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Free Press' @jgo4justice.bsky.social is with Jane Fonda and the Committee for the First Amendment to break down how media capitulation has a chilling effect on media independence and creativity.
Watch the full conversation between Jane and Jessica: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWJ...
Watch the full conversation between Jane and Jessica: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWJ...
November 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Free Press' @jgo4justice.bsky.social is with Jane Fonda and the Committee for the First Amendment to break down how media capitulation has a chilling effect on media independence and creativity.
Watch the full conversation between Jane and Jessica: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWJ...
Watch the full conversation between Jane and Jessica: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWJ...
From Worcester to Northampton, local journalists across Massachusetts are experimenting with ways to give communities the news they need.
More here: https://www.freepress.net/blog/five-lessons-saving-local-journalism-massachusetts
More here: https://www.freepress.net/blog/five-lessons-saving-local-journalism-massachusetts
Five Lessons a Road Trip Taught Me About Saving Local Journalism
What one week of driving around Massachusetts revealed about the state of local news
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November 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
From Worcester to Northampton, local journalists across Massachusetts are experimenting with ways to give communities the news they need.
More here: https://www.freepress.net/blog/five-lessons-saving-local-journalism-massachusetts
More here: https://www.freepress.net/blog/five-lessons-saving-local-journalism-massachusetts
Jane Fonda, Anna Gomez, John Oliver and the growing backlash against censorship and consolidation.
Free Press co-CEO @notaaroncraig.bsky.social on the latest edition of Pressing Issues: https://pressingissues.org/media-mergers-and-the-new-mccarthyism/
Free Press co-CEO @notaaroncraig.bsky.social on the latest edition of Pressing Issues: https://pressingissues.org/media-mergers-and-the-new-mccarthyism/
Media Mergers and the New McCarthyism
Jane Fonda, Anna Gomez, John Oliver and the growing backlash against censorship and consolidation
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November 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Jane Fonda, Anna Gomez, John Oliver and the growing backlash against censorship and consolidation.
Free Press co-CEO @notaaroncraig.bsky.social on the latest edition of Pressing Issues: https://pressingissues.org/media-mergers-and-the-new-mccarthyism/
Free Press co-CEO @notaaroncraig.bsky.social on the latest edition of Pressing Issues: https://pressingissues.org/media-mergers-and-the-new-mccarthyism/
Mounting pressure on local news | Studio 2 from WHYY | 11/06/25
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November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
On a recent episode of @whyy.org Studio 2, @victorpickard.bsky.social and Jai Smith offer solutions to the mounting pressures faced by local news outlets.
It's time to fund local news like that public good that it is.
Learn more: whyy.org/episodes/loc...
It's time to fund local news like that public good that it is.
Learn more: whyy.org/episodes/loc...
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
On a recent episode of @whyy.org Studio 2, @victorpickard.bsky.social and Jai Smith offer solutions to the mounting pressures faced by local news outlets.
It's time to fund local news like that public good that it is.
Learn more: whyy.org/episodes/loc...
It's time to fund local news like that public good that it is.
Learn more: whyy.org/episodes/loc...
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This is just another in a long line of abuses. You can read about them and how to take action to stand up to this corruption at this @freepress.bsky.social fact sheet: www.freepress.net/download/fre...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is just another in a long line of abuses. You can read about them and how to take action to stand up to this corruption at this @freepress.bsky.social fact sheet: www.freepress.net/download/fre...
Free Press Action's Mike Rispoli delivered powerful testimony to the New Jersey statehouse about the elimination of the CPB & the collapse of local journalism.
