“She wanted changes, and I ultimately had to comply,” Tanya Simon, “60 Minutes” EP, told staff today. Updated w @scottnover.bsky.social

In 2025, press freedom came under direct attack. We must not respond to this existential crisis with silence and apathy. Read @aidaalami.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Via @liamjscott.bsky.social at the other site here’s the full email from 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. She’s putting her career on the line by fighting here. And she’s fighting for all of us.

Read the full email Sharyn Alfonsi sent her team about CBS pulling their segment on the Trump admin’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants

Here’s a gift link to this stunner Washpost story, quoting the 60 Minutes correspondent on the CECOT story, who accuses Bari Weiss of spiking the piece all because the Trump Administration wouldn’t comment. “Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.” wapo.st/3YL4T3D

New from me and @scottnover.bsky.social

Former staffers say a new owner dealt the respected publication a death blow when service members and veterans needed it most. Read @liamjscott.bsky.social www.cjr.org/feature/mili...

This was supposed to be a season for celebration at the New Yorker. Instead, some of the most famous writers in America are up in arms about parent company Condé Nast firing a fact-checker for “extreme misconduct." w/ @laurawags.bsky.social and @liamjscott.bsky.social

“‘Things happen.’ Just two words. That’s all it took for Donald Trump to effectively dismiss what is probably the most infamous journalist killing of the last decade.” — CPJ’s CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social writes in an op-ed for @theguardian.com. Read more👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"It is a chaotic and unstable and bad business, but if you have an owner who is really committed to the journalism and also really feels a personal need to keep the thing going, that changes the equation." @joshtpm.bsky.social to @liamjscott.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

A federal judge has ruled that LA County must face journalist Maya Lau’s lawsuit, which alleges that sheriff's deputies unlawfully investigated her in retaliation for her reporting about police misconduct. @rcfp.org attorneys are co-representing Lau in the case.

Writing in @thenation.com December issue, @liamjscott.bsky.social writes about our work to #FreeJimmyLai. A renowned publisher, pro-democracy advocate, a husband, a father, a grandfather. As he turns 78, the race is on to free him and save his life. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

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KOTZ broadcasts to a region the size of Indiana that has 0.1% of its population. @liamjscott.bsky.social reported from Alaska on the connections KOTZ provides to those towns—and the threat posed by Congress’s recission of funding for public media: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/1...

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“Newspaper archives are at risk around the United States. Sometimes the threat is a natural disaster, as it was in Canadian, but archives are more commonly lost when newspapers shutter, move to smaller offices, or are purchased.” @liamjscott.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/dig...

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@liamjscott.bsky.social reports on two @citybeatcincy.bsky.social reporters who covered an immigration detention protest being put on trial on criminal charges. www.cjr.org/news/madelin...

On Trial for Journalism in Kentucky: Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges. By @liamjscott.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/news/madelin...

For Uyghurs living in exile, a taste of home serves up both joy and sorrow, writes @liamjscott.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social with recipes of popular dishes.

The White House press corps gets credit for not falling for misinformation about Trump’s health. But is it missing the story again? By @liamjscott.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/tru...

My latest for @columjournreview.bsky.social on podcasts and the industry’s future

The #Trump administration has brought Maga "newsfluencers" into the #WhiteHouse - signalling a new threat to press freedom in the #US but also the rest of the world. @liamjscott.bsky.social writes on the rise of citizen journalism: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/09/the-...

“You get to see a lot of the human condition when you’re covering tennis.” Read @liamjscott.bsky.social on what remains of tennis journalism. www.cjr.org/analysis/us-...

CPJ filed a declaration of support in the case of reporter Mario Guevara, as part of the @aclu.org’s habeas petition that outlines how ICE is punishing him for livestreaming law enforcement. We demand his immediate release. Read more👇 cpj.org/2025/08/cpj-... #FreeMario

Urgent ideas for defending press freedom in Gaza, the world’s deadliest place for journalists. By @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @meghnadbose.bsky.social, and @laurenwatsonjourno.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature/urge...

