It's tough to be a journalist. Between budget cuts, staff reductions, and the demand to be a "one man band" e.g. write, shoot, tweet, blog, etc. all in real-time -- expectations and pressures have never been greater. But during a year in which legends in the international press corps have lost their lives in the line of duty, from Anthony Shadid to Marie Colvin, it's time to start paying attention to what can be done to both reduce the dangers of reporting and increase, if not simply safeguard, basic freedoms.

The number of American households with access to a television set and a TV signal is shrinking for the second year in a row, according to recent reports.

You probably don't need a doctor or scientist to tell you this, but your email could be killing you. A new study by the University of California, Irvine, which was co-written with United States Army researchers, found that people who do not look at email on a regular basis at work are less stressed and more productive.

Britain looks set to re-open the question of how adult Internet content is regulated, as embattled Prime Minister David Cameron scrambles for ways to shore up support from the conservative heartland.

The fallout from the Wi-Fi snooping that occurred in Google's Street View program continues, with Congress now threatening to get into the act. Representative Ed Markey of Massachusetts is citing reports that cast doubt on Google's claims that its collection from the networks of "payload data" -- which included emails, passwords and search histories -- was "a mistake" in his calls for a congressional investigation.

A man named Robert Herskowitz has filed a federal class action suit against Apple, alleging that the company "double-bills" for purchases made on iTunes with "troubling regularity" and that the company's "illegal" policies also apply to other digital stores like the App Store, the iBookstore and the Mac App Store. Herskowitz seeks an injunction and punitive damages of more than $5 million for a national class suit, alleging breach of contract, breach of faith, unjust enrichment, unfair competition and business-law violations.

The National Association of Broadcasters has withdrawn its legal objection to the FCC's "white spaces" proposal, removing a key source of uncertainty about the technology's future.

Free Press and other speech and digital rights groups have called on Attorney General Eric Holder to "focus attention" on the number of arrests of journalists, bystanders and others taking video of Occupy protests.

Nineteen years ago, before the Internet had reached millions of homes, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the celebration of press freedom, deeming May 3 "World Press Freedom Day." Since then, the day has been celebrated by organizations and government entities alike. Today, the Internet age has created a whole new slew of concerns about press freedom.

Facebook, under pressure to band with other Internet companies to create ethical standards for doing business globally, has joined the Global Network Initiative as an "observer," the group announced.