More here: https://www.freepress.net/news/free-press-actions-mike-rispoli-testifies-new-jersey-state-senate-behalf-public-media-funding
More here: https://www.freepress.net/news/free-press-actions-mike-rispoli-testifies-new-jersey-state-senate-behalf-public-media-funding
Free Press Action's Mike Rispoli Testifies Before the New Jersey State Senate on Behalf of Public Funding for Public Media
Rispoli called on lawmakers to affirm and expand their decades-long commitment to the essential role that public broadcasting plays in the lives of their constituents.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Free Press Action's Mike Rispoli delivered powerful testimony to the New Jersey statehouse about the elimination of the CPB & the collapse of local journalism.
More here: https://www.freepress.net/news/free-press-actions-mike-rispoli-testifies-new-jersey-state-senate-behalf-public-media-funding
More here: https://www.freepress.net/news/free-press-actions-mike-rispoli-testifies-new-jersey-state-senate-behalf-public-media-funding
Independent media is as American as the American Revolution.
Sarah and Julio took a listening tour across Massachusetts to meet with local journalists and community leaders to learn ways to create a public-grantmaking body for local news.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/five-le...
Sarah and Julio took a listening tour across Massachusetts to meet with local journalists and community leaders to learn ways to create a public-grantmaking body for local news.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/five-le...
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Independent media is as American as the American Revolution.
Sarah and Julio took a listening tour across Massachusetts to meet with local journalists and community leaders to learn ways to create a public-grantmaking body for local news.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/five-le...
Sarah and Julio took a listening tour across Massachusetts to meet with local journalists and community leaders to learn ways to create a public-grantmaking body for local news.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/five-le...
Like other states across the country, Massachusetts has seen local journalism die out.
Here's what a tour across the state revealed about the way forward:
https://www.freepress.net/blog/five-lessons-saving-local-journalism-massachusetts
Here's what a tour across the state revealed about the way forward:
https://www.freepress.net/blog/five-lessons-saving-local-journalism-massachusetts
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Like other states across the country, Massachusetts has seen local journalism die out.
Here's what a tour across the state revealed about the way forward:
https://www.freepress.net/blog/five-lessons-saving-local-journalism-massachusetts
Here's what a tour across the state revealed about the way forward:
https://www.freepress.net/blog/five-lessons-saving-local-journalism-massachusetts
Bullies like Trump and Brendan Carr keep attacking dissenting voices in the media. Now they've set their sights on Seth Meyers.
The First Amendment is at stake: https://www.freepress.net/news/fccs-carr-makes-familiar-moves-censor-nbcs-seth-meyers
The First Amendment is at stake: https://www.freepress.net/news/fccs-carr-makes-familiar-moves-censor-nbcs-seth-meyers
FCC's Carr Makes Familiar Moves to Censor NBC’s Seth Meyers
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr continues to abuse his powers to silence dissenting voices in the media.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Bullies like Trump and Brendan Carr keep attacking dissenting voices in the media. Now they've set their sights on Seth Meyers.
The First Amendment is at stake: https://www.freepress.net/news/fccs-carr-makes-familiar-moves-censor-nbcs-seth-meyers
The First Amendment is at stake: https://www.freepress.net/news/fccs-carr-makes-familiar-moves-censor-nbcs-seth-meyers
If approved, the Nexstar-Tenga merger would combine the nation's largest television-station conglomerate with its fourth largest.
The deal also would violate the FCC's few remaining local-ownership limits in approximately 30 markets.
Our statement:
The deal also would violate the FCC's few remaining local-ownership limits in approximately 30 markets.
Our statement:
Proposed Nexstar-Tegna Merger Is Blatant Violation of the Law Prohibiting One Company from Too Much Control of Local Airwaves
The $6.2 billion deal also would violate the FCC’s few remaining local-ownership limits in nearly 30 markets. In some, it would leave Nexstar in control of three of the top-four-ranked stations.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If approved, the Nexstar-Tenga merger would combine the nation's largest television-station conglomerate with its fourth largest.
The deal also would violate the FCC's few remaining local-ownership limits in approximately 30 markets.
Our statement:
The deal also would violate the FCC's few remaining local-ownership limits in approximately 30 markets.