Stars and Stripes was almost shut down during the first Trump administration. Now editors are navigating a less cooperative Pentagon. By @liamjscott.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/sta...

Cuban journalist José Luis Tan Estrada has been stuck in Mexico since May, locked in asylum purgatory, by David C Adams. www.cjr.org/analysis/jos...

My latest via @columjournreview.bsky.social

The rise of citizen journalism has been a long time coming. Since the start of #Trump's 2nd term it's accelerated at an alarming rate as the White House embraces pro-#Trump newsfluencers. @liamjscott.bsky.social examines what this means for press freedom today: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

“[José Rubén Zamora] says that he sees his imprisonment as part of his job as a journalist.” — CPJ Americas Regional Director José Carlos Zamora on the 3rd anniversary his father's arbitrary detention More in the @washingtonpost.com Press Freedom Partnership Newsletter:

My latest, on how the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner is fighting to protect the First Amendment, via @columjournreview.bsky.social

“We are supposed to be this technical expert body that calls balls and strikes fairly and independently, but instead we are being weaponized for political retribution and ideological purity,” she told @liamjscott.bsky.social . www.cjr.org/analysis/ann...

“This is not just about one journalist. This is about what kind of country we want to be,” said Katherine Guevara, daughter of jailed journalist Mario Guevara. CPJ and partners hosted a press conference calling for his immediate release. More: cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-... 📷: CPJ/Laura Strawmyer

When the White House took control of the “press pool” that accompanies the president, journalists worried that the Trump administration would use that power to explicitly punish news outlets. And now it's happening. The WSJ has been booted from an upcoming Trump trip: www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/m...

I wrote about the uncomfortable press freedom parallels between Georgia, the country, and Georgia, the state. www.linkedin.com/pulse/mzia-m...

The number and size of lawsuits being issued against the media by the President is unprecedented and a clear attempt to undermine free speech protections ingrained in the Constitution. Press freedom is crucial for the public's right to know - and it's being strangled. www.cnn.com/2025/07/18/p...

How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era -- my analysis for NPR. www.npr.org/2025/07/18/n...

This is a travesty for local media in the United States on which so many people still rely. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Foreign journalists in the U.S. are self-censoring to protect themselves from the Trump administration www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

“Mzia, in your darkest moment we stand with you and we will not let go until you are free,” said CPJ’s @gypsyrights.bsky.social outside Women’s Prison where Mzia Amaglobeli is held. Reps from @globalfreemedia.bsky.social, @rsf.org & @pressfreedom.bsky.social visited prison site in act of solidarity

thank you @liamjscott.bsky.social for including me in this piece -- it's an honor to share the space with so many incredible, principled journalists I admire and who drive me to step up my game www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

very honored to be included in this story alongside reporters and writers that i really admire, big thanks to @liamjscott.bsky.social: www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

I wrote for the @inquirer.com about attacks on the press in the US - and why capitulation may seem to bring short term protection - but ultimately ends up laying the ground for more profound erosion of our ability to speak freely and, crucially, receive information.

The extremism beat has gone mainstream—but in local markets, it’s still intensely personal. By @liamjscott.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/loc...

On the dangers facing journalists covering far-right extremism My latest, via @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/loc...

I had a great time going to an estate sale with DC estate sale celebrity Maddy Brannon and writing about it for @washingtonpost.com my latest wapo.st/3TZ5RH9

"The experience definitely left a lasting psychological impact of anxiety and a constant sense of looking over our shoulders," I told @liamjscott.bsky.social about our family's experience of having violent Nazis show up at our house. Several journalists I admire and count as friends featured here.

"Last Thanksgiving, Steven Monacelli was awoken early in the morning by the sound of police officers knocking on the door of his Dallas home." Thanks to Columbia Journalism Review for running this story highlighting the threats and intimidation extremism reporters face. www.cjr.org/analysis/loc...