Stephin is extremely honored to be included in the @nytimes.com list of the 30 Greatest Living Americans Songwriters. Gift link: nyti.ms/4vW3zKS #nyt30greatest #americansongwriters

New LA vote drop and @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social now leads Spencer Pratt by 22,000 votes. She could surpass 30%, which would put her within a few percentage points as Bass.

Important to stress that: a) Pelley isn't some resistance hero, he's a reactionary centrist; b) Even this wasn't enough for Bari

So many people focused on Bari Weiss asking to make protesters look more violent and glossing over Pelley admitting they’d already dug deep for the most violent protester footage they could find. His interview is more of an indictment of corporate media than many want to admit.

Police want to decide which journalists can cover the Delaney Hall protests in Newark, New Jersey. But if an officer can point at someone and declare they are not press, the First Amendment ceases to have meaning. Read more from FPF's @adamrose.bsky.social:

Multiple journalists have been assaulted, arrested or had their equipment damaged while reporting on ICE protests outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, since May 22.

Read this @adamrose.bsky.social piece re the ongoing attempts by law enforcement to: 1. Determine who is press 2. Push press outside of the area where they are able to observe 3. Ignore rulings that specifically exempt press from curfews 4. Assault, detain press www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Thank you @minakimes.bsky.social for repping @selahnhc.bsky.social ! What a game changer for our programs and participants!

Honestly still lots of fun to see with a crowd (our 2023 screening at @vidiots.bsky.social was an SRO blast), but go ahead and watch this youtube if you’ve never seen it.

Thank you so much @normwilner.bsky.social. When we premiered at @sxsw.com six months after 9/11, we were still grappling with whether we’d struck the right notes. Hopeful to get Gigantic out in the world for some 25th anniversary screenings with @tmbg.bsky.social in the coming year.

I suspected this would omit the groundbreaking and Oscar nominated Strong Island, but it still stings that her beautiful work on Yance Ford’s film is not included here.

NEW: Flight data reveals that the LAPD's "Drone as First Responder" program—sold to the public as a public safety measure—is in fact being used to spy on anti-ICE/anti-Trump protests in Los Angeles. theintercept.com/2026/04/20/l...

A @bellvisuals.bsky.social sighting!

Minneapolis, Minn.: Join us a screening of "Escalation" about the surge of law enforcement's attacks against journalists since the murder of George Floyd. Followed by a panel discussion w/ @ajschnack.bsky.social, @kamccudden.bsky.social, @startribune.com + 📍 The Main Cinema 🗓️ Apr. 18, 11:00 am CT

Annual “take pictures of where you hide the hard boiled eggs so that you don’t find them in July” day.

The Supreme Court's refusal to intervene here is an absolute travesty for press freedom rights.

bathrooms.lacontroller.app is a map of public bathrooms in the City of LA. The heat wave is going to reach extreme temps through Friday 3/20. Next week will only cool down a bit (highs will still be in the 80s until the end of the month) Stay cool: Bookmark our map and -

Thank goodness the doc filmmakers brought the politics in an overtly political time. Congrats All These Empty Rooms and Mr. Nobody Against Putin.

Getting ready for @truefalsefilmfest.bsky.social Day 2. Day 1 was Sam Green’s The Oldest Person in the World, Robb Moss’ The Bend in the River and Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard’s Broken English. All three films about time, reflection, personal history, moving forward. The Moss is a real stand out.

If this is true, it’s completely unacceptable behavior for a Senatorial campaign.

I feel this way but about the first 10 minutes of every season of Top Chef and Survivor. Every documentary filmmaker/editor should study and learn to understand that skill.

Freelance photojournalist Tim Evans was targeted by federal agents three times while on assignment for @reuters.com covering anti-ICE protests in the Minneapolis, Minnesota, area in January. On Jan. 12, an agent shot at his feet with pepper balls:

Frederick Wiseman changed the way we see the world.

From the classrooms of High School to the corridors of Hospital, he turned his camera on the institutions that shape us — inviting us to look closer, sit longer & confront truth with empathy. 

May his memory be a blessing.

