Brenda Rivas, Free Press · [email protected]

November 29, 2023 at 2:56 PM

So close to hitting our #GivingTuesday goal [MATCH EXTENDED!]

Free Press One more day to triple your impact I don’t like to be the bearer of bad news … but I promise I have some good news, too. Let’s get the bad news out of the way first: We fell short of our $25,000 #GivingTuesday goal yesterday. We missed it by $2,011, to be exact. Her…

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

November 29, 2023 at 2:16 AM

This triple-match offer expires at midnight !!️

Free Press Just three hours to go to triple your impact on our work We'll keep this brief. We have just a few hours to go to meet our $25K #GivingTuesday goal, and we’re still a little behind where we need to be. Will you make your first gift right now to help us get there? Th…

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  Vanessa Maria, News Voices @ Free Press · [email protected]

November 28, 2023 at 8:36 PM

Is journalism dead? Hell, no!

Free Press You can have 3x the impact on our work to revive local journalism Friend, Over the past 15 years, the United States has lost more than half the newspaper reporters covering state and local beats. With an average of two local newspapers shutting down each week, a grow…

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  3x GIVING TUESDAY MATCH · [email protected]

November 28, 2023 at 4:18 PM

FWD: Now more than ever, journalism has the opportunity to prioritize healing

Free Press Making sure you saw Diamond’s email Did you see Diamond’s email? Today’s the day: It’s #GivingTuesday, and we’re shining a light on the groundbreaking work of our Media 2070 project, which seeks to create a future ripe with the capital needed for Black people to control the creat…

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  Diamond, Free Press · [email protected]

November 28, 2023 at 1:16 PM

Now more than ever, journalism has the opportunity to prioritize healing

Free Press Your support on this #GivingTuesday could not be more critical Friend, In a moment, I’m going to ask you to chip in toward Free Press’ triple-matched, $25,000 #GivingTuesday goal. But first, I wanted to explain why this goal is so important. Over the past year and a…

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  Kimberly Longey, Free Press · [email protected]

November 27, 2023 at 10:16 PM

Not your ordinary #GivingTuesday message

Free Press We can’t leave a single dollar of this matching-gift goal on the table. Friend, to create a better future for local journalism — and a media system that no longer fuels anti-Black racism — we have to hit every grassroots fundraising goal to sustain this critical work …

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  Brenda Rivas, Free Press · [email protected]

November 21, 2023 at 6:13 PM

An early opportunity to fight for change

Free Press Triple your impact in the fight for better media & tech We need a media system that actually responds to the needs of our communities and repairs past harms — and to help us get there, we’re jumping on a big goal early. Yes, we know #GivingTuesday is technically …

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  Timothy Karr, Free Press · [email protected]

November 20, 2023 at 11:23 PM

Media executives need to quit their Trump habit

Free Press Mention this when you talk politics at Thanksgiving this week Friend, For far too long media execs have played along with Trump’s strongman charade, aware that his tele-presence is a boon for ratings and revenues. Now, U.S. democracy is reaping what they have sown. A…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

November 18, 2023 at 5:56 PM

FWD: TAKE ACTION: We need your help for a free and open internet

Free Press We don’t see your name on this yet We'll keep it brief. A new process to reinstate Net Neutrality and Title II has begun at the FCC — and if you support a free and open internet like we do, the agency’s commissioners need to hear from you ASAP. Will you join Free Press in demand…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

November 17, 2023 at 7:10 PM

TAKE ACTION: We need your help for a free and open internet

Free Press Let’s flood the FCC with support for Net Neutrality Tell the FCC: “We urge you to swiftly and fully reinstate Net Neutrality and Title II to protect the free and open internet we rely on.” Friend, High-speed internet is an essential utility. When you go online,…

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  Mike Rispoli, Free Press · [email protected]

November 16, 2023 at 3:08 PM

You deserve better local news

Free Press Local journalism is in a state of crisis. But we’re fighting back. Local journalism is in a state of crisis. Commercial media conglomerates have decimated local newsrooms. Companies like Sinclair have forced local news stations to run boilerplate news segments parrot…

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  Free Press Action Team, Free Press · [email protected]

November 15, 2023 at 8:17 PM

FWD: ACT NOW: Stop Congress from reauthorizing government surveillance

Free Press Action We need your help right away. Friend, There’s no time to waste. With the federal government poised to shut down in just a couple of days unless funding legislation is passed, both chambers of Congress are jamming unsavory provisions into this must-pass package. We’re horrif…

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

November 15, 2023 at 12:14 AM

ACT NOW: Stop Congress from reauthorizing government surveillance

Free Press Action Urgent: Tell lawmakers you’ve had it with government spying Tell Senate Leadership: Do Not Reauthorize Warrantless Surveillance Friend, Let me cut to the chase: We need your help right away to stop Congress from continuing a domestic-surveillance regime. …

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  Free Press Action Team, Free Press · [email protected]

November 9, 2023 at 3:08 PM

FWD: For sale: your personal data!

