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"Growing up, I didn’t always understand why my dad was so obsessed with his work, why he’d jump up and leave dinner to chase down a story. But now I do," said Mario Guevara's son, Oscar, who now works as a photojournalist. apnews.com/article/journa…
Thanks to everyone who tuned into our conversation about the demise of one of America’s oldest Indigenous newspapers, and a special thanks to our panelists: @Tontareh1981, @Kanieh57, @SethAStern, and @stephanie_alena. Did you miss it? Watch it below ⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=LCogo7…
Journalist Mario Guevara's detention "sends a chilling message," @AttorneyNora said. "It’s a rejection of the premise this country was founded on: to give people agency, dignity, autonomy and freedom to challenge those in power." freepress.net/blog/ice-deten…
"Authorities in New York — and any federal officials with integrity who haven’t been fired for it yet — need to step in and tell ICE that we don’t have secret police here," Seth Stern told @amNewYork's @Dean_Moses. amny.com/immigration/ic…
A recent report about the Trump administration abusing its surveillance powers to spy on James Comey’s cellphone location data raises red flags for journalists and sources. freedom.press/issues/emergen…
Journalists covering recent demonstrations in California have been assaulted, detained, and shot with crowd-control munitions — simply for doing their jobs. “We see these agencies acting lawlessly,” @TinaDesireeBerg said. Read the recap from our webinar: freedom.press/issues/pressin…
ICE lawyers shouldn't hide their identities in court, and immigration judges shouldn't condone the practice. This disturbing trend must be stopped immediately. theintercept.com/2025/07/15/ice…
More and more, the Trump administration is accusing journalists of inciting violence or lawlessness by simply reporting the news. These claims are baseless, but they’re not harmless. freedom.press/issues/no-repo…
If you use iCloud, turn on Advanced Data Protection to end-to-end encrypt your backups — because Apple won't enable it by default. This "maximizes the amount of privacy you can have," David Huerta, a senior digital security trainer at FPF, told @HuffPost. huffpost.com/entry/iphone-a…
We told @CNN that we hope the reporters our thin-skinned president banned from his golf trip “spend their newfound free time investigating more important stories, from Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein to his unprecedented efforts to bully the press.” cnn.com/2025/07/21/med…
Journalists covering recent demonstrations in California have been assaulted, detained, and shot with crowd-control munitions — simply for doing their jobs. “We see these agencies acting lawlessly,” @TinaDesireeBerg said. Read the recap from our webinar: pressclubinstitute.org/2025/07/11/pre…
“It’s unconstitutional — not to mention thin-skinned and vindictive — for a president to rescind access to punish a news outlet for publishing a story he tried to kill,” Seth Stern told @brianstelter and @Liam_A_Reilly. cnn.com/2025/07/21/med…
It's disturbing that Trump "has so little respect for the First Amendment that he’s willing to punish news outlets that don’t toe the line," Seth Stern told @washingtonpost's @gracesoyeonmoon. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
FBI Spied On Journalists And Activists At 2018 Left Forum thedissenter.org/fbi-spied-on-j…
We don't want to minimize what a dangerous precedent Trump is setting. But hopefully, @WSJ reporters who planned to join Trump for his golf trip are relieved that they can investigate more important stories.
It's disturbing that Trump "has so little respect for the First Amendment that he’s willing to punish news outlets that don’t toe the line," Seth Stern told @washingtonpost's @gracesoyeonmoon. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…