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@billshaner.bsky.social describes why local news is so pivotal as his community became the center of national news after an ICE raid on Eureka Street.
Free Press continues to support the funding of public-grantmaking body for local news.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/five-le...
Free Press continues to support the funding of public-grantmaking body for local news.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/five-le...
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
@billshaner.bsky.social describes why local news is so pivotal as his community became the center of national news after an ICE raid on Eureka Street.
Free Press continues to support the funding of public-grantmaking body for local news.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/five-le...
Free Press continues to support the funding of public-grantmaking body for local news.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/five-le...
We need to talk about Donald Trump and his censorship czar, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, because they're at it again.
Here's your latest media censorship update from Free Press' co-CEO @notaaroncraig.bsky.social:
Here's your latest media censorship update from Free Press' co-CEO @notaaroncraig.bsky.social:
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We need to talk about Donald Trump and his censorship czar, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, because they're at it again.
Here's your latest media censorship update from Free Press' co-CEO @notaaroncraig.bsky.social:
Here's your latest media censorship update from Free Press' co-CEO @notaaroncraig.bsky.social:
Free Press' @jgo4justice.bsky.social is with Jane Fonda and the Committee for the First Amendment to break down how media capitulation has a chilling effect on media independence and creativity.
Watch the full conversation between Jane and Jessica: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWJ...
Watch the full conversation between Jane and Jessica: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWJ...
November 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Free Press' @jgo4justice.bsky.social is with Jane Fonda and the Committee for the First Amendment to break down how media capitulation has a chilling effect on media independence and creativity.
Watch the full conversation between Jane and Jessica: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWJ...
Watch the full conversation between Jane and Jessica: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWJ...
On a recent episode of @whyy.org Studio 2, @victorpickard.bsky.social and Jai Smith offer solutions to the mounting pressures faced by local news outlets.
It's time to fund local news like that public good that it is.
Learn more: whyy.org/episodes/loc...
It's time to fund local news like that public good that it is.
Learn more: whyy.org/episodes/loc...
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
On a recent episode of @whyy.org Studio 2, @victorpickard.bsky.social and Jai Smith offer solutions to the mounting pressures faced by local news outlets.
It's time to fund local news like that public good that it is.
Learn more: whyy.org/episodes/loc...
It's time to fund local news like that public good that it is.
Learn more: whyy.org/episodes/loc...
Independent media is as American as the American Revolution.
Sarah and Julio took a listening tour across Massachusetts to meet with local journalists and community leaders to learn ways to create a public-grantmaking body for local news.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/five-le...
Sarah and Julio took a listening tour across Massachusetts to meet with local journalists and community leaders to learn ways to create a public-grantmaking body for local news.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/five-le...
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Independent media is as American as the American Revolution.
Sarah and Julio took a listening tour across Massachusetts to meet with local journalists and community leaders to learn ways to create a public-grantmaking body for local news.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/five-le...
Sarah and Julio took a listening tour across Massachusetts to meet with local journalists and community leaders to learn ways to create a public-grantmaking body for local news.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/five-le...
“Free expression is non-negotiable."
@newsjawn.bsky.social is #BTS in Camden for @agomezfcc.bsky.social's First Amendment listening tour, which Free Press and the Rutgers Institute for Information Policy and Law co-hosted.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/fcc-com...
@newsjawn.bsky.social is #BTS in Camden for @agomezfcc.bsky.social's First Amendment listening tour, which Free Press and the Rutgers Institute for Information Policy and Law co-hosted.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/fcc-com...
November 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
“Free expression is non-negotiable."
@newsjawn.bsky.social is #BTS in Camden for @agomezfcc.bsky.social's First Amendment listening tour, which Free Press and the Rutgers Institute for Information Policy and Law co-hosted.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/fcc-com...
@newsjawn.bsky.social is #BTS in Camden for @agomezfcc.bsky.social's First Amendment listening tour, which Free Press and the Rutgers Institute for Information Policy and Law co-hosted.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/fcc-com...
What a great night.
Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social: "Free Expression is non-negotiable. It marks the line between freedom and repression. Therefore, we must defend it without compromise."
Catch her remarks and the full event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJ0...
Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social: "Free Expression is non-negotiable. It marks the line between freedom and repression. Therefore, we must defend it without compromise."
