Atmore News owner Sherry Digmon and reporter Donald Fletcher were arrested and charged with revealing information about a grand jury probe involving the local school system.
The publisher of an Alabama newspaper was arrested, along with a reporter, last week after authorities accused them of publishing an article that exposed information about a grand jury probe involving the local school system. The situation raised the eyebrows of press-freedom advocates, but details remain scant, and the publisher has since been arrested for a second time.
Publishing leaked material is not a crime and journalists should not be arrested and charged for simply doing their jobs and reporting on matters of public interest,' a CPJ spokesperson told Fox News Digital. WHY THIS NATIVE NEW YORKER HAD TO MOVE TO ALABAMA TO ACHIEVE THE 'AMERICAN DREAM' The Atmore News published a story on Thursday headlined, 'No secrets,' which explained the situation surrounding the initial arrests.
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