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Journalism in service of people, democracy. Directed by Billy Wilder, Frank Capra. Choreography Gene Kelly. Soundtrack Springsteen, the Clash, Johnny Cash.
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Be a part of history! Join us Nov. 11, #VeteransDay, in Dana, Indiana for the unveiling of artist Bill Wolfe's bronze statue of legendary Hoosier #WWII journalist Ernie Pyle. Free breakfast, military honor guard & more! erniepyle.org/2025/10/20/s...
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Be a part of history! Join us Nov. 11, #VeteransDay, in Dana, Indiana for the unveiling of artist Bill Wolfe's bronze statue of legendary Hoosier #WWII journalist Ernie Pyle. Free breakfast, military honor guard & more! erniepyle.org/2025/10/20/s...
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The museum is open #VeteransDay, Nov. 11, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. in Dana, Indiana Join us for events honoring #veterans including the dedication of artist Bill Wolfe's bronze statue of Ernie Pyle. Info at erniepyle.org/2025/10/20/s...
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The museum is open #VeteransDay, Nov. 11, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. in Dana, Indiana Join us for events honoring #veterans including the dedication of artist Bill Wolfe's bronze statue of Ernie Pyle. Info at erniepyle.org/2025/10/20/s...
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Join us Nov. 11, #Veterans Day, in Dana, Indiana for the unveiling of artist Bill Wolfe's bronze statue of Ernie Pyle.
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Ernie Pyle statue unveiling set for Veterans Day — Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025 - Ernie Pyle
The Friends of Ernie Pyle invites the public to attend the unveiling of the bronze statue of World War II’s preeminent correspondent. The statue was created by Clinton sculptor Bill Wolfe. The p...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Join us Nov. 11, #Veterans Day, in Dana, Indiana for the unveiling of artist Bill Wolfe's bronze statue of Ernie Pyle.
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“Let me be known as just the man that told you something you already knew.”
Woody Guthrie
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Woody Guthrie
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October 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Let me be known as just the man that told you something you already knew.”
Woody Guthrie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxiM...
Woody Guthrie
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Griffith was found guilty of failure to disperse and fined $50.
That's unconstitutional -- even the DOJ recognizes journalists' right to cover how law enforcement disperses protesters.
But it also shows what a giant waste of taxpayer funds it is to prosecute journalists for doing their jobs.
That's unconstitutional -- even the DOJ recognizes journalists' right to cover how law enforcement disperses protesters.
But it also shows what a giant waste of taxpayer funds it is to prosecute journalists for doing their jobs.
Student journalist Lucas Griffith faces trial today for covering a protest against the deportation of Ayman Soliman, who himself fled persecution for his journalism in Egypt.
Lucas did nothing wrong. This is a big deal and would be national news in normal times.
Lucas did nothing wrong. This is a big deal and would be national news in normal times.
On trial for journalism in Kentucky.
Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges.
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October 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Griffith was found guilty of failure to disperse and fined $50.
That's unconstitutional -- even the DOJ recognizes journalists' right to cover how law enforcement disperses protesters.
But it also shows what a giant waste of taxpayer funds it is to prosecute journalists for doing their jobs.
That's unconstitutional -- even the DOJ recognizes journalists' right to cover how law enforcement disperses protesters.
But it also shows what a giant waste of taxpayer funds it is to prosecute journalists for doing their jobs.
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Here's an in-depth legal analysis of Judge Royce Lamberth's order that temporarily suspended mass layoffs at VOA.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Here's an in-depth legal analysis of Judge Royce Lamberth's order that temporarily suspended mass layoffs at VOA.
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Three retired IU professors sued the Board of Trustees on Wednesday, claiming new policies unjustly restrict their voting rights.
Retired IU faculty sue Board of Trustees over new voting policy
The lawsuit claims new policies unjustly restrict their voting rights.
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September 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Three retired IU professors sued the Board of Trustees on Wednesday, claiming new policies unjustly restrict their voting rights.
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Playing Woody Guthrie’s “Blowin’ Down This Road” with Bruce Springsteen, 2012 Austin Music Awards during SXSW at the Austin Music Hall.
Photo: Erika Goldring
Photo: Erika Goldring
August 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Playing Woody Guthrie’s “Blowin’ Down This Road” with Bruce Springsteen, 2012 Austin Music Awards during SXSW at the Austin Music Hall.
