Press Freedom Center
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The Press Freedom Center at @PressClubDC. Defending press freedom, empowering journalists & championing the truth. Join us: https://www.press.org/freedom-center
Happy Birthday, Nika! For 75 years, @RFERL has defended its journalists against attempts to silence them and will continue to do so. I sincerely thank everyone for keeping Nika Novak in their thoughts and prayers. Journalism is not a crime, and we all know it.
At @PressClubDC, @mccarrennews, Director of the Press Freedom Center, joined @caoilfhionnanna and @J0nathanPrice in urging the immediate release of Jimmy Lai. We remain grateful to @PFC_NPC for their committed support to #FreeJimmyLai.
Millions of Americans rely on public media as their only connection to local journalism. Read the full press release from the Press Freedom Center at the link: press.org/newsroom/natio…
Click to learn about "lawfare" and how it can be wielded to limit and impact press freedoms around the world.
ICYMI: On Friday, the Press Freedom Center issued an update on the case of detained journalist Yuyu Dong. We urge press organizations throughout the world to keep demanding Dong’s immediate release. Read the full statement here: press.org/newsroom/natio…
“Congress just voted to silence trusted journalism in communities that need it most." Read Press Club President @MikeBalsamo1's full statement on Congress's decision to cut funding to public media: press.org/newsroom/natio…
“You put some skin in the game to find out what’s happening.” @DionNissenbaum talks about the lengths he and other journalists went to to uncover the truth in the documentary #WhoKilledShireen. Full conversation here: youtube.com/watch?v=hrfMrf…
These are very difficult and dangerous times for journalists. Click through to learn what you can do to support press freedom, like subscribing to independent journalism and sharing the stories of journalists in trouble:
The Senate is voting TODAY on cuts to PBS, rural radio, and so much more. It's local journalism, lifesaving emergency alerts, and quality educational programming for our kids. Public media is free for everyone—let's protect it. I will be voting NO. Please speak up.
When Republicans try to defund public broadcasting.
The @PFC_NPC is calling on Israel to free Palestinian journalist Ali Samoudi, who is being held indefinitely without charge. Ali appears in our @zeteo_news film "Who Killed Shireen?" where he made prophetic comments on Israel's effort to silence Palestinian journalists.
Today, the Press Freedom Center calls for the release of Palestinian journalist Ali Al-Samoudi from Megiddo Prison in Israel. There was no evidence presented against him following charges of supporting a terrorist organization. Full release at link: press.org/newsroom/press…
I have asked @Israel to aggressively investigate the murder of Saif Mussallet, an American citizen who was visiting family in Sinjil when he was beaten to death. There must be accountability for this criminal and terrorist act. Saif was just 20 yrs old.
Today, the Press Freedom Center calls for the release of Palestinian journalist Ali Al-Samoudi from Megiddo Prison in Israel. There was no evidence presented against him following charges of supporting a terrorist organization. Full release at link: press.org/newsroom/press…
Press Freedom Center Calls For Release of Palestinian Journalist Ali al-Samoudi press.org/newsroom/press…
Today is Nika Novak's 33rd birthday. She is spending it in a penal colony in Russia. Her only crime? Reporting the truth. #JournalismIsNotACrime #FreeNika @RFERL
This Tuesday, July 15, @RFERL journalist Nika Novak will mark her 33rd birthday behind bars in Russian prison. She has been unjustly imprisoned for nearly 600 days. Join us in sending 1,000 cards to Nika for her birthday: memopzk.org/en/news/otprav…
"Support independent outlets doing the difficult work the mainstream media in many ways has abandoned." @mehdirhasan on how people can keep the focus on #ShireenAbuAkleh and keep advocating for justice and accountability for her killing. instagram.com/reel/DMIdKMyRC…
In the first of a three-part series on “The Weekend Intelligence” @BrowneGareth asks what happened to Austin Tice, the American journalist who went missing in President Assad’s Republic of Fear in 2012 economist.com/podcasts/2025/…
How public broadcasting funding cuts would impact one rural Indiana station My story for NPR's Morning Edition one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-546511…
"A person died, a journalist, a Palestinian American. This is not just some abstract thing." We asked @mehdirhasan what he wanted viewers to take home last Wednesday when they viewed 'Who Killed Shireen' at the @PressClubDC. instagram.com/p/DMGXyQcx6-E/
Per @RSF_inter, the United States is currently experiencing its first significant decline in press freedom. #ProtectPressFreedom #JournalismIsNotACrime
