Sally Stapleton
@sallystapleton.bsky.social
Third generation Missouri-born journalist, visual storytelling, journalism education and international journalist security initiatives. Former Associated Press, twice, and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalist. Researching disinformation.
In April 2019, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette hosted a public forum called "The War on Truth" to discuss the attacks on a free press and honor Jamal Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
In April 2019, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette hosted a public forum called "The War on Truth" to discuss the attacks on a free press and honor Jamal Khashoggi.
Welcome news for my highly talented former colleagues from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, including @stevemellon412.bsky.social @awimley.bsky.social
Pittsburgh journalists vote to end country's longest strike and notify the PG they are returning to work - Pittsburgh Union Progress
The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh’s most momentous gathering since the formation of a strike picket line more than three years ago began last week in the manner of all big strike meetings — with the a...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Welcome news for my highly talented former colleagues from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, including @stevemellon412.bsky.social @awimley.bsky.social
Powerful stories of resilience against press harassment globally. The journalists' stories who lived it from this year's Alfred Friendly Press Partners journalists in exile program. They Tried to Silence Us: Journalists in Exile Fighting for Freedom of the Press.
They Tried to Silence Us: Journalists in Exile Fighting for Freedom of the Press
YouTube video by Alfred Friendly Press Partners Official
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November 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Powerful stories of resilience against press harassment globally. The journalists' stories who lived it from this year's Alfred Friendly Press Partners journalists in exile program. They Tried to Silence Us: Journalists in Exile Fighting for Freedom of the Press.
I'd say better than good. Multiple memorable photos. Thanks for posting @anitabaca.bsky.social @armandofranca.bsky.social
another week, another good gallery. @anitabaca.bsky.social
The top photos of the week by AP's photojournalists
Aug. 8-14, 2025 This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Anita Baca, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.
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August 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I'd say better than good. Multiple memorable photos. Thanks for posting @anitabaca.bsky.social @armandofranca.bsky.social
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Today marks eight years since we launched the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, a nonpartisan news website and database providing reliable and contextualized information on press freedom violations in the U.S.
See what we've tracked this year.
See what we've tracked this year.
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is a project that aims to comprehensively document press freedom incidents in the United States — such as the arrests of journalists, seizures of their equipment, interr...
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August 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Today marks eight years since we launched the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, a nonpartisan news website and database providing reliable and contextualized information on press freedom violations in the U.S.
See what we've tracked this year.
See what we've tracked this year.
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BREAKING: ICE releases Carol Mayorga, a Missouri mom whose detention sparked uproar in her rural town.
@kavahnmansouri.bsky.social reports: www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
@kavahnmansouri.bsky.social reports: www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
ICE releases Carol Mayorga, a Missouri mom whose detention sparked rural uproar
Carol Mayorga was detained in April during an immigration check-in at the ICE office in St. Louis. But on Wednesday, the beloved pancake house waitress is walking free from the Greene County Jail.
www.stlpr.org
June 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
BREAKING: ICE releases Carol Mayorga, a Missouri mom whose detention sparked uproar in her rural town.
@kavahnmansouri.bsky.social reports: www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
@kavahnmansouri.bsky.social reports: www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
“Nearly seven hours passed before ICE officers entered the room, placing the 45-year-old woman, whom many residents in Kennett described as a soccer mom, in shackles at the wrists, waist and ankles.”
Indepth reporting by NPR’s Midwest Newsroom @stlpublicradio.bsky.social
Indepth reporting by NPR’s Midwest Newsroom @stlpublicradio.bsky.social
A Kennett, Missouri, woman went to St. Louis last month for what she thought was a routine meeting with immigration officials to renew her immigration documents.
Instead, they shackled her and are now trying to deport her to Hong Kong.
Instead, they shackled her and are now trying to deport her to Hong Kong.
'Bring Carol home:' ICE snatches rural Missouri mom at immigration check-in
A Kennett, Missouri, woman went to St. Louis last month for what she thought was a routine meeting with immigration officials to renew her immigration documents. Instead, they shackled her and are now...