Photo: Erika Goldring
Photo: Erika Goldring
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“VOA journalists Patsy Widakuswara and Jessica Jerreat, and Kate Neeper, a director at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, called Lake’s firings ‘abhorrent.’” Read @scottnover.bsky.social report on @washingtonpost.com 👇
Kari Lake lays off more than 500 staff at Voice of America parent agency
Amid a contentious court battle, the Trump administration official sent long-awaited termination notices to staffers who have been waiting on administrative leave for months.
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August 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“VOA journalists Patsy Widakuswara and Jessica Jerreat, and Kate Neeper, a director at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, called Lake’s firings ‘abhorrent.’” Read @scottnover.bsky.social report on @washingtonpost.com 👇
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“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
August 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
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"Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future."
Ray Bradbury, born on this day in 1920
Ray Bradbury, born on this day in 1920
August 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future."
Ray Bradbury, born on this day in 1920
Ray Bradbury, born on this day in 1920
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Mind boggling and humiliating that CBS would permit this.
A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda.
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
August 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Mind boggling and humiliating that CBS would permit this.
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Please purchase these items to help raise money for our fired contractors and other vulnerable colleagues. Your donation will fund emergency medical and immigration needs for them and their families. Links to purchase in comment below 👇
August 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Please purchase these items to help raise money for our fired contractors and other vulnerable colleagues. Your donation will fund emergency medical and immigration needs for them and their families. Links to purchase in comment below 👇
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The nonprofit, nonpartisan @ourpublicservice.bsky.social, created the Federal Harms Tracker, a new initiative that will measure and report on reductions to the federal workforce. The report includes 659 job losses at VOA.
Shining a Light on the Destruction of our Government
The Trump administration promised transparency, but on one of its most consequential priorities, it has gone to great lengths to obfuscate.
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August 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The nonprofit, nonpartisan @ourpublicservice.bsky.social, created the Federal Harms Tracker, a new initiative that will measure and report on reductions to the federal workforce. The report includes 659 job losses at VOA.
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Join us Aug. 8 & 9 for the Ernie Pyle & Firemen's Festival in Dana, Indiana. The annual celebration caps off the 125th anniversary of the beloved Hoosier WWII correspondent's birth. Parade, music, food & more! erniepyle.org/2025/07/06/e...
August 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Join us Aug. 8 & 9 for the Ernie Pyle & Firemen's Festival in Dana, Indiana. The annual celebration caps off the 125th anniversary of the beloved Hoosier WWII correspondent's birth. Parade, music, food & more! erniepyle.org/2025/07/06/e...
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During his time @IUBloomington, Ernie Pyle was a campus leader, a student manager of the football team, member of the Board of Aeons and editor of @idsnews. His nickname was Red, a nod to his hair color. Aug. 3 marks the 125th anniversary of his birthday.
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Ernie Pyle at Indiana University: College helped prepare storyteller for career as war correspondent - Ernie Pyle
Bloomington will be the site of a special National Ernie Pyle Day celebration on Aug. 3. A number of speakers will focus on Pyle’s service reporting the lives of U.S. troops during World War II. What ...
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August 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
During his time @IUBloomington, Ernie Pyle was a campus leader, a student manager of the football team, member of the Board of Aeons and editor of @idsnews. His nickname was Red, a nod to his hair color. Aug. 3 marks the 125th anniversary of his birthday.
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On this day in 1935, Ernie Pyle set out with his wife Jerry to tour the country and report on what he found as the “Hoosier Vagabond” columnist.
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The Hoosier Vagabond: On the Road with Ernie Pyle
Clem “Pop” Shaffer, the owner of the only hotel in Mountainair , New Mexico , was sitting in front of a fireplace in the lobby of his bric...
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August 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
On this day in 1935, Ernie Pyle set out with his wife Jerry to tour the country and report on what he found as the “Hoosier Vagabond” columnist.
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On National Ernie Pyle Day, the 125th anniversary of the legendary journalist's birthday, we honor Pyle and his tremendous storytelling. Learn more about the beloved war correspondent at erniepyle.org and join us for events this week at the museum.
