PEN America: President Trump’s executive order to eliminate federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting "is another targeted, vindictive overreach of executive authority... (and) a clear effort to intimidate and chill speech." pen.org/press-releas...

(1/4) NPR and PBS provide a vital service that fosters community and unity by delivering fact-based news and educational programming that appeals to people across the political spectrum. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

We will continue accepting signatures to the open letter but the deadline to be included on the letter to every elected member of Congress and the White House is 5pm ET today.

We urge Congress to reject President Trump's incoming request to rescind funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting — which would endanger the news ecosystem. Read the letter we signed alongside @rsf.org and 20 other organizations: rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-a...

We have surpassed 1,000 signatures for the Press Freedom United open letter campaign, including representation from independent news organizations across all fifty US states. Please consider signing and sharing. bit.ly/pfu2025

Please consider joining us in signing and supporting this effort to save public media, and ensure it can continue delivering non-paywalled trusted news and public service programming to communities across America, particularly those in rural and disadvantaged areas. protectmypublicmedia.org

Another victory in a long fight thehill.com/regulation/c...

Trump’s shunning of newsrooms is part of a playbook designed to test the limits of the First Amendment. We spoke to former White House correspondent @briankarem.bsky.social and U.S. Press Tracker Senior Reporter @stephaniesugars.bsky.social to learn more.

Thank you to @mikeorren.com for joining the @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social open letter movement

What do recent prior restraints on a book author in Texas and a newspaper in Mississippi have in common? Both were entered without hearing from the author or newspaper first. Judges must do a better job protecting the First Amendment.

Rays of hope for local news.! 🦋 www.cjr.org/local_news/l...

Thanks to @nclocal.bsky.social for signing and joining the bit.ly/pfu2025 open letter movement

Thanks to @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social for signing the open letter and joining the bit.ly/pfu2025 movement

Thank you to @freedom.press for signing the bit.ly/pfu2025 open letter

Thank you to @chicagopublicsquare.com for signing the bit.ly/pfu2025 open letter and encouraging over 150 followers to join!

Thank you to @aegissafety.bsky.social for signing the bit.ly/pfu2025 open letter

Thank you to @revealnews.org for signing the bit.ly/pfu2025 open letter

Today we surpassed 500 signatures for the Press Freedom United open letter campaign. Please read and consider joining our movement, and encourage friends, family and colleagues to do the same. bit.ly/pfu2025

Join us for an urgent discussion on the @apnews.com ban, White House press pool, and other attacks on the press by the Trump administration, featuring @briankarem.bsky.social, @stephaniesugars.bsky.social, and @caitlinvogus.bsky.social. 🗓️ April 16, 2pm ET/11am PT freedom.press/access-denied

Harvard’s pushback against the Trump administration "is a game changer," @jonfreadom.bsky.social tells @gregsargent.bsky.social. "It says to every institution that is feeling like they have to capitulate that there is something greater that they have to stand for." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The student paper at the college at which I teach reports a "tsunami of takedown requests" from international students terrified of being targeted for innocuous, legitimate op-eds & opinions.. Many ask in person--leave no trace in writing. Reminds me of my father's account of studying in the USSR.

If an anti-free speech president can shake down law firms that represent clients he doesn’t like, press freedom will suffer immeasurably, and the American public will be less informed. theintercept.com/2025/04/09/t...

We’ve surpassed 150 signatures to the Press Freedom United open letter, including: - 85 total organizations - 45 news sites - 30 college faculty and staff, including 6 Knight chairs - 13 journalism support organizations Please consider joining as an individual or organization at the link in bio.

Disappointing state court ruling out of PA that allows emails and other comms between lawmakers and lobbyists to remain hidden from public view. www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/04...

Good, but there's no reason it should take this long to determine that presidents can't banish news outlets that use words they don't like. www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...

The Associated Press wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists, citing the 1st Amendment.

Another win in an ongoing fight for press freedom www.reuters.com/business/med...

We invite the public and members of the journalism community to join this open letter calling upon elected leaders in the U.S. govt to take immediate actions to restore press access, protect public media, respect journalistic integrity and lead on global press freedom. pressfreedom.ac-page.com/home