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May 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“Nearly seven hours passed before ICE officers entered the room, placing the 45-year-old woman, whom many residents in Kennett described as a soccer mom, in shackles at the wrists, waist and ankles.”
Indepth reporting by NPR’s Midwest Newsroom @stlpublicradio.bsky.social
Indepth reporting by NPR’s Midwest Newsroom @stlpublicradio.bsky.social
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“Sebastião was more than one of the best photographers of our time,” Instituto Terra said in a statement. “His lens revealed the world and its contradictions; his life, (brought) the power of transformative action.” RIP to a photo and environmental legend.
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Award-winning Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado dies at age 81
Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado, known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity, has died at age 81.
apnews.com
May 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“Sebastião was more than one of the best photographers of our time,” Instituto Terra said in a statement. “His lens revealed the world and its contradictions; his life, (brought) the power of transformative action.” RIP to a photo and environmental legend.
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apnews.com/article/braz...
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NEA Terminates Promised Grant to Bronx Documentary Center: 25K Revoked After Exhibition Costs Already Incurred
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NEA Revokes $25K Grant to Bronx Documentary Center After Exhibition Expenses Incurred
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May 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
NEA Terminates Promised Grant to Bronx Documentary Center: 25K Revoked After Exhibition Costs Already Incurred
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This is terrific news and welcome, Gustavo!
Renowned Peruvian Journalist Gustavo Gorriti Named Knight Press Freedom Fellow - Newmark J-School
New York City, May 15, 2025 — The Journalism Protection Initiative at the City University of New York’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism
www.journalism.cuny.edu
May 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is terrific news and welcome, Gustavo!
Former Uruguayan President José Mujica and his legacy.
José Mujica, Uruguay’s humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89
Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world, ...
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May 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Former Uruguayan President José Mujica and his legacy.
Truly inspired, this compilation of Vietnam War images from the greats of photojournalism: Burrows, Faas, Ut, Burnett, Page, Leroy, Jones Griffiths, Adams, Chapelle, Douglas Duncan, McCullin, Sawada, Greenspon, Caron, Chauvel, Riboud, Van Es, Veder and nuanced essay thanks, @damiencave.bsky.social
How Photography From the Vietnam War Changed America
The images changed how the world saw Vietnam, but especially how Americans saw their country, soldiers and the war itself, which ended 50 years ago this month.
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April 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Truly inspired, this compilation of Vietnam War images from the greats of photojournalism: Burrows, Faas, Ut, Burnett, Page, Leroy, Jones Griffiths, Adams, Chapelle, Douglas Duncan, McCullin, Sawada, Greenspon, Caron, Chauvel, Riboud, Van Es, Veder and nuanced essay thanks, @damiencave.bsky.social
Last week’s federal court decision forbidding the Trump administration from punishing the AP for refusing to rename the Gulf of Mexico was to take effect today. Thanks to @dbauder.bsky.social for keeping us updated.
Despite a court order, White House bars AP from Oval Office event
The Trump administration has turned a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press away from covering an Oval Office news conference involving President Donald Trump and El Salvador President N...
apnews.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Last week’s federal court decision forbidding the Trump administration from punishing the AP for refusing to rename the Gulf of Mexico was to take effect today. Thanks to @dbauder.bsky.social for keeping us updated.
Citing the First Amendment....
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.
apnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Citing the First Amendment....
The international journalists endangered and the autocrats/dictators happy about silencing U.S. Agency for Global Media via Asian affairs reporter Didi Tang @apnews.com
Foreign journalists at US-backed media fear being sent to repressive homelands after Trump's cuts
Reporters and human rights groups say the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media have put dozens of journalists at risk, especially those who defied authoritarian...
apnews.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The international journalists endangered and the autocrats/dictators happy about silencing U.S. Agency for Global Media via Asian affairs reporter Didi Tang @apnews.com
Just followed @maansi-photo.bsky.social Very important work that tells the story and screams to the power of photojournalism. Thanks for posting @gregkb.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Just followed @maansi-photo.bsky.social Very important work that tells the story and screams to the power of photojournalism. Thanks for posting @gregkb.bsky.social
“The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government,” the AP said in its lawsuit.