August 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
On National Ernie Pyle Day, the 125th anniversary of the legendary journalist's birthday, we honor Pyle and his tremendous storytelling. Learn more about the beloved war correspondent at erniepyle.org and join us for events this week at the museum.
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Ernie Pyle's poignant WWII piece, "The Death of Captain Waskow," was voted as the best column ever written by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. erniepyle.org/waskow/
The Death of Captain Waskow - Ernie Pyle
in the hometown of history’s greatest war correspondent The Death of Captain Waskow by Ernie Pyle AT THE FRONT LINES IN ITALY, January 10, 1944 – In this war I have known a lot of officers who were lo...
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August 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ernie Pyle's poignant WWII piece, "The Death of Captain Waskow," was voted as the best column ever written by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. erniepyle.org/waskow/
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Before his years as a war correspondent, Ernie Pyle was a roving reporter who penned a popular syndicated column, "Hoosier Vagabond." He traveled around the country & sometimes shared childhood experiences of his Indiana hometown & family. erniepyle.org/2025/06/08/2...
2025 marks 125th anniversary of Ernie Pyle’s birth - Ernie Pyle
Writer shared childhood experiences of his Indiana hometown, family in early columns It’s been 125 year’s since Ernie Pyle was born in an Indiana farmhouse on Aug. 3, 1900 — the farmhouse now comprise...
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August 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Before his years as a war correspondent, Ernie Pyle was a roving reporter who penned a popular syndicated column, "Hoosier Vagabond." He traveled around the country & sometimes shared childhood experiences of his Indiana hometown & family. erniepyle.org/2025/06/08/2...
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Join us 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2 for a movie screening of Ernie Pyle's "Story of G.I. Joe."
"My part is played by Burgess Meredith. The make-up men shaved his head and wrinkled his face and made him up so well that he’s even uglier than I am, poor fellow.” bit.ly/4l6wwgg
"My part is played by Burgess Meredith. The make-up men shaved his head and wrinkled his face and made him up so well that he’s even uglier than I am, poor fellow.” bit.ly/4l6wwgg
"Story of G.I. Joe" 80th anniversary movie screening at museum kicks off week of Ernie Pyle 125th birthday events - Ernie Pyle
Outdoor showing scheduled for 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2 in Dana, Indiana. For more information on birthday celebration activities, click here. Ernie Pyle’s “Story of G.I. Joe” premiered 80 years ago in ...
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August 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Join us 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2 for a movie screening of Ernie Pyle's "Story of G.I. Joe."
"My part is played by Burgess Meredith. The make-up men shaved his head and wrinkled his face and made him up so well that he’s even uglier than I am, poor fellow.” bit.ly/4l6wwgg
"My part is played by Burgess Meredith. The make-up men shaved his head and wrinkled his face and made him up so well that he’s even uglier than I am, poor fellow.” bit.ly/4l6wwgg
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“There’s nothing romantic whatever in knowing that an hour from now you may be dead."
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The Last Assignment: Ernie Pyle on Okinawa - Indiana Historical Society
In early April 1945, while covering the American invasion of Okinawa, an island located only 330 miles from Japan, two war correspondents, one a veteran of the Pacific War and the other a newcomer to ...
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July 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“There’s nothing romantic whatever in knowing that an hour from now you may be dead."
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In July of 1945, the great WWII correspondent Ernie Pyle was laid to rest at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii.
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Ernie Pyle laid to rest July 19, 1945 in Hawaii at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific - Ernie Pyle
Ernie Pyle was laid to rest July 19, 1945 at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl Crater, Oahu, Hawaii. Pyle was killed by sniper fire on the island of Ie Shima on April 18, 1945 —...
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July 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
In July of 1945, the great WWII correspondent Ernie Pyle was laid to rest at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii.
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Join us for a week of special events celebrating the 125th birthday of Ernie Pyle, Aug. 2-10.
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Join us Aug. 2-10 at the museum for events celebrating Ernie Pyle's 125th birthday - Ernie Pyle
Aug. 3, 2025, marks the 125th anniversary of the birthday of Ernie Pyle — the renowned, Pulitzer Prize-winning Hoosier war correspondent. The Ernie Pyle WWII Museum in his hometown of Dana, Indiana, w...
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July 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Join us for a week of special events celebrating the 125th birthday of Ernie Pyle, Aug. 2-10.
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