Join SPJ, @FreedomofPress & @wbaidlaw for a free know-your-rights webinar on how to speak out when employers compromise editorial independence to align with government.
🗓️When: 8:30 p.m. EDT May 19
📍Where: Zoom
🔗Register now: https://t.co/IowNECmKqv
SPJ stands firmly with journalists at the WHCD tonight & reaffirms our commitment to press freedom, the safety of newsgatherers & the essential role a free & independent press plays in our democracy. As the story develops, please rely on verified facts and responsible reporting.
🔔 Government officials are citing journalism as "doxxing" to threaten press freedom.
Join us for a webinar with @telliotter, @royalpratt, @SovernNation, and @Charlie4Change to learn more about this tactic.
🗓️ Wednesday, March 4, 2 pm ET/11 am PT
RSVP: https://t.co/tOp55RVwD4
EXCLUSIVE: Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year, following revelations of close ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
@HugoChiassonn and @EliseSpenner report.
https://t.co/Gp6L1lFum8
Have your requests for records, data, or interviews from federal health agencies been ignored or denied?
@AHCJ and @spj_tweets are tracking access issues to support advocacy and, when needed, legal action.
Reach out: https://t.co/Dbc2lwReKM
MAGA supporters are always in our comments cheering on Trump’s attacks on press freedom.
But they really should be the first to *oppose* Trump anytime he violates the First Amendment.
And to prove it, let's imagine a 2029 Gavin Newsom administration…
Stephen Colbert revealed on "The Late Show" Monday night that CBS lawyers had barred him from airing an interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico over "equal time" fears.
Addressing FCC chair Brendan Carr, Colbert said: “FCC you… because I think you are motivated by partisan purposes yourself, sir. Hey, you smelt it ’cause you dealt it. You are Dutch-ovening America’s airwaves.” https://t.co/cDOAKXISXa
“To our knowledge, it’s unprecedented for the Justice Department to deploy the federal laws it has previously cited in this case against journalistic activity,” @rcfp’s Gabe Rottman says on Don Lemon’s arrest.
SPJ strongly condemns today’s arrest of journalists Don Lemon and @ByGeorgiaFort in connection with their reporting on a Jan. 18 demonstration at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
🔗 Read the full statement: https://t.co/0KUzqBoqUh
SPJ, a coalition of press freedom groups and SPJ chapters, sent a letter to @AGPamBondi & @FBIDirectorKash condemning the search of @washingtonpost Reporter Hannah Natanson’s home & demanding a halt to any investigation into her reporting.
🔗Read more: https://t.co/HVKBO3UMu7
🚨 Unjustly imprisoned @RFERL journalist Nika Novak has gone missing in Russian custody. Her legal counsel has been denied contact with her.
Join @RFERL in calling on Russian authorities to urgently account for Nika’s whereabouts and well-being. WHERE IS NIKA? #WhereIsNika
The Trump admin's videos boasting triumphs on immigration have used misleading footage from months ago or thousands of miles away
When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes"
https://t.co/8qmeMAnYNL
SPJ condemns Pentagon's unconstitutional restrictions on reporters. Join us in unified opposition and resist this latest attempt to muzzle the press and deny the American people the transparency and accountability they deserve. https://t.co/fZuuAzzer0
Both the @Enquirer and @BulwarkOnline quoted SPJ Executive Director @chendrie on the arrest of two journalists in Ohio during last Thursday’s protest over the detention of a former hospital chaplain.
🔗@Enquirer: https://t.co/8vlUjEgfqj
🔗@BulwarkOnline: https://t.co/XcPATbTpvl