Our statement:
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As Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez said last week: "Capitulation breeds capitulation."
Disney/ABC's $16 million dollar payout to Trump in December didn't earn the company any special favors today.
Disney/ABC's $16 million dollar payout to Trump in December didn't earn the company any special favors today.
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
As Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez said last week: "Capitulation breeds capitulation."
Disney/ABC's $16 million dollar payout to Trump in December didn't earn the company any special favors today.
Disney/ABC's $16 million dollar payout to Trump in December didn't earn the company any special favors today.
Free Press Action's Mike Rispoli testified before New Jersey's Senate Legislative Oversight Committee on the future of public media in the state.
Our statement: https://www.freepress.net/news/free-press-actions-mike-rispoli-testifies-new-jersey-state-senate-behalf-public-media-funding
Our statement: https://www.freepress.net/news/free-press-actions-mike-rispoli-testifies-new-jersey-state-senate-behalf-public-media-funding
Free Press Action's Mike Rispoli Testifies Before the New Jersey State Senate on Behalf of Public Funding for Public Media
Rispoli called on lawmakers to affirm and expand their decades-long commitment to the essential role that public broadcasting plays in the lives of their constituents.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Free Press Action's Mike Rispoli testified before New Jersey's Senate Legislative Oversight Committee on the future of public media in the state.
Our statement: https://www.freepress.net/news/free-press-actions-mike-rispoli-testifies-new-jersey-state-senate-behalf-public-media-funding
Our statement: https://www.freepress.net/news/free-press-actions-mike-rispoli-testifies-new-jersey-state-senate-behalf-public-media-funding
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starting to think that repeatedly sinking trillions into Silicon Valley's new favorite toy while tech companies spend millions to kill any meaningful regulation is actually not going to end well
November 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
starting to think that repeatedly sinking trillions into Silicon Valley's new favorite toy while tech companies spend millions to kill any meaningful regulation is actually not going to end well
Clearly Brendan Carr hasn't learned from the Jimmy Kimmel debacle.
By reposting Trump's threats toward Seth Meyers, Carr is showing once again that he lacks all credibility.
Free Press' statement: https://www.freepress.net/news/fccs-carr-makes-familiar-moves-censor-nbcs-seth-meyers
By reposting Trump's threats toward Seth Meyers, Carr is showing once again that he lacks all credibility.
Free Press' statement: https://www.freepress.net/news/fccs-carr-makes-familiar-moves-censor-nbcs-seth-meyers
FCC's Carr Makes Familiar Moves to Censor NBC’s Seth Meyers
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr continues to abuse his powers to silence dissenting voices in the media.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Clearly Brendan Carr hasn't learned from the Jimmy Kimmel debacle.
By reposting Trump's threats toward Seth Meyers, Carr is showing once again that he lacks all credibility.
Free Press' statement: https://www.freepress.net/news/fccs-carr-makes-familiar-moves-censor-nbcs-seth-meyers
By reposting Trump's threats toward Seth Meyers, Carr is showing once again that he lacks all credibility.
Free Press' statement: https://www.freepress.net/news/fccs-carr-makes-familiar-moves-censor-nbcs-seth-meyers
“Free expression is non-negotiable."
@newsjawn.bsky.social is #BTS in Camden for @agomezfcc.bsky.social's First Amendment listening tour, which Free Press and the Rutgers Institute for Information Policy and Law co-hosted.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/fcc-com...
@newsjawn.bsky.social is #BTS in Camden for @agomezfcc.bsky.social's First Amendment listening tour, which Free Press and the Rutgers Institute for Information Policy and Law co-hosted.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/fcc-com...
November 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
“Free expression is non-negotiable."
@newsjawn.bsky.social is #BTS in Camden for @agomezfcc.bsky.social's First Amendment listening tour, which Free Press and the Rutgers Institute for Information Policy and Law co-hosted.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/fcc-com...