Free Press Action Help us fight for the data-privacy protections you deserve Making sure you saw Dutch’s email about our new report, Insatiable: The Tech Industry’s Quest for All Our Data, and our fight to safeguard everyone’s digital privacy. Whether it’s reckless security practices or the …

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  Dutch at Free Press Action · [email protected]

November 8, 2023 at 8:34 PM

For sale: your personal data!

Free Press Action Help us fight for the data-privacy protections you deserve Friend, Using a smartphone. Browsing an online store. These everyday activities — and so many others — generate personal data about our identities, preferences, behaviors and more. Tech, retail, insuran…

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  Venneikia Williams, Free Press · [email protected]

November 6, 2023 at 8:33 PM

Explained: Diagnosing the media system

Free Press To build a better future we have to acknowledge the past Friend In 2020, months after racial-justice protesters rose up throughout the country, the Black caucus at Free Press launched the Media 2070 project.From the start, we knew we wanted to weave education into our…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

November 4, 2023 at 4:07 PM

FWD: EXPLAINED: The tech industry’s quest for all our data

Free Press Action Speaking publicly about privacy Friend, Did you see our email yesterday? We’re all very proud of the hard work that went into Free Press Action’s new report, Insatiable: The Tech Industry’s Quest for All Our Data. Our findings are alarming: Users have little control over th…

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  Free Press Action Team, Free Press · [email protected]

November 3, 2023 at 6:40 PM

EXPLAINED: The tech industry’s quest for all our data

Free Press Action Our new report is a wake-up call about rampant privacy violations Friend, Have you encountered an ad for a product or service on Instagram recently that just … felt a little too personal? Or maybe you're being inundated with emails from brands you've never inte…

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  Free Press Action Team, Free Press · [email protected]

October 31, 2023 at 6:11 PM

FWD: Reading this email should be affordable for everyone

Free Press Action Congress must A-C-T for the A-C-P Friend, There’s only one haunted house on my mind this Halloween: the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressional Republicans’ weeks-long Speakership fiasco imperiled many crucial government programs, including one close to our hearts: the…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

October 30, 2023 at 11:13 PM

Reading this email should be affordable for everyone

Free Press Action Congress must A-C-T for the A-C-P Tell Congress: We Need Additional Funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program Friend, You’ve heard a lot from me (and you’ll hear a lot more) about how the internet is an essential utility. Every fiber of my being scr…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

October 28, 2023 at 2:08 PM

The FCC tackles Net Neutrality, misinformation and more

Free Press ➡️ Your October Free Press update is here Welcome to the October edition of the Free Press Update, our monthly newsletter recapping as much of our work from the last month as we can fit into one email. Let’s get into it: It’s Official: The FCC Begins Process to Reins…

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  Dutch Cosmian, Free Press · [email protected]

October 27, 2023 at 4:24 PM

Fwd: Social-media lies risk lives

Free Press Your stories and your truths matter. Friend, Last week, you heard from Nora about the horrifying uptick in disinformation that we’ve seen in response to the Israel/Gaza crisis. The abject failure of social-media platforms — especially Elon Musk’s decaying Twitter/X — to maintain a…

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  Free Press Action Team, Free Press · [email protected]

October 24, 2023 at 2:08 PM

FWD: Big news from the FCC!

Free Press Action We’ve been preparing for this moment for months and months. Friend, We’ve been preparing for this moment for months and months: The FCC officially took the first step to bring back Title II Net Neutrality protections! We know what it takes to win a fight like this — we’ve …

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

October 23, 2023 at 4:08 PM

Big news from the FCC!

