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Danielle Kaye

Small Kansas paper raided by police has a history of hard-hitting reporting

Eric Meyer, publisher and owner of Marion County Record in Kansas, reads the latest edition of his newspaper. (John Hanna/AP)

After police raided their newsroom, journalists at the Marion County Record spent all week dealing with its aftermath: interviews with national and international news organizations, conversations with their lawyer about legal action, attempts to get their equipment back.

Last week's raid drew wide condemnation as a press freedom violation — and it diverted the Record's five full-time staffers and seven part-timers away from their typical reporting.

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