Catch her remarks and the full event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJ0...
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
What a great night.
Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social: "Free Expression is non-negotiable. It marks the line between freedom and repression. Therefore, we must defend it without compromise."
Catch her remarks and the full event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJ0...
Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social: "Free Expression is non-negotiable. It marks the line between freedom and repression. Therefore, we must defend it without compromise."
Catch her remarks and the full event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJ0...
Few policymakers have been as brave as @agomezfcc.bsky.social in speaking out about the critical crossroads for free speech and local news.
Join us tomorrow with a fearless FCC commissioner who has put everything on the line to challenge the assault on free speech.
RSVP: bit.ly/fpnjgomez
Join us tomorrow with a fearless FCC commissioner who has put everything on the line to challenge the assault on free speech.
RSVP: bit.ly/fpnjgomez
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Few policymakers have been as brave as @agomezfcc.bsky.social in speaking out about the critical crossroads for free speech and local news.
Join us tomorrow with a fearless FCC commissioner who has put everything on the line to challenge the assault on free speech.
RSVP: bit.ly/fpnjgomez
Join us tomorrow with a fearless FCC commissioner who has put everything on the line to challenge the assault on free speech.
RSVP: bit.ly/fpnjgomez
Free Press was honored to host the Los Angeles stop on FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez’s First Amendment tour where public officials, journalists and advocates discussed the unconstitutional efforts to suppress free expression.
More: www.freepress.net/blog/fcc-com...
More: www.freepress.net/blog/fcc-com...
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Free Press was honored to host the Los Angeles stop on FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez’s First Amendment tour where public officials, journalists and advocates discussed the unconstitutional efforts to suppress free expression.
More: www.freepress.net/blog/fcc-com...
More: www.freepress.net/blog/fcc-com...
@safiyanoble.bsky.social, UCLA professor and author of Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism, explained how threats against educational institutions are intertwined with the threats against media and journalists.
Watch the event recap: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Kq...
Watch the event recap: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Kq...
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
@safiyanoble.bsky.social, UCLA professor and author of Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism, explained how threats against educational institutions are intertwined with the threats against media and journalists.
Watch the event recap: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Kq...
Watch the event recap: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Kq...
@agomezfcc.bsky.social continues to wage a lonely fight for press freedoms.
In May, she took a forceful stand against government censorship and intimidation of U.S. media during our Los Angeles forum.
Read more: www.freepress.net/news/fcc-com...
In May, she took a forceful stand against government censorship and intimidation of U.S. media during our Los Angeles forum.
Read more: www.freepress.net/news/fcc-com...
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
@agomezfcc.bsky.social continues to wage a lonely fight for press freedoms.
In May, she took a forceful stand against government censorship and intimidation of U.S. media during our Los Angeles forum.
Read more: www.freepress.net/news/fcc-com...
In May, she took a forceful stand against government censorship and intimidation of U.S. media during our Los Angeles forum.
Read more: www.freepress.net/news/fcc-com...
Earlier this year, Free Press brought together journalists, elected officials & advocates to discuss a pattern of political interference across public broadcasting and online platforms, warning that federal agencies are being used to suppress dissent.
🧵 Here's what they had to say...
🧵 Here's what they had to say...
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Earlier this year, Free Press brought together journalists, elected officials & advocates to discuss a pattern of political interference across public broadcasting and online platforms, warning that federal agencies are being used to suppress dissent.
🧵 Here's what they had to say...
🧵 Here's what they had to say...
Local news and freedom of speech across the country are under threat.
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez is the lone dissenting voice at the newly minted Federal *Censorship* Commission. Join Free Prfess with @agomezfcc.bsky.social to discuss the critical crossroads ahead.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/fpnjgomez
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez is the lone dissenting voice at the newly minted Federal *Censorship* Commission. Join Free Prfess with @agomezfcc.bsky.social to discuss the critical crossroads ahead.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/fpnjgomez
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Local news and freedom of speech across the country are under threat.
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez is the lone dissenting voice at the newly minted Federal *Censorship* Commission. Join Free Prfess with @agomezfcc.bsky.social to discuss the critical crossroads ahead.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/fpnjgomez
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez is the lone dissenting voice at the newly minted Federal *Censorship* Commission. Join Free Prfess with @agomezfcc.bsky.social to discuss the critical crossroads ahead.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/fpnjgomez
To understand how we've gotten so close to rising authoritarianism and a crumbling Fourth Estate, Sunday's 60 Minutes interview with Trump tells you everything you need to know.
