Adam Klasfeld
Adam Klasfeld is an American journalist with a current focus on legal matters. He is co-founder and editor-in-chief of All Rise News, and also regularly contributes to a variety of other news outlets. Klasfeld was previously a playwright, and has written and directed several plays.[1]
Education
[edit]Klasfeld studied theatre at Rutgers University and followed up on his studies at the Academy of Theatre in London under Richard Digby Day.[2]
Journalistic career
[edit]As a courtroom reporter, Klasfeld covered the trial of Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab, who circumvented the US sanction regime on Iran.[3] He also reported on a similar case in which Halkbank, a Turkish state owned bank, was accused of circumventing the US sanctions against Iran.[4] Access to an article he wrote about Zarrab was banned by a court in Istanbul on the 23 September 2020; [5] He was also accused by the Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah of being a complicit of the so-called terrorist organization FETÖ, the movement of Fethullah Gülen.[6][7]
Other legal events Klasfeld has covered in his reporting for Courthouse News Service, [8] Just Security, [9] MSNBC,[10] All Rise News,[11] and Brian Tyler Cohen[12] include the first impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump, the trial of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, the Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York, the E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump defamation lawsuits, and the 2025 Trump libel lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal.
Theater career
[edit]His acting career began early at the Rutgers Cabaret, and thereafter he performed on several stages in the United States and Europe.[2] He was often involved with the theater company called One Armed Man.[13] In July 2009, his play The Report of My Death was performed on board a ship on the Hudson River, New York.[14] He also organized a theater festival at the Brecht Forum.
Plays
[edit]- I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill's Lover, Last Night
- The Prostitute of Reverie Valley
- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
- The Report Of My Death
References
[edit]- ^ "Adam Klasfeld | About and Contact". Adam Klasfeld. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ^ a b "Alumni Archive". Cabaret Theatre. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- ^ Tarcan, Pınar (13 December 2017). "Adam Klasfeld: We've Fulfilled People's Desire for Uncensored Information with Zarrab Trial Tweets". Bianet. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ Klasfeld, Adam (2020-06-30). "Turkey's State-Run Halkbank Wants to Gum Up Money-Laundering Trial". Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ^ "Rıza Sarraf'ın para transferini anlatan habere erişim engeli geldi". Halk TV (in Turkish). 23 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ^ sabah, daily (2019-11-12). "FETÖ enjoys freedom in US, Turkish media barred from covering its activities". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ^ TM (13 November 2019). "US journalist branded as terrorist by pro-government Turkish daily – Turkish Minute". Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ^ "Latest articles by Adam Klasfeld". Courthouse News Service. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
- ^ "Adam Klasfeld: Articles by this author". Just Security. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
- ^ "Adam Klasfeld: Broadcast". Retrieved 2025-07-19.
- ^ "Archive". All Rise News. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
- ^ Cohen, Brian Tyler. "WHOA: Trump DECLARES WAR on his CLOSEST ALLY". Retrieved 2025-07-19.
- ^ Jacobs, Leonard (2010-05-12). "Glenn Beck, Now a Theater Festival Is Named After You". Clyde Fitch Report. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ^ Piepenburg, Erik (2009-07-27). "Theater Where It's Least Expected". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-23.