Kimberly Longey, Free Press · [email protected]

May 31, 2024 at 6:10 PM

Last day of the month

Free Press Action Update on tonight’s goal Friend, today is the last day of the month. That means your inbox is probably flooded with fundraising emails. (Ours are too.) But we want to be transparent: We’re still 26 donations short of our goal, and anything you can give by midnig…

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  Brenda Rivas, Free Press · [email protected]

May 30, 2024 at 4:18 PM

The impact of your donation

Free Press Action What your support makes possible Friend, Today, I’m asking you to make your very first gift to Free Press Action of $5 or any amount by midnight tomorrow. Here’s why: $5 will fuel our work to hold tech platforms like Google, Meta, TikTok and Twitter accoun…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

May 29, 2024 at 10:08 PM

Free speech and press freedom go hand in hand

Free Press Action These are necessary, urgent fights — now more than ever Friend, Earlier this month, we celebrated World Press Freedom Day, a day that recognizes the journalists worldwide who expose wrongdoing, challenge power and seek the truth. It couldn’t have been more rel…

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

May 28, 2024 at 8:24 PM

Help us protect public media and your data privacy

Free Press Action Important updates as the month comes to a close Friend, what a month! FIRST: We celebrated the Federal Communications Commission’s announcement of nearly $200 million in fines against AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon for illegally sharing customers' locat…

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  Free Press · [email protected]

May 24, 2024 at 4:46 PM

FWD: Send a text to 78748

Free Press Quick and easy Friend, If you like how short this email is, you’ll love getting texts from us. Text “Summer” to 78748 to sign up now! Talk to you later, The Free Press team P.S. We typically text 1–2 times per week to connect you to blog posts, petitions, opportunities to call …

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  Dutch Cosmian, Free Press · [email protected]

May 23, 2024 at 10:53 PM

Send a text to 78748

Free Press Get our updates via text! Friend, Spend a lot of time in front of a screen? Maybe a few screens? Believe me, I get it. If you’re anything like me, you probably have strong opinions about which activities go with which screen. Paying bills, attending Zoom meetings, d…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

May 20, 2024 at 5:32 PM

ICYMI: Data and Dissent

Free Press Action Will we see you next time? Friend, Last week, plenty of new and familiar faces joined us for a stimulating conversation on the state of protest rights and press freedom on university campuses. This is the first webinar that Free Press Action is rolling out this…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

May 19, 2024 at 4:26 PM

📰Get up to speed on all things Free Press in our May newsletter!

Free Press Action Read about the fight to defend public media and so much more Welcome to the May 2024 edition of the Free Press Update, our newsletter recapping as much of our work from the last month as we can fit into one email. Let’s get into it: What Free Press Action Co-C…

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  Jenna Ruddock, Free Press · [email protected]

May 15, 2024 at 7:16 PM

FWD: [RSVP] Escalating use of force

Free Press Action RSVP now! Friend, Making sure you saw Nora’s message yesterday! We are looking forward to an urgent and thoughtful discussion tomorrow. Here are the details: WHAT: Data and Dissent: Navigating Your Right to Protest Amid Government Surveillance WHEN: TOMORROW, May 16, at 1 …

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

May 14, 2024 at 9:44 PM

Escalating use of force

Free Press Action Join us as we navigate protest rights in the surveillance age Friend, Freedom of expression and the ability for communities to join together in solidarity and action are essential tools for democracy. But far too often, these tactics face threats of repression …

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  Alex Frandsen, FreePress.net · [email protected]

May 13, 2024 at 4:33 PM

EXPLAINED: How state legislatures are trying to support local journalism

Free Press Action Local communities need local news Friend, When it comes to local journalism, we're already familiar with the bad news — layoffs, newsroom closures and corporate consolidation. But I'm happy to report that the movement to build a new future for local news and c…

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

May 10, 2024 at 6:36 PM

FWD: These rickety claims

Free Press Action Making sure you saw Craig’s email re: attacks on public media Friend, we’ve seen this movie before: Conservative members of Congress are once again launching highly partisan attempts to root out alleged “bias” at NPR and PBS — and threatening to slash funding that supports p…

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  Craig Aaron, Free Press · [email protected]

May 9, 2024 at 10:13 PM

These rickety claims

Free Press Action What I told Congress yesterday Friend, Yesterday, I testified before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee seeking evidence of so-called “left-wing bias” at NPR. As I told members of Congress, I do not represent NPR, PBS or the Corporation for Public Broadc…

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  Timothy Karr, Free Press · [email protected]

May 6, 2024 at 9:43 PM

EXPLAINED: World Press Freedom Day

Free Press Carrying the banner of press freedom Friend, May 3 was World Press Freedom Day, a day that recognizes the journalists worldwide who expose wrongdoing, challenge power and seek the truth. This year, we especially admire the student-run news outlets that are covering t…

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  Jenna Ruddock, Free Press · [email protected]

May 2, 2024 at 10:43 PM

EXPLAINED: The FCC’s fine against the nation’s largest wireless carriers

Free Press Time for AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile to pay up Friend, On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission announced nearly $200 million in fines against AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon for illegally sharing customers' location data.1 This investigation into …

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  Diamond, Free Press · [email protected]

May 1, 2024 at 9:46 PM

What journalists can learn from global repair movements

Free Press Our News Voices project’s latest video is out now A Project of Free Press Friend, Since our nation’s inception, news media have weaponized anti-Black narratives to oppress Black communities and preserve a white-racial hierarchy. To remedy this history…

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

April 30, 2024 at 11:17 PM

Our fight to hold Big Tech accountable

Free Press Action We can’t let CEOs like Musk and Zuckerberg off the hook Free Press Action had a very productive April, but our work continues. Can we count on your support before the month is out? Friend, Earlier this month, a Free Press-led coalition of more than 200 ci…

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  Brenda Rivas, Free Press · [email protected]

April 29, 2024 at 10:04 PM

Your Free Press Action supporter record

Free Press Action April has been a whirlwind for Free Press Action, friend. Where do we begin? We won back Net Neutrality, mobilized a global coalition to call on Big Tech to combat election disinformation and urged Congress to extend funding for the popular Affordable Connectiv…

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

April 28, 2024 at 2:34 PM

Net Neutrality is back. What’s next?

Free Press Action The fight continues … Friend, it’s official: Net Neutrality is back. This a moment 20 years in the making — and we’ve been in this fight from the beginning. Since the FCC first took up this matter, we’ve urged millions of people from across the political spectr…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

April 26, 2024 at 5:16 PM

FWD: Net Neutrality is BACK

