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A Florida House committee has advanced a bill that would make it easier for journalists and their media outlets to be sued.

Florida lawmakers will consider a proposal to re-write rules around who is considered a public figure, and what circumstances would constitute a defamation claim against media outlets. The proposals are raising concerns about their constitutionality and whether they violate free speech rights.

Free speech could be at risk if a new bill in Tallahassee becomes law, says the executive director of the First Amendment Foundation.

The Florida legislature will formally convene for the start of its annual 60-day regular legislative session. Here's a look at what lawmakers have left on their "To Do" list.

On Tuesday, Gov. DeSantis called upon the legislature to adopt a measure that would make it easier to sue the press.

It comes after documents leaked to two newspapers accused the company of hiring a political consulting firm that ran sham candidates to siphon votes.

An ABC News freelance producer confronted critics of a consulting firm's powerful clients. Her actions confirm people's worst suspicions about the news media, says a former network news president.

Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light hired the consulting firm Matrix to help shape their fortunes. Matrix funded six sites that covered politics, filling a void left by the decline of local news.

Researchers say the round-the-clock nature of storm reporting and increased exposure from phones and social media can fuel stress.

Science reporter Don McNeil Jr. admitted he was wrong to have used a racial slur. Producer Andy Mills said he had learned from past misbehavior but a "pressure campaign" made it impossible to stay.

Media ethicist Kelly McBride of the Poynter Institute has been named NPR's public editor, an in-house advocate for listeners and newsroom watchdog.

A private meeting between President Trump and A.G. Sulzberger was suddenly public when Trump tweeted about it Sunday morning. Sulzberger then responded with his own account of what happened.