UW-Madison professor is speaking out in support of the four American journalists who were arrested in Bahrain on Sunday after accusations they lied – claiming to be tourists.
Freelance journalist Anna Therese Day, a 2010 UW-Madison graduate, and three members of her crew were charged with participating in unlawful protest and lied about being journalist, according to initial reports.
Lindsay Palmer, a journalism professor at UW-Madison, said she realizes the challenges an independent journalist faces when covering conflict in foreign countries.