Marty Baron

Washington Post demands government return materials seized from reporter The Post demanded in a court filing Wednesday that federal law enforcement officials return electronic devices the government seized from a staff reporter’s home.

The right move. And an excellent, forceful statement: "We have asked the court to order the immediate return of all seized materials and prevent their use. Anything less would license future newsroom raids and normalize censorship by search warrant.”

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FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home The reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.

A clear and appalling sign that this administration will set no limits on its acts of aggression against an independent press. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Un grupo de destacados periodistas y escritores visita en la cárcel al periodista guatemalteco José Rubén Zamora: “Sé que voy a salir” La comitiva, liderada por el Premio Cervantes Sergio Ramírez y en la que participaron la directora de EL PAÍS, Pepa Bueno, y el exdirector de ‘The Washington Post’ Martin Baron, defiende la liberación...

It was a real honor yesterday to join other journalists in visiting José Rubén Zamora, the courageous Guatemalan editor being unjustly held in the Mariscal Zavala prison. His spirit, hope and humor remain intact. His strength is an inspiration. May his release come soon. elpais.com/america/2025...

News: Journalists at Voice of America were just informed that they’ve been put on administrative leave. Two people there told me this went to all fulltime employees.

“From what we can tell, VOA is effectively shut down from this moment.”

Trump’s Attempts to Muzzle the Press Look Familiar Much of what the U.S. president has done to curb independent media echoes the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán’s playbook.

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An important piece by Andras Petho, a courageous and independent Hungarian journalist, about what happened in his country and what it signals for the United States.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/trumps-press-freedom-hungary-orban/682060/

Where Jeff Bezos Went Wrong With The Washington Post The billionaire handled his ownership admirably for more than a decade. But his courage failed him when he needed it most.

I wrote something here about a subject close to my heart. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Delighted to have mine listed here:

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New: Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news websites and competitors he dislikes, including this one. Five-second delays on links to Bluesky, New York Times, Reuters, Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Substack. Most other sites we tested have zero delay https://wapo.st/3OYfTa6

COLLISION OF POWER | Kirkus Reviews A newspaper resists manipulation and lies.

First review for "Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and The Washington Post," from Kirkus: "Engrossing . . . candid . . . Baron chronicles nearly a decade of history marked by sensitive, controversial stories. . . Impassioned.”

COLLISION OF POWER | Kirkus Reviews A newspaper resists manipulation and lies.

First review for "Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and The Washington Post," from Kirkus: "Engrossing . . . candid . . . Baron chronicles nearly a decade of history marked by sensitive, controversial stories. .

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/martin-baron/collision-of-power/

As a newbie today on Bluesky, I thought I’d announce what’s new for me: My book “Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and The Washington Post” will be released on October 3. Available for pre-order in all the usual places and here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250844200/collisionofpower