{{Short description|American journalist}} '''Adam Klasfeld''' is an American journalist who focuses 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Adam Klasfeld {{!}} About and Contact|url=https://www.adamklasfeld.com/contact|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Adam Klasfeld|language=en}}</ref>

== Education == Klasfeld studied theatre at Rutgers University and followed up on his studies at the Academy of Theatre in London under Richard Digby Day.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Alumni Archive|url=http://www.rutgerscabaret.org/alumni|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Cabaret Theatre|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Journalistic career == As a courtroom reporter, Klasfeld covered the trial of Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab, who circumvented the U.S. sanction regime on Iran.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tarcan|first=Pınar|date=13 December 2017|title=Adam Klasfeld: We've Fulfilled People's Desire for Uncensored Information with Zarrab Trial Tweets|url=https://m.bianet.org/bianet/media/192417-adam-klasfeld-we-ve-fulfilled-people-s-desire-for-uncensored-information-with-zarrab-trial-tweets|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=23 September 2020|website=Bianet}}</ref> He also reported on a similar case in which Halkbank, a Turkish state owned bank, was accused of circumventing the U.S. sanctions against Iran.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Klasfeld|first=Adam|date=2020-06-30|title=Turkey's State-Run Halkbank Wants to Gum Up Money-Laundering Trial|url=https://www.courthousenews.com/turkeys-state-run-halkbank-wants-to-gum-up-money-laundering-trial/|access-date=2020-09-23|language=en-US}}</ref> On 23 September 2020, a court in Istanbul banned access to an article he wrote about Zarrab.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rıza Sarraf'ın para transferini anlatan habere erişim engeli geldi|url=https://halktv.com.tr/riza-sarrafin-para-transferini-anlatan-habere-erisim-engeli-geldi-435159h|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Halk TV|date=23 September 2020 |language=tr}}</ref> He was accused by the Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah of being a complicit of the so-called terrorist organization FETÖ, the movement of Fethullah Gülen.<ref>{{Cite web|last=sabah|first=daily|date=2019-11-12|title=FETÖ enjoys freedom in US, Turkish media barred from covering its activities|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/war-on-terror/2019/11/12/feto-enjoys-freedom-in-us-turkish-media-barred-from-covering-its-activities|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Daily Sabah|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=TM|title=US journalist branded as terrorist by pro-government Turkish daily – Turkish Minute|date=13 November 2019 |url=https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/11/13/us-journalist-branded-as-terrorist-by-pro-government-turkish-daily/|access-date=2020-09-23|language=en-US}}</ref>

Other legal events Klasfeld has covered in his reporting for Courthouse News Service,<ref>{{cite web| title = Latest articles by Adam Klasfeld |url = https://www.courthousenews.com/author/adam-klasfeld/ | publisher = Courthouse News Service | access-date= 2025-07-19}}</ref> [https://lawandcrime.com/ Law and Crime],<ref>{{cite web| title = Adam Klasfeld - Managing Editor |url = https://lawandcrime.com/author/adam-klasfeld/ | publisher = Law&Crime | access-date= 2025-08-20}}</ref> Just Security,<ref>{{cite web| title = Adam Klasfeld: Articles by this author |url = https://www.justsecurity.org/author/klasfeldadam/ | publisher = Just Security | access-date= 2025-07-19}}</ref> MSNBC,<ref>{{cite web| title = Adam Klasfeld: Broadcast |url = https://www.adamklasfeld.com/tv-radio | access-date= 2025-07-19}}</ref> Brian Tyler Cohen,<ref>{{cite web| last=Cohen | first = Brian Tyler |title = WHOA: Trump DECLARES WAR on his CLOSEST ALLY |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE50tt6eLPw | access-date= 2025-07-19}}</ref> and All Rise News<ref>{{cite web| title = Archive |url = https://www.allrisenews.com/archive | publisher = All Rise News |access-date= 2025-07-19}}</ref> 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, the 2025 Trump libel lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal, and many of the legal issues arising during the second Trump administration.

=== All Rise News === '''''All Rise News''''' is an American online publisher of legal and political news featuring Klasfeld's work. It was co-founded by him and Tim Mak in March of 2025.<ref>{{cite web| title = All Rise News, LLC |url = https://www.bizprofile.net/ny/albany/all-rise-news-llc | publisher = Biz Profile, Inc.| access-date= 2025-08-09}}</ref>

''All Rise News'' provides free web content, a YouTube channel,<ref>{{cite web| title = @AllRiseNews |url = https://www.youtube.com/@AllRiseNews | publisher = All Rise News | access-date= 2025-08-09}}</ref> podcasting as part of LegalAF on the MeidasTouch network,<ref>{{cite web| title = Trump White House PANICS and Calls EMERGENCY MEETING |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=264fUNVV_SI | author = Michael Popok | publisher = MeidasTouch Network | access-date= 2025-08-09}}</ref> and a free or paid subscription-based Substack independent publication.<ref>{{cite web| title = All Rise News |url = https://substack.com/search/all%20rise%20news?utm_source=global-search&searching=top | publisher = Substack | access-date= 2025-08-09}}</ref>

Much of Klasfeld's reporting is based on in-person courtroom attendance, with his distinctive gavel-to-gavel coverage considered an important competitive advantage by his customers and subscribers.<ref>{{cite web| title = Trump's NIGHTMARE is HERE As CRIMINAL TRIAL STARTS |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZwdxjFRkXE&t=94s | author = Michael Popok | publisher = Meidas Touch Network | access-date= 2025-08-20}}</ref>

A story about All Rise News on FOX 5 DC remarked on its notable success in not just delivering news, but also in providing actionable information that facilitates responsive participation by its audience in shaping the political and legal landscape.<ref>{{cite web| title = Journalism about rights, laws and powers in the Trump era |url = https://www.fox5dc.com/video/1639708 | author = Katie Barlow | publisher = Fox 5 DC| access-date= 2025-08-20}}</ref> The founders claim "radical newness" for their approach to journalism, which explicitly includes avowed goals to influence constituent calls to Congress, encourage the public's judicial and administrative oversight, and direct activist attention to protests.<ref>{{cite web| title = Why we call it a 'radical' new approach to journalism |url = https://www.allrisenews.com/p/all-rise-news-co-founders-on-why | author = Adam Klasfeld and Tim Mak | publisher = All Rise News| access-date= 2025-08-22}}</ref>

== Theater career == His acting career began early at the Rutgers Cabaret. Thereafter he performed on several stages in the United States and Europe.<ref name=":1" /> He was often involved with the theater company called One Armed Man.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jacobs|first=Leonard|date=2010-05-12|title=Glenn Beck, Now a Theater Festival Is Named After You|url=https://www.clydefitchreport.com/2010/05/glenn-beck-now-a-theater-festival-is-named-after-you/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Clyde Fitch Report|language=en-US}}</ref> In July 2009, his play ''The Report of My Death'' was performed on board a ship on the Hudson River, New York.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Piepenburg|first=Erik|date=2009-07-27|title=Theater Where It's Least Expected|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/theater/28walls.html|access-date=2020-09-23|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He also organized a theater festival at the Brecht Forum.

=== Plays === * ''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''

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