Peter Y. Sussman

Peter Y. Sussman is a retired author and journalist who spent 29 years as an editor at the San Francisco Chronicle. He has been honored by many organizations, including PEN, the Scripps Howard Foundation, and the Society of Professional Journalists, for his First Amendment advocacy.


Articles by Peter Y. Sussman

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Global Free Expression
Friday December 7

Journalism in the Crosshairs

The precedents being set in this birthplace of press freedom are endangering the careers—and the lives—of journalists in this country and abroad.