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Dear Press Freedom Supporter, 
 
By now you've likely heard about the local police raid of a
newspaper office in Marion county, Kansas. Authorities seized
computers and phones - as well as personal cell phones -
from the Marion County Record. The paper said the raids contributed to
the death of its co-owner, 98-year-old Joan Meyer, who collapsed and
died Saturday afternoon following the police search of her home. Such
blatant undermining of press freedoms is unacceptable. 

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I know the erosion of democratic norms and basic freedoms has been
difficult to watch the past few years.
 
Not just for Marion county, Kansas, but all over the U.S. and beyond:
in the classroom, at the school board, at the county
commissioner's meeting, at the local sheriff's office
- wherever people gather and go about the business of their
community - journalists often serve as the lone watchdogs to
investigate and report on wrong.
 
That can make their jobs immensely difficult, and increasingly
dangerous, but it is essential: in a free society, journalists
facilitate public accountability.

When CPJ is asked why a free press is essential to a free people, this
is why. Not simply because journalists keep us informed, but because
it's only in the light of their reporting that we remain free.

And as journalists look out for us, we must look out for them.

That's why CPJ provided 548 journalists in 50 countries with
financial and non-financial assistance last year. It's why we
fight to keep journalists out of jail - and saw more than 150
imprisoned journalists released in 2022

Preserving democratic norms and free societies cannot happen without
all of us together. Join us in the fight to ensure press freedom
- and our freedom - is protected, and if you haven't
yet this year, or would like to contribute again, I hope you'll
consider a gift to CPJ.

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Let's keep people informed, and defend democracy, at the same
time.

Best, 

Jodie Ginsberg
President



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