@newsjawn.bsky.social is #BTS in Camden for @agomezfcc.bsky.social's First Amendment listening tour, which Free Press and the Rutgers Institute for Information Policy and Law co-hosted.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/fcc-com...
FCC Commissioner Gomez shared powerful remarks at an event we held in New Jersey — where she issued stark warnings about the Trump regime's crackdown on free speech.
Learn more: https://www.freepress.net/blog/fcc-commissioner-gomez-calls-people-speak-out-against-trump-censorship
Learn more: https://www.freepress.net/blog/fcc-commissioner-gomez-calls-people-speak-out-against-trump-censorship
FCC Commissioner Gomez Calls on People to 'Stand Up and Speak Out' Against Trump Censorship
During a powerful event, Gomez noted that the First Amendment “marks the line between freedom and oppression.”
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November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
FCC Commissioner Gomez shared powerful remarks at an event we held in New Jersey — where she issued stark warnings about the Trump regime's crackdown on free speech.
Learn more: https://www.freepress.net/blog/fcc-commissioner-gomez-calls-people-speak-out-against-trump-censorship
Learn more: https://www.freepress.net/blog/fcc-commissioner-gomez-calls-people-speak-out-against-trump-censorship
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This was a fantastic event -- bringing the FCC (at least the non-corrupt portion of it) to the people. Was so great to hear from not only Commissioner Gomez but also a wide range of local media makers & their essential community-focused work. We must publicly fund these orgs for democracy's sake!
What a great night.
Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social: "Free Expression is non-negotiable. It marks the line between freedom and repression. Therefore, we must defend it without compromise."
Catch her remarks and the full event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJ0...
Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social: "Free Expression is non-negotiable. It marks the line between freedom and repression. Therefore, we must defend it without compromise."
Catch her remarks and the full event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJ0...
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This was a fantastic event -- bringing the FCC (at least the non-corrupt portion of it) to the people. Was so great to hear from not only Commissioner Gomez but also a wide range of local media makers & their essential community-focused work. We must publicly fund these orgs for democracy's sake!
Media 2070's new Reparative Journalism Archive shows the world of possibility available when Black people own and control their own stories.
Learn more: https://www.freepress.net/blog/reparative-journalism-archive-sanctuary-black-memory
Learn more: https://www.freepress.net/blog/reparative-journalism-archive-sanctuary-black-memory
Reparative Journalism Archive: A Sanctuary of Black Memory
The Reparative Journalism Archive examines the intersections between media history, Black citizenship and identity, movement building and afrofuturist visioning.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Media 2070's new Reparative Journalism Archive shows the world of possibility available when Black people own and control their own stories.
Learn more: https://www.freepress.net/blog/reparative-journalism-archive-sanctuary-black-memory
Learn more: https://www.freepress.net/blog/reparative-journalism-archive-sanctuary-black-memory
Jane Fonda hosted the Committee for the First Amendment's meeting with FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez and Free Press' Jessica Gonzalez to discuss strategies that exist to effectively defend free speech and stem media consolidation.
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWJRPiNF7A
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWJRPiNF7A
Jane Fonda, Anna Gomez, and Jessica Gonzalez | Committee for the First Amendment Training
On November 12th, Jane Fonda hosted the Committee for the First Amendment’s third meeting — an insightful and important training with FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez and Jessica Gonzalez, CO-CEO of Free Press, a nonpartisan advocacy organization that works to strengthen democracy by promoting diverse and independent media. They discuss strategies that exist to effectively defend free speech and stem media consolidation.
Learn more and get involved at www.committeeforthefirstamendment.com
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November 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Jane Fonda hosted the Committee for the First Amendment's meeting with FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez and Free Press' Jessica Gonzalez to discuss strategies that exist to effectively defend free speech and stem media consolidation.
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWJRPiNF7A
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWJRPiNF7A
In today's Pressing Issues, we sit down for a conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social about covering 'Operation Midway Blitz' and staying rooted in community.
