"Democracy Now" | Romenesko Letters"I certainly am optimistic that that won't happen," says
Josh Wolf (left), the longest-incarcerated journalist in modern US history.
Amy Goodman asks if he'd still recommend journalism to other young people. "Absolutely. This has demonstrated that there are risks that we don't imagine, in terms of the dangers of journalism. More experienced journalists are aware of those risks, especially covering other countries, but the stories need to be told, and the mainstream media is letting the ball slip, so we need to basically form a sort of compendium of journalists, compendium of activists who will document the world they see, get those stories out, work to get those stories picked up by the mainstream media so that they can't be ignored anymore." || Related
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