@notaaroncraig.bsky.social explains how we reclaim the airwaves.
READ: https://pressingissues.org/good-night-and-wtf/
@notaaroncraig.bsky.social explains how we reclaim the airwaves.
READ: https://pressingissues.org/good-night-and-wtf/
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
To understand how we've gotten so close to rising authoritarianism and a crumbling Fourth Estate, Sunday's 60 Minutes interview with Trump tells you everything you need to know.
@notaaroncraig.bsky.social explains how we reclaim the airwaves.
READ: https://pressingissues.org/good-night-and-wtf/
@notaaroncraig.bsky.social explains how we reclaim the airwaves.
READ: https://pressingissues.org/good-night-and-wtf/
Carr isn’t hiding his hypocrisy well.
In last month's FCC open meeting, Chairman Brendan Carr laughed off his threats to broadcasters when he temporarily ushered Jimmy Kimmel off the air.
It didn't go well.
Free Press' @mattfieldwood.bsky.social: pressingissues.org/another-carr...
In last month's FCC open meeting, Chairman Brendan Carr laughed off his threats to broadcasters when he temporarily ushered Jimmy Kimmel off the air.
It didn't go well.
Free Press' @mattfieldwood.bsky.social: pressingissues.org/another-carr...
October 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Carr isn’t hiding his hypocrisy well.
In last month's FCC open meeting, Chairman Brendan Carr laughed off his threats to broadcasters when he temporarily ushered Jimmy Kimmel off the air.
It didn't go well.
Free Press' @mattfieldwood.bsky.social: pressingissues.org/another-carr...
In last month's FCC open meeting, Chairman Brendan Carr laughed off his threats to broadcasters when he temporarily ushered Jimmy Kimmel off the air.
It didn't go well.
Free Press' @mattfieldwood.bsky.social: pressingissues.org/another-carr...
"Media capitulation is a slippery slope. Once a company takes a step onto that scale, the slide to propaganda can be pretty swift."
@timkarr.bsky.social discusses Free Press' analysis of how media companies are caving to Trump:
http://bit.ly/46UPy5I
@timkarr.bsky.social discusses Free Press' analysis of how media companies are caving to Trump:
http://bit.ly/46UPy5I
October 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Media capitulation is a slippery slope. Once a company takes a step onto that scale, the slide to propaganda can be pretty swift."
@timkarr.bsky.social discusses Free Press' analysis of how media companies are caving to Trump:
http://bit.ly/46UPy5I
@timkarr.bsky.social discusses Free Press' analysis of how media companies are caving to Trump:
http://bit.ly/46UPy5I
Free Press Co-CEO @jgo4justice.bsky.social has a powerful piece on how GOP leaders are criminalizing protests and portraying progressive activists as terrorists.
https://pressingissues.org/gop-escalates-opposition-to-peaceful-protest/
https://pressingissues.org/gop-escalates-opposition-to-peaceful-protest/
October 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Free Press Co-CEO @jgo4justice.bsky.social has a powerful piece on how GOP leaders are criminalizing protests and portraying progressive activists as terrorists.
https://pressingissues.org/gop-escalates-opposition-to-peaceful-protest/
https://pressingissues.org/gop-escalates-opposition-to-peaceful-protest/
Planning to go to a #NoKings protest this weekend? Check out our protest guide, which has lots of tips and strategies on how you can stay safe.
https://www.freepress.net/policy-library/protesting-2025
https://www.freepress.net/policy-library/protesting-2025
October 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Planning to go to a #NoKings protest this weekend? Check out our protest guide, which has lots of tips and strategies on how you can stay safe.
https://www.freepress.net/policy-library/protesting-2025
https://www.freepress.net/policy-library/protesting-2025
Apple and Google caved to the Trump administration and removed ICE-tracking apps from their app stores. People need to be able to communicate freely to keep themselves safe.
Urge Apple and Google to restore these apps: https://act.freepress.net/sign/google-apple-resist-censorship/?source=bluesky
Urge Apple and Google to restore these apps: https://act.freepress.net/sign/google-apple-resist-censorship/?source=bluesky
October 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Apple and Google caved to the Trump administration and removed ICE-tracking apps from their app stores. People need to be able to communicate freely to keep themselves safe.
