The authors of our upcoming book, The Illustrated Courtroom, are part of an exhibit of courtroom art — that unique meeting of journalism and art — are part of a show starting April 29 in Jersey City.

The Litchfield County Times is the latest publication to run a long and thoughful article on James Goodale and his new book, Fighting for the Press, that serves not only as memoir that reveals the never-before-told stories behind the Pentagon Papers, but also looks at how the Obama Administration is challenging the concepts of press freedom.

James Goodale is getting lots of attention for his book Fighting for the Press in the wake of his provocative speech before the City Club of Cleveland, historically a prestigious venue for speakers addressing national issues. Listen for yourself to hear what Goodale has to say not only about the Pentagon Papers, but about the Obama administration’s campaign against the free press.

Former New York Times chief counsel James Goodale, the lawyer who engineered the landmark Pentagon Papers case through the Supreme Court, suggests in a Columbia Journalism Review Q&A with freelance writer Susan Armitage that President Obama may be worse for press freedom than President Nixon. Read more about Goodale’s Pentagon Papers memoir, and his analysis of current press freedom dangers, in his new book Fighting for the Press.

Glen Greenwald of the Guardian hails Fighting for the Press, longtime NY Times counsel James Goodale’s new memoir on the Pentagon Papers, especially for Goodale’s comparisons of Obama’s current anti-openness policies to Nixon’s. And here is journalist Susan Armitage’s interview with Goodale in the Columbia Journalism Review.

Elizabeth Williams and the other illustrators doing our upcoming (2014) book The Illustrated Courtroom have launched a blog getting lots of hits from artists, journalists, lawyers, judges and probably a criminal or two. Check out the blog, with lots of courtroom drawings new and old at http://illustratedcourtroom.blogspot.com/

Fighting for the Press, the Pentagon Papers memoir and analysis of current First Amendment threats by longtime New York Times counsel James C. Goodale, (paperback and ebook available here) continues to collect blurbs from boldfaced names. Here’s the latest:

“I thought I knew the Pentagon Papers story backward and foreword, but Fighting for the Press proved me wrong. James Goodale has written a thriller that is also an insider’s account of perhaps the most important moment in modern journalism.”

Alex S. Jones, Director, Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy and co-author of The Trust.

James C. Goodale’s monumental book — FIGHTING FOR THE PRESS: The Inside Story of the Pentagon Papers and Other Battles — is now shipping. Order now and get the ebook immediately and the paperback within a few days. Part legal memoir, part analysis of the battle for press freedom in America, Goodale for the first time offers the inside story from the perspective of the New York Times, where as chief counsel he was the architect of the newspaper’s legal challenge that led to one of the landmark First Amendment cases in American history.

The book is also available in paperback and ebook on Amazon and BN.com

“An engaging work which underlines the importance of fighting for a free press. Without press freedom, informed public debate is curtailed and democratic accountability diminished.” – Kofi Annan

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is the latest boldfaced name to herald upcoming publication of “Fighting for the Press,” longtime New York Times general counsel James Goodale’s look back at the Pentagon Papers case, and his fast-forward to how the Obama administration is in some ways worse than the Nixon administration in terms of freedom of the press.

James Goodale’s upcoming book (available for pre-order) looking back at the Pentagon Papers — and comparing President Obama’s current policies about press freedom to those of Richard Nixon — is drawing raves from a couple of interested readers who have had an early look:

“The most detailed and honest inside account yet of the successful judicial fight to publish the Pentagon Papers by the uncompromising lawyer in the middle of it. Goodale and his colleagues won the right  to tell the American people that their government – and their President – had lied, manipulated and cheated their way into a disastrous war . . . while the war was still being waged. This history could not come at a more important time.”  – Seymour M. Hersh

“James Goodale is an American treasure and so is Fighting for the Press. This is a story worthy of John Grisham, except this one actually happened; it is fact, not fiction – and it’s still unfolding. ”  – Dan Rather

Andy Carvin’s book has been getting really positive reviews, including this new one from media touchstone Publishers Weekly. The review says Andy “successfully spins a narrative that feels as if we readers are ‘feeling our way through the smog to find the truth’ as he did,” and concludes, “This is an impressive, engaging look at new possibilities for both journalism and political activism in the era of social media.”

Here’s a new look at the “long, strange” career of Bill Robles, the contributor to THE ILLUSTRATED COURTROOM, who has done so many iconic courtroom illustrations from famous proceedings (from Charles Manson to James Holmes) in the Western United States:  http://www.buzzfeed.com/jtes/the-long-strange-career-of-james-holmess-courtro 

The Verge has done a terrific story on Andy Carvin, NPR’s social media chief, on his new book Distant Witness: Social Media, the Arab Spring and a Journalism Revolution, in anticipation of the Jan. 25 publication date. Look for other interviews — and reviews — with Andy in major media.

Aggie Kenney, one of the renowned courtroom artists behind our upcoming book “The Illustrated Courtroom,” a collection of some of the best courtroom drawings for major media over the past half century, has posted a gem from her archive : the Burger Court at the time of Roe v. Wade four decades ago. Justice Rehnquist was the newcomer back then, with his long brown hair. It’s on the blog “Illustrated Courtroom” that Aggie does with Elizabeth Williams.

Two of the award-winning illustrators collaborating to create our new full-color book of courtroom art are displaying some of their work in a show at a gallery in Hoboken.

The show “Courtroom Art” features work from headline-grabbing cases for major news outlets by Elizabeth Russell and Aggie Kenny, two of the iillustrators collaborating on “The Illustrated Courtroom: Fifty Years of Court Art,” to be published by CUNY Journalism Press in 2014.

The show, sponsored by the Mason Civic League, opens 6-9 p.m. Saturday Jan. 12 and runs daily 3-9 p.m. through Feb. 16 at the gallery at 1200 Washington Street in Hoboken. For more information call 201-706-8088.

James Goodale’s book FIGHTING FOR THE PRESS: The Inside Story of the Pentagon Papers and Other Battles is now available for pre-order. The book, scheduled for publication in April, is part history, part legal analysis and part memoir from Goodale, who was the New York Times chief legal counsel during the landmark First Amendment case.

Elizabeth Williams, the renowned court illustrator who is editing the book we just signed, THE ILLUSTRATED COURTROOM, has a really intriguing blog on this rare intersection of art, journalism and law: http://www.illustratedcourtroom.blogspot.com/

The book, with iconic courtroom images going back a half century, will be published in 2014. But in the meantime, check out the blog.

Andy Carvin’s book Distant Witness can now be pre-ordered for delivery beginning in early- to mid-December. Subtitled “Social Media, the Arab Spring, and a Journalism Revolution,” the book is a fast-paced narrative following what’s happening on the ground in several in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Bahrain.

The narrative also follows NPR senior strategist Carvin as he re-invents the way that major news are covered and consumed. The special pre-order prices for the book: $20 for the 300-page paperback, $10 for the e-book (can be read on all popular readers) and $25 for the book/e-book combination.