KPBS

Threats, profanity, accusations skyrocketing at public meetings, KPBS analysis shows

Civic discourse is unraveling across the country, and one of the most pronounced local examples is at San Diego County Board of Supervisors meetings. Name-calling, mockery, outbursts and ...
Charlotte Observer

How NC towns can combat hate speech without restricting free speech in public meetings

What should have been a regular Matthews Board of Commissioners meeting briefly devolved into a conversation about free speech on Monday. During the meeting’s public comment section, several ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Uncivil speech: F-bombs and worse plague San Diego County’s public meetings

Earlier this month, as political gadfly Audra Morgan was sharing her views on behavioral health at a meeting of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, she punctuated her position with vulgarity ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

Local newsrooms are using AI to listen in on public meetings

On March 7, education reporter Hannah Dellinger published a story on the experiences of Michigan LGBTQ+ students since Donald Trump took office. Dellinger spoke to several students who have seen a ...