BREAKING: The Associated Press sues three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing the First Amendment.
AP sues 3 Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech
The Associated Press is suing three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events.
apnews.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government,” the AP said in its lawsuit.
Count me in.
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Donate to Support Nick Ut and the Defamation Prosecution Fund, organized by David Kennerly
Nick Ut won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for his historic photo 'Terr… David Kennerly needs your support for Support Nick Ut and the Defamation Prosecution Fund
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February 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Count me in.
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Four years on from the insurrection at the Capitol, and we've never stopped tracking justice for the 18 journalists assaulted in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021.
It's all kept here in our database ⬇️
It's all kept here in our database ⬇️
Charges — and punishments — for J6 rioters who hurt journalists, damaged news equipment
While documenting the large mob in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, photographer John Minchillo was grabbed …
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January 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Four years on from the insurrection at the Capitol, and we've never stopped tracking justice for the 18 journalists assaulted in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021.
It's all kept here in our database ⬇️
It's all kept here in our database ⬇️
Hugs to your princesa, @msantiagophotos.bsky.social
Me: you have to learn Spanish. You’re Dominican.
My daughter: No I’m not.
Me: OK what are you then?
My daughter: I’m a princess .
My daughter: No I’m not.
Me: OK what are you then?
My daughter: I’m a princess .
January 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Hugs to your princesa, @msantiagophotos.bsky.social
In memory of the great Michel du Cille, photojournalist and photo editor of the Miami Herald and Washington Post, who died 10 years ago today. His greatness was his talent but he brought more to the news industry by sharing his principled standards about journalism and photography. He's missed.
December 11, 2024 at 6:11 PM
In memory of the great Michel du Cille, photojournalist and photo editor of the Miami Herald and Washington Post, who died 10 years ago today. His greatness was his talent but he brought more to the news industry by sharing his principled standards about journalism and photography. He's missed.
Finalmente!
AP is finally on Bluesky here: bsky.app/profile/apne...
There are a couple of bot accounts that are posting AP stories, but this is the legit account.
There are a couple of bot accounts that are posting AP stories, but this is the legit account.
bsky.app
December 5, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Finalmente!
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Not sure how this works but i started a starter pack. 🤣 Link: go.bsky.app/BTyyJNV
December 1, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Not sure how this works but i started a starter pack. 🤣 Link: go.bsky.app/BTyyJNV
June 28, 2018. “For a moment, though, working by his truck in a garage across from his destroyed newsroom, Pat symbolized the best of us and helped write the story that represented the best of American journalism.”
My colleague and friend passed away earlier this week.
He meant so much to us at The Capital and continued to push through his own challenges to support us. Please consider taking some time to learn more about him here:
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/colu...
He meant so much to us at The Capital and continued to push through his own challenges to support us. Please consider taking some time to learn more about him here:
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/colu...
Pat Furgurson, journalist who covered his colleagues’ murders, dies
Pat Furgurson covered a tragedy that swept up him, the newspaper he worked for, Annapolis, and for a moment, the nation.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:40 PM
June 28, 2018. “For a moment, though, working by his truck in a garage across from his destroyed newsroom, Pat symbolized the best of us and helped write the story that represented the best of American journalism.”
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I played tennis for two years inside San Quentin prison with Kenny, now paroled and making positive contributions to society helping others. Beyond proud of his new life he worked hard to achieve. His first game at Chase Center, too.
November 21, 2024 at 3:57 AM
I played tennis for two years inside San Quentin prison with Kenny, now paroled and making positive contributions to society helping others. Beyond proud of his new life he worked hard to achieve. His first game at Chase Center, too.