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Journalists Face Attacks In Protests Amid Cutbacks From Pandemic07:40
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June 03, 2020

Journalists covering the protests over George Floyd's death have been arrested and attacked by police, at a time when the media is already under economic pressure from the coronavirus pandemic.

NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson to discuss some of the challenges journalists are facing.

This segment aired on June 3, 2020.