Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org)
@froomkin
Press Watch (http://presswatchers.org) and Heads Up news (http://headsupnews.org). Ex-Washington Post, HuffPost, Intercept. I afflict comfortable journalists.
Tell your non-news-junkie friends there's a new newsletter they might like. It comes out once a week. It focuses on the people fighting for democracy and pluralism and against Trump. headsupnews.org
The battle to defend birthright citizenship is on. Read the first edition of my new weekly newsletter on those who are fighting back. headsupnews.org/p/the-fighting…
NEW: Why can’t journalists cover democracy like they cover Epstein?: presswatchers.org/2025/07/why-ca…
NEW must read: What’s the next step for the resistance? headsupnews.org/p/whats-the-ne…
Will you proclaim that 'Good Trouble Lives On' on Thursday? The latest issue of Heads Up News is live! headsupnews.org/p/taking-to-th…
NEW! Bland coverage normalizes evil of ‘third countries’ deportation plan: presswatchers.org/2025/07/bland-…
NEW from me: Washington Post Publisher Will Lewis Seeks to Crush Newsroom Dissent presswatchers.org/2025/07/washin…
If Democrats and the news media had focused during the election campaign last year on the likely GOP health care cuts and turned it into a health care election, there's a decent chance Trump would not have won and Republicans would not have won control of Congress.
People power is all we've got left. Read the latest edition of my weekly Heads Up News newsletter, which tries to bring you good news about the resistance. headsupnews.org/p/unions-step-…
NEW from me: The sad, sad state of the New York Times: presswatchers.org/2025/07/the-sa…
This week's Heads Up News is live now! headsupnews.org/p/get-your-ice…
Revulsion and resistance to ICE's courthouse arrests grows headsupnews.org/p/revulsion-an… NEW from Heads Up News
NEW! Three huge truths the media leaves out of its Iran coverage: presswatchers.org/2025/06/three-…
New on Heads Up News: Millions of people in thousands of places said ‘No Kings’ headsupnews.org/p/millions-of-…
The press needs to push back as Trump mulls war with Iran. presswatchers.org/2025/06/the-pr… New from me.
‘How many people were arrested?’ is a lousy way to cover protests: presswatchers.org/2025/06/how-ma… NEW from me.
New! ‘No Kings’ protests suddenly take on a greater urgency headsupnews.org/p/no-kings-pro… From Heads Up News.
NEW from me: Journalists are aiding and abetting Trump’s incitement in LA: presswatchers.org/2025/06/journa…
NEW! ICE’s police-state tactics spark public rebellions headsupnews.org/p/ices-police-…
Everything you care about is under attack but you still need to function headsupnews.org/p/everything-y… New from me
NEW: Mainstream media inches closer to addressing Trump’s racism presswatchers.org/2025/05/mainst…
NEW! A call for civic institutions to defend the First Amendment headsupnews.org/p/a-call-for-c…