Urge Apple and Google to restore these apps: https://act.freepress.net/sign/google-apple-resist-censorship/?source=bluesky
Urge Apple and Google to restore these apps: https://act.freepress.net/sign/google-apple-resist-censorship/?source=bluesky
Mark Zuckerberg wants to build a data center the size of Manhattan. And he's not alone.
Data centers are devastating the environment -- but communities are fighting back. More here:
https://www.freepress.net/blog/why-data-centers-are-bad
Data centers are devastating the environment -- but communities are fighting back. More here:
https://www.freepress.net/blog/why-data-centers-are-bad
October 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Mark Zuckerberg wants to build a data center the size of Manhattan. And he's not alone.
Data centers are devastating the environment -- but communities are fighting back. More here:
https://www.freepress.net/blog/why-data-centers-are-bad
Data centers are devastating the environment -- but communities are fighting back. More here:
https://www.freepress.net/blog/why-data-centers-are-bad
Like other states across the country, Massachusetts has seen local journalism die out. Here's what a tour across the state revealed about the way forward.
https://www.freepress.net/blog/five-lessons-saving-local-journalism-massachusetts
https://www.freepress.net/blog/five-lessons-saving-local-journalism-massachusetts
October 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Like other states across the country, Massachusetts has seen local journalism die out. Here's what a tour across the state revealed about the way forward.
https://www.freepress.net/blog/five-lessons-saving-local-journalism-massachusetts
https://www.freepress.net/blog/five-lessons-saving-local-journalism-massachusetts
Free Press staffers are working hard to hold FCC Chairman Brendan Carr accountable, protect free speech and more. Check out our latest View from the Field post to see what we've been up to:
https://www.freepress.net/blog/view-field-holding-brendan-carr-accountable
https://www.freepress.net/blog/view-field-holding-brendan-carr-accountable
October 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Free Press staffers are working hard to hold FCC Chairman Brendan Carr accountable, protect free speech and more. Check out our latest View from the Field post to see what we've been up to:
https://www.freepress.net/blog/view-field-holding-brendan-carr-accountable
https://www.freepress.net/blog/view-field-holding-brendan-carr-accountable
We get a lot of questions from folks who think Free Press and "The Free Press" are one and the same. We're not. Our Free Press actually stands up to billionaires and fights to protect free speech.
More here: https://www.freepress.net/blog/this-free-press-isnt-the-free-press
More here: https://www.freepress.net/blog/this-free-press-isnt-the-free-press
October 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We get a lot of questions from folks who think Free Press and "The Free Press" are one and the same. We're not. Our Free Press actually stands up to billionaires and fights to protect free speech.
More here: https://www.freepress.net/blog/this-free-press-isnt-the-free-press
More here: https://www.freepress.net/blog/this-free-press-isnt-the-free-press
Trump has set his sights on anyone monitoring its expanding immigration enforcement operations, and it's turning to Big Tech to help.
Free Press' advocacy director @ruddock.bsky.social explains how the crackdown moves to ban and chill traditional media reporting on the topic, too.
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Free Press' advocacy director @ruddock.bsky.social explains how the crackdown moves to ban and chill traditional media reporting on the topic, too.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Trump has set his sights on anyone monitoring its expanding immigration enforcement operations, and it's turning to Big Tech to help.
Free Press' advocacy director @ruddock.bsky.social explains how the crackdown moves to ban and chill traditional media reporting on the topic, too.
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Free Press' advocacy director @ruddock.bsky.social explains how the crackdown moves to ban and chill traditional media reporting on the topic, too.
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"Earlier this week, a Boston judge ruled that the Trump administration has engaged in a campaign to censor students' speech — namely, students voicing support for Palestinian freedom and rights." - @attorneynora.bsky.social via Democracy Now!
WATCH: www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/ma...
WATCH: www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/ma...
October 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"Earlier this week, a Boston judge ruled that the Trump administration has engaged in a campaign to censor students' speech — namely, students voicing support for Palestinian freedom and rights." - @attorneynora.bsky.social via Democracy Now!
WATCH: www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/ma...
WATCH: www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/ma...