"We created ProJourn to give journalists who cannot afford legal assistance pro bono support in the critical areas of pre-publication review and access to public recordsand do so in a way that increases the number of trained lawyers," Sima Sarrafan, Microsoft's assistant general counsel, says in a press release.
Sarrafan and Thomas R.
Burke, a partner at law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, will co-chair the ProJourn advisory committee, which includes leaders from the media, technology, and legal industries.
"In convening this advisory committee, we bring together professionals with a broad range of skills and experience to help take ProJourn to the next level," says Burke.
ProJourn, a pilot program with support from Microsoft and the Knight Foundation, has helped more than 75 news organizations and freelance reporters get more than 1,500 pro bono hours, worth more than $1 million, in just three years.
"Beyond numbers, journalists tell us that the legal support they receive through ProJourn is making their journalism bolder and more impactful," ProJourn Director Flavie Fuentes says in the press release.
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