Kathy Kiely

Press Freedom United Press Freedom United is an organization of engaged citizens, journalists, media organizations and defenders of the First Amendment and the free press in the United States and abroad.

I am glad that members of my profession are coalescing to call out these existential threats to #pressfreedom and #freespeech.
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The Alliance of Rural Public Media The Alliance of Rural Public Media represents rural public radio stations spanning the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as Native American and Island communities.

Also puzzling: why a supposed champion of #rural America would deprive people who live there of an important source of news and information.
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By firing Voice of America, Radio Free journalists, Trump puts them in danger | Opinion Trump administration's disbanding news outlets operated by U.S. Agency for Global Media risks lives of foreign journalists who work for America.

Why anyone who wants to "make America great" would betray #journalists to #dictators is a question we should all ponder deeply.
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Radio Free Asia lays off most staff after losing federal funding Radio Free Asia, which counters communist propaganda in Asia, announced mass layoffs while it fights the Trump administration in court.

We can see the results of this footdragging in the plight of #journalists @radiofreeasiapr.bsky.social who are facing layoffs as a result Team #Trump's refusal to comply with court orders.
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Voice of America staff can resume reporting next week, DOJ says An email from the Justice Department said VOA staff can begin a “phased return” to the office and programming. The broadcaster has effectively been shut down since March.

While @voiceofamerica.bsky.social appears to have won an court victory, you can be sure the Administration's compliance will be grudging at best.
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RSF warns of historic decline in US Press Freedom, intensified by Trump’s return to the White House YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English

Has there ever been a #WorldPressFreedomDay that mattered this much? Give Donald #Trump credit for reminding us of how important it is to not take #pressfreedom for granted. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOJb...

Nicely timed for #PublicMediaGivingDays. I already gave to my local #NPR station @kbianews.bsky.social -- before there was any prompting by the president! You can too. www.kbia.org/donation-por...

Ending Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

Just another reminder of why it's important to support media that belongs to the public -- and not to the politicians who sometimes think they are the boss.
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@boblannon.bsky.social hey I sent you a gmail: a college friend and his wife are in Berlin for a few months. Wondering if you can meet them and show them what’s good.

Press Freedom United Press Freedom United is an organization of engaged citizens, journalists, media organizations and defenders of the First Amendment and the free press in the United States and abroad.

Here’s how you can sign the @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social letter.

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Saving the free press — before it’s too late - Editor and Publisher Press freedom is under attack — not in some distant land, but right here in the United States. From newsroom intimidation to funding cuts targeting public media, the threats are multiplying while publ...

H/T to Editor & Publisher for this important podcast on what you can do to support #pressfreedom.

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They’re selling “a chance to engage with the White House press corps? Has anyone told the reporters they are being hawked?

By firing Voice of America, Radio Free journalists, Trump puts them in danger | Opinion Trump administration's disbanding news outlets operated by U.S. Agency for Global Media risks lives of foreign journalists who work for America.

OK so #Trump doesn’t like the #freepress. But does he really want to go down in history as a 21st century Judas Iscariot?Save yourself, Donald, by saving the #journalists #VOA #RadioFreeEurope #RadioFreeAsia #RadioMarti

The Last Days at Voice of America Covering the press freedom beat at VOA, I got a front-row seat to its demise.

So nice to see that America still has a Voice:

On the Arrest of an Autocrat Journalists, lawyers, clergy, and human rights activists persisted in the Philippines, even when hope for accountability seemed nonexistent.

There are so many important lessons we can draw from the saga of @mariaressa.bsky.social. Thank you to @columjournreview.bsky.social and Sheila Coronel for pointing them out.

Slava Ukraini!

This is a huge loss for people who support #transparency in government, which is everyone who supports #democracy. The counter-narrative is #propaganda by folks who’d rather return to the #DarkAges

Note the number of cosponsors 😂

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May I recommend that we all donate to the @apnews.com
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White House blocks AP from event for using 'Gulf of Mexico' The Associated Press says the White House blocked it from covering an official event on Tuesday because it did not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

Hmm. And here I thought Trump & Co. were against #cancelculture.

Karma’s a bitch

We’re veterans of an iconic newspaper war: Here’s why we think it’s time to call a journalistic truce - Editor and Publisher The rivalry between New York newspaper tabloids created a famously competitive and sharp-elbowed media environment — one that benefitted generations of readers. Kathy Kiely and Vincent Morris understa...

A one-time reporter for @nydailynews.com, I teamed up with my former @nypost.com competitor @vincentmorris.bsky.social to make the case for #solidarity among #journalists. Newsroom rivalry should stop at #authoritarianism's edge.

Behind the viral photo of Rep. Andy Kim cleaning up at midnight after riots “It’s a room that I love so much. ... It pained me so much to see it in this kind of condition,” the New Jersey Democrat said.

And lest we forget. How great to have a mensch in the Senate!

Washington Post Cartoonist Ann Telnaes Quits After Bezos-Owned Paper Kills Trump Satire Piece “Trying to get in the good graces of an autocrat-in-waiting will only result in undermining that free press,” the Pulitzer Prize winner says of her former employer The post Washington Post Cartoonist ...

Dear @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social board: I hereby nominate @anntelnaes.bsky.social for your first ever prize for a spiked cartoon.

Let's make this the last Christmas that the family of #AustinTice spends without him. Here's hoping #PresidentBiden can get the job done. #FreeAustinTice.

I’m so proud and pleased to represent @mujschool.bsky.social in this important effort to support #journalism.

Kudos to @knightfdn.bsky.social for funding a new fellowship to help journalists at risk. Pleased that @jskstanford.bsky.social is a partner w/Lynette Clemetson at the Knight-Wallace Fellowships, Kathy Keily at Mizzou J School & Lucy Westcott @CPJ, led by @joelsimonsays.bsky.social @CUNY J School.

Trump sues Des Moines Register, pollster - Editor and Publisher President-elect Trump sued the Des Moines Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer on Monday over a poll released just before Election Day indicating Vice President Harris had a sizable lead in Iowa.

Sore winner alert! This would be a hilarious waste of Trump’s money were it not a page out of the dictator’s handbook so ably described by @mariaressa.bsky.social : Sue #journalists not to win but to cripple them with legal fees.

Need a reason to feel hopeful about politics? Meet MU sophomore TJ Benoist The young Democrat's failed bid for a St. Francois County Commission seat became a positive for himself and his opponent.

Stop the presses! I bring you glad tidings about…politics. Here is hoping that our children teach their parents well. H/T @ezrabitterman.bsky.social (and Crosby, Sills, Nash and Young)

Austin Tice

It's long past time. The end of a nightmare in #Syria should be the end of the #AustinTice family's as well. #BringAustinHome.