Kathy Kiely
@kathykiely.bsky.social
Journalist; teacher of journalists. Lee Hills Chair in Free Press Studies, Missouri School of Journalism
I am glad that members of my profession are coalescing to call out these existential threats to #pressfreedom and #freespeech.
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Press Freedom United
Press Freedom United is an organization of engaged citizens, journalists, media organizations and defenders of the First Amendment and the free press in the United States and abroad.
pressfreedom.ac-page.com
May 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I am glad that members of my profession are coalescing to call out these existential threats to #pressfreedom and #freespeech.
pressfreedom.ac-page.com/home
pressfreedom.ac-page.com/home
Also puzzling: why a supposed champion of #rural America would deprive people who live there of an important source of news and information.
ruralpublic.org
ruralpublic.org
The Alliance of Rural Public Media
The Alliance of Rural Public Media represents rural public radio stations spanning the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as Native American and Island communities.
ruralpublic.org
May 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Also puzzling: why a supposed champion of #rural America would deprive people who live there of an important source of news and information.
ruralpublic.org
ruralpublic.org
Why anyone who wants to "make America great" would betray #journalists to #dictators is a question we should all ponder deeply.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
By firing Voice of America, Radio Free journalists, Trump puts them in danger | Opinion
Trump administration's disbanding news outlets operated by U.S. Agency for Global Media risks lives of foreign journalists who work for America.
www.usatoday.com
May 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Why anyone who wants to "make America great" would betray #journalists to #dictators is a question we should all ponder deeply.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
We can see the results of this footdragging in the plight of #journalists @radiofreeasiapr.bsky.social who are facing layoffs as a result Team #Trump's refusal to comply with court orders.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...
Radio Free Asia lays off most staff after losing federal funding
Radio Free Asia, which counters communist propaganda in Asia, announced mass layoffs while it fights the Trump administration in court.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We can see the results of this footdragging in the plight of #journalists @radiofreeasiapr.bsky.social who are facing layoffs as a result Team #Trump's refusal to comply with court orders.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...
While @voiceofamerica.bsky.social appears to have won an court victory, you can be sure the Administration's compliance will be grudging at best.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/0...
Voice of America staff can resume reporting next week, DOJ says
An email from the Justice Department said VOA staff can begin a “phased return” to the office and programming. The broadcaster has effectively been shut down since March.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
While @voiceofamerica.bsky.social appears to have won an court victory, you can be sure the Administration's compliance will be grudging at best.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/0...
Nicely timed for #PublicMediaGivingDays. I already gave to my local #NPR station @kbianews.bsky.social -- before there was any prompting by the president! You can too. www.kbia.org/donation-por...
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May 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Nicely timed for #PublicMediaGivingDays. I already gave to my local #NPR station @kbianews.bsky.social -- before there was any prompting by the president! You can too. www.kbia.org/donation-por...
They’re selling “a chance to engage with the White House press corps? Has anyone told the reporters they are being hawked?
March 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
They’re selling “a chance to engage with the White House press corps? Has anyone told the reporters they are being hawked?
Note the number of cosponsors 😂
February 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Note the number of cosponsors 😂
And lest we forget. How great to have a mensch in the Senate!
Behind the viral photo of Rep. Andy Kim cleaning up at midnight after riots
“It’s a room that I love so much. ... It pained me so much to see it in this kind of condition,” the New Jersey Democrat said.
www.nbcnews.com
January 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
And lest we forget. How great to have a mensch in the Senate!