Great sum-up of this year’s Oscar nominated short docs by @patmullen.bsky.social

The year 2025 marked one of the most dangerous periods for journalists in U.S. history. Our 2025 Impact Report takes a comprehensive look at how attacks on the press escalated and how we supported journalists.

The year 2025 marked one of the most dangerous periods for journalists in U.S. history. Our 2025 Impact Report takes a comprehensive look at how attacks on the press escalated and how we supported journalists.

Breaking News: Nithya Raman, a rising star among West Coast progressives and a Los Angeles City Council member, said she will run for mayor. Her announcement presents a significant challenge to the incumbent, Mayor Karen Bass.

If you are a journalist — or know one — who has been attacked, seriously threatened, denied access by a public official or targeted with a legal order in the course of reporting, let us know. You can now submit tips in English or Spanish. Email: [email protected]

Grateful to @truefalsefilmfest.bsky.social for inviting Escalation to World Premiere in Columbia, MO next month. Shirley Moyers and I have been working on this for nearly half a decade alongside a terrific team. We’re honored to share it with audiences next month.

ICE watchers with cell phones are just as vital to accountability journalism as old-school whistleblowers. Shooting, killing and otherwise targeting them is an attack on press freedom and transparency.

The government’s arrests of journalists @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social are attacks on freedom of the press. Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down. Read our statement:

Filming ICE is an act of journalism. Cell phone footage is vital source material for reporters who can’t be everywhere at once. Shooting, killing and other targeting of those documenting news is an attack on press freedom and all else that's good in the world.

New video shows the man who was killed moments before the shooting. He was peacefully standing in the street observing before ICE agents started pushing him for no reason.

And for the second year in a row, @cinemaeyehonors.bsky.social nominees take 4 of 5 slots for Best Documentary Short. Pouring one out for my personal favorite, We Were the Scenery.

Winners at @cinemaeyehonors.bsky.social take all 5 slots in Documentary Feature, including Nonfiction Feature winner Come See Me in the Good Light, Direction and Editing winner The Perfect Neighbor, and Production winner The Alabama Solution.

Yeah, I shoulda placed bets.

With Oscar Voting Closed, the Documentary Race Seems too Close to Call: Surveying the candidates in the Academy's most unpredictable branch #Oscars povmagazine.com/with-oscar-v...

Filming the police isn't a crime.

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

I knew that @npr Up First was nominated for a Golden Globe tonight but I hadn’t really processed @leilafadel.bsky.social @steveinskeep.bsky.social @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social @amartinezla.bsky.social in that room so now I need lots of photos.

From Echo Park Tenants Union, 10 people taken today in Echo Park/Silver Lake. Some were gardners, painters, and workers. All of them my neighbors.

COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT, THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR lead CinemaEye Honors winners povmagazine.com/cinemaeye-ho...

Entering a third calendar year with this movie promo still flying in DTLA.

In 2025, @pressfreedomtracker.us documented at least 32 instances in which journalists were detained or charged — just for doing their jobs. Nearly 90% of them occurred while journalists were covering demonstrations. Read our annual arrest report:

I didn’t see the movie version of Dear Evan Hansen, but I can only imagine that the discourse around Ben Platt playing a high school kid in that movie is pretty much how I’m feeling about watching the new season of Stranger Things.

Documentaries thrive because viewers know/believe they present the truth. There have been a lot of alarm bells within the documentary world about how AI threatens that at its core. Good piece here from @alissawilkinson.bsky.social getting at the core of the issue.

This week, documentarians Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman discuss The Alabama Solution, a searing exposé made possible by the immense courage of inmates using contraband cellphones. And @lucasshaw.bsky.social and I banter (what else?) the fate of Warners. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

This is a crucial thread from @awalkerinla.bsky.social incorporating reporting by @shoton35mm.bsky.social and commentary by @adamrose.bsky.social about the LAPD’s hideous overreach on the night the Dodgers won the World Series.

“Now the city attorney says in a leaked memo the real problem is that ‘anyone can claim they are a Journalist.’ Fine. Maybe those anyones shouldn’t get shot in the head, either.” Perfect editorial. No notes.