Free Press Action This is how we win back Net Neutrality. I have some BIG news to share from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) here in D.C.: The FCC officially voted to start a process to restore Title II oversight of the broadband industry, the sound legal foundation …

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

October 19, 2023 at 7:58 PM

Explained: Musk, Twitter and disinformation during wartime

Free Press Musk, Twitter, and Misinformation in a Time of War Friend, Twitter’s mishandling of the platform in the aftermath of Hamas’ attack in October and Israel’s subsequent military response marks a new low. We at Free Press have covered this trainwreck of a platform since …

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  Timothy Karr, Free Press · [email protected]

October 16, 2023 at 7:55 PM

Explained: Net Neutrality myths and realities

Free Press High-speed internet is essential. So is the truth. Friend, No single tech policy scares large telecom companies and unites the public more than Net Neutrality — the basic principle that the internet should be a level playing field for all. There’s a sound legal frame…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

October 7, 2023 at 2:08 PM

FWD: Will you stick with us?

Free Press Take a look at what Dutch had to say … Friend, We’re so close to our goal of signing up 30 new Free Press Connectors. If you commit to giving at least $5 every month before the weekend is over, a generous donor will match your donation for a full 12 months. Lock in your monthly d…

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  Dutch Cosmian, Free Press · [email protected]

October 5, 2023 at 4:13 PM

Will you stick with us?

Free Press A little goes a long way I’ll make it quick. We reached out in early September to tell you about our goal of signing up 30 new monthly donors by the end of the month to take advantage of an offer from a generous matching donor. Then we got some very big news last wee…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

October 3, 2023 at 6:23 PM

FWD: App stores must remove Twitter/X if Elon Musk gets rid of the block button

Free Press We don’t have to put up with Musk’s erratic behavior Elon Musk is just full of terrible ideas for the platform formerly known as Twitter: He’s considering charging all users — and he wants to eliminate the block feature that people use to protect themselves from harassment, hate a…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

October 2, 2023 at 8:23 PM

App stores must remove Twitter/X if Elon Musk gets rid of the block button

Free Press We’d block Musk if we could ... Tell Apple and Google: Drop Twitter/X from your app stores if Musk deactivates the block feature! Friend, Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter/X has been riddled with rollbacks of safety measures and policies that can keep hate and…

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  Free Press Action Team, Free Press · [email protected]

September 30, 2023 at 1:48 PM

FWD: The situation, the problem, the solution

Free Press Time is running out to have 2X the impact Did you see Craig and Jessica’s email? Today’s the day: It’s your last chance to have double the impact on our work to push the FCC to reinstate Title II and Net Neutrality. We’re so close to raising the $10,000 we need to fuel these effor…

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

September 29, 2023 at 3:36 PM

The situation, the problem, the solution

Free Press We can’t keep up our fight for a free and open internet without serious resources. Your donation MATCHED through midnight tomorrow » Here’s the situation: With a fully functioning FCC in place, the agency is kicking off the process to reinstate Title II Net Neutrality …

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

September 28, 2023 at 9:33 PM

A fully functional FCC, NET NEUTRALITY, and more 👩🏽‍💻

Free Press ➡️ Open for the exciting September edition of the Free Press Update Welcome to the September edition of the Free Press Update, our monthly newsletter recapping as much of our work from the last month as we can fit into one email. Let’s get started: Our Top Five Prior…

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  Free Press Action Team, Free Press · [email protected]

September 27, 2023 at 3:09 PM

FWD: Make Comcast mad again

Free Press Did you see this big news?! We're just making sure you saw the news that the FCC is taking the first step toward reinstating Title II to safeguard Net Neutrality and protect broadband users. But here’s the thing: The big internet service providers will pressure the FCC to weaken, …

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

September 26, 2023 at 5:44 PM

Make Comcast mad again

Free Press It’s really go time now. Can you help? Friend, BIG NEWS: With a fully functional FCC finally in place, the agency just announced that they’re ready to tackle Title II to safeguard Net Neutrality and protect broadband users! This is a HUGE moment, so we’ll get right to…

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  Kimberly Longey, Free Press · [email protected]

September 23, 2023 at 5:23 PM

Will you become a Connector?

Free Press You don’t want to miss this special match opportunity Friend, Last month, Free Press turned 20 — marking two decades of our fight to transform our media system. And while a lot has changed in our fight to create a world where people have the information and opportun…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

September 22, 2023 at 2:18 PM

FWD: Can we count on your ongoing support?

Free Press Making sure you saw our group chat I wanted to bump up the following conversation from Jessica and Craig from the other day about a big fundraising goal coming up at the end of the month, and why it’s so important: 👋 Hey, it’s Craig, one of Free Press’ co-…

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  Craig at Free Press · [email protected]

September 21, 2023 at 8:03 PM

Can we count on your ongoing support?