More: https://pressingissues.org/when-the-government-doesnt-want-you-reporting-on-ice/
More: https://pressingissues.org/when-the-government-doesnt-want-you-reporting-on-ice/
When the Government Doesn't Want You Reporting on ICE
A conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter Laura Rodríguez Presa about covering ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and staying rooted in community
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November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In today's Pressing Issues, we sit down for a conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social about covering 'Operation Midway Blitz' and staying rooted in community.
More: https://pressingissues.org/when-the-government-doesnt-want-you-reporting-on-ice/
More: https://pressingissues.org/when-the-government-doesnt-want-you-reporting-on-ice/
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This week @janefonda.com graciously invited me and @agomezfcc.bsky.social to address the @1acommittee.bsky.social to discuss how media consolidation limits free speech.
I left feeling inspired that many in Hollywood are ready to advocate for free expression. www.freepress.net/blog/jane-fo...
I left feeling inspired that many in Hollywood are ready to advocate for free expression. www.freepress.net/blog/jane-fo...
Hollywood Is Ready to Fight for the First Amendment
Learn how Jane Fonda, Free Press and FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez are working to protect free speech — and confront the Trump administration’s abuses.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This week @janefonda.com graciously invited me and @agomezfcc.bsky.social to address the @1acommittee.bsky.social to discuss how media consolidation limits free speech.
I left feeling inspired that many in Hollywood are ready to advocate for free expression. www.freepress.net/blog/jane-fo...
I left feeling inspired that many in Hollywood are ready to advocate for free expression. www.freepress.net/blog/jane-fo...
Media 2070 launched its Reparative Journalism Archive — and the first entry includes 55 audio interviews with Los Angelenos describing lived experience of the death of George Floyd and the 2020 uprisings.
More here: https://www.freepress.net/blog/reparative-journalism-archive-sanctuary-black-memory
More here: https://www.freepress.net/blog/reparative-journalism-archive-sanctuary-black-memory
Reparative Journalism Archive: A Sanctuary of Black Memory
The Reparative Journalism Archive examines the intersections between media history, Black citizenship and identity, movement building and afrofuturist visioning.
www.freepress.net
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Media 2070 launched its Reparative Journalism Archive — and the first entry includes 55 audio interviews with Los Angelenos describing lived experience of the death of George Floyd and the 2020 uprisings.
More here: https://www.freepress.net/blog/reparative-journalism-archive-sanctuary-black-memory
More here: https://www.freepress.net/blog/reparative-journalism-archive-sanctuary-black-memory
What a great night.
Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social: "Free Expression is non-negotiable. It marks the line between freedom and repression. Therefore, we must defend it without compromise."
Catch her remarks and the full event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJ0...
Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social: "Free Expression is non-negotiable. It marks the line between freedom and repression. Therefore, we must defend it without compromise."
Catch her remarks and the full event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJ0...
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
What a great night.
Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social: "Free Expression is non-negotiable. It marks the line between freedom and repression. Therefore, we must defend it without compromise."
Catch her remarks and the full event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJ0...
Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social: "Free Expression is non-negotiable. It marks the line between freedom and repression. Therefore, we must defend it without compromise."
Catch her remarks and the full event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJ0...
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Happening now, at @law.rutgers.edu, with @freepress.bsky.social and Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social on her #FirstAmendment tour. To hear about free expression and local news in New Jersey in a time of grave authoritarian threat.
www.youtube.com/live/_JJ0fz5...
www.youtube.com/live/_JJ0fz5...
A Critical Crossroads for Free Speech and Local News
YouTube video by Free Press
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November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Happening now, at @law.rutgers.edu, with @freepress.bsky.social and Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social on her #FirstAmendment tour. To hear about free expression and local news in New Jersey in a time of grave authoritarian threat.
www.youtube.com/live/_JJ0fz5...
www.youtube.com/live/_JJ0fz5...