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Karl de Vries is ¹û¶³´«Ã½app¹Ù·½â€™s director of media relations, joining the nation’s preeminent First Amendment legal advocacy organization after a long career in journalism. His work has appeared in a variety of outlets, including Fox News, Newsday, The Star-Ledger of Newark, New Jersey, and official Major League Baseball publications. Most recently, Karl was a senior editor for CNN, where he helped manage a team of reporters and editors in Washington, DC, across such fast-moving beats as the White House, Congress, multiple presidential campaigns and state legislative activity. His journalism career began at Montclair State University, where FIREcame to the defense of his college newspaper, The Montclarion, after its free press rights were threatened by the student government. A native of New Jersey, where he learned how to argue — and often lose an argument — as a Mets fan in a Yankees fan’s world, Karl now resides in Virginia with his family.