Free Press Get connected! 👋 Hey, it’s Craig, one of Free Press’ co-CEOs. I wanted to add you to a group chat since Jessica (my fellow co-CEO) and I were talking about a big goal coming up at the end of the month AND the exciting week we’ve had. To cat…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

September 20, 2023 at 8:07 PM

FWD: Was the internet a good idea?

Free Press How much do you trust your ISP? When you pop online to search for a dinner recipe, shop for some cute clothes (treat yourself!), or use Google Maps to find your way home, do you want Comcast weighing in? Do you want it slowing your connection down until you pay hidden fees? How ab…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

September 19, 2023 at 9:29 PM

Was the internet a good idea?

Free Press Either way, it should belong to us, not Comcast Tell the FCC: Restore Title II Authority to Safeguard Net Neutrality and Protect Internet Users Everywhere Friend, We’ve conducted a thorough and philosophically sound study into the eternal “was this whole thing …

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

September 18, 2023 at 7:58 PM

Explained: Our top 5️⃣ priorities for a fully functional FCC

Free Press There’s so much the FCC needs to do. Friend, 960 days. That’s how long we went during the Biden administration without a fully staffed Federal Communications Commission and a Democratic majority. That’s how long we went during the Biden administration without a fully …

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

September 16, 2023 at 2:16 PM

FWD: Checking in

Free Press We value your input, ! We just wanted to make sure you saw Dutch’s email. A few days ago, we sent out a survey, and Free Press supporters from across the country are giving valuable input on their concerns and priorities. Will you take our 2023 Fall Supporter Survey now? We’re c…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

September 15, 2023 at 1:26 PM

FWD: Your monthly gift goes 2x as far

Free Press Did you see Candace’s email? Two quick things: The Senate voted to confirm Anna Gomez to serve as the FCC’s fifth commissioner — which means we finally have a fully functional agency. This is a huge moment. But we have a short window of time to advance our agenda, which is why we…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

September 14, 2023 at 2:13 PM

All hands on deck

Free Press There’s never been a better time to become a Connector BIG NEWS: We finally have a fully functional FCC, but we have a very short window of time to advance our agenda. To fuel our fight for the long haul, we’re looking for 30 new Connectors to start a monthly donat…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

September 13, 2023 at 2:06 PM

FWD: As families go back to school, Congress must get back to work

Free Press Please take action with us today. It's not just summer that’s winding down: If we don’t act soon, funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) could run out too. High-speed internet access is as necessary as electricity or water, especially for kids returning to school or …

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

September 12, 2023 at 3:53 PM

As families go back to school, Congress must get back to work

Free Press Millions of households could lose an essential utility Tell Congress: Students and Families Need Additional Funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program Friend, I remember when my school-supply list was color-coded notebooks (blue for math and purple for soci…

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

September 8, 2023 at 1:08 PM

FWD: Breaking: The Senate just confirmed Anna Gomez to the FCC

Free Press The FCC can *finally* get to work on urgent priorities Friend, Amazing news: It took 960 days, but we finally have a full five-member Federal Communications Commission. On Thursday, the Senate confirmed Anna Gomez to serve at the agency. But here’s the thing: Because of the unpr…

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

September 7, 2023 at 8:47 PM

Breaking: The Senate just confirmed Anna Gomez to the FCC

Free Press The FCC can *finally* get to work on urgent priorities We FINALLY have a full FCC but time is short: Donate today to win back Net Neutrality and make broadband affordable. Friend, It took 960 days, but the moment we’ve been waiting, pushing (sometimes screaming…

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  Dutch Cosmian, Free Press · [email protected]

September 6, 2023 at 8:06 PM

Checking in

Free Press Your input is critical as we plan for the weeks, months and years ahead. We want to hear from you. Yes, you! As we celebrate the 20th (!!!) anniversary of Free Press and prepare for Congress to return to Capitol Hill after a long summer recess, we want to learn more …

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

September 1, 2023 at 3:49 PM

FWD: Tell Apple and Google: Remove X from your app stores if Elon Musk removes the block button

Free Press Please take action with us today. X CEO Elon Musk has yet another terrible idea for the platform: He wants to remove the blocking feature, which enables users to protect themselves from harassment, hate and other kinds of attacks. So we’re calling on Apple and Google to remove X …

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