel-Rahman, Omar (sheik), 146

Abramson, Jill, 5, 9–10, 60, 295; chapter by, 29–33

Abu Ghraib, abuses at, 107

Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), 233

ACLU. See American Civil Liberties Union

ACLU v. Clapper (2015), 4

AdBlock Plus, 278–79

Add Noise, Cloak, Evade (ACE) strategies, 118, 119–21

Ad Nauseum, 279

advertising (online), 139, 243, 276, 277–79, 281–84

affect heuristic, 224–25. See also precautionary principle

Afghanistan, 77

Afroyim v. Rusk (1967), 212, 213, 217n.24

Agee, Philip, 211. See also Haig v. Agee

Alexander, Keith B. (general), 197, 199–200, 202, 203, 205–6, 208

allegation versus fact, 54–55, 57–60

Al Qaeda, 87, 107

Amazon.com, 270

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 4, 6, 7, 156, 284

American Library Association, 284

American Newspaper Guild, 98

Amnesty International, 7

Amnesty v. Clapper (2008), 4

Angwin, Julia, 13, 85–86, 137, 296; chapter by, 114–30

anonymity: online, 110, 250, 266, 267, 281–82 (see also digital security; Internet; privacy; surveillance; specific anonymity tools); right to, 110, 157; of sources, 13, 104, 109–12, 175 (see also reporter’s privilege; sources: protection of)

ANT program (software tool), 192

Appelbaum, Jacob, 274

Apple: and cell-phone encryption, 7, 153–54, 186–87, 193, 195–96, 243; and e-mail readable under TOS, 134; and iMessages, FaceTime encryption, 136; and journalism, 233; and U.S. government and law enforcement, 7, 153–54, 186–87, 188–89, 243. See also tech and provider companies

Arabi, Soheil, 252–53

Assange, Julian, 41–42, 161, 165, 173. See also WikiLeaks

Associated Press (AP), 94, 105, 133, 199, 242, 247

AT&T, 194–95, 262

Australia, 2, 63, 241–42

availability heuristic, 223–24. See also precautionary principle

Axelrod, Robert, 166

backdoors, 2, 74, 153, 186–87, 193, 196

Bahrain, 248

Baker, Stewart, 23

Baltimore Sun, 198, 202–3

bandwidth, free, 269–70

Bangladesh, 60, 61

BBC, 78

Belair-Gagnon, Valerie, 12–13, 296; chapter by, 97–113

Bell, Emily, 15–16, 305–6; chapter by, 231–39; Snowden interview by, 53–81

Bentham, Jeremy, 280. See also panopticon

Bernstein, Carl, 114

Bezos, Jeff, 238

Bickel, Alexander, 107. See also Branzburg v. Hayes

biometric passports, 214, 217n.3...

Table of contents

• Cover 
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents 
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• I. The Story and the Source
• II. Journalists and Sources
• III. Governing Surveillance
• IV. Communications Networks and New Media
• Postscript: Journalism After Snowden
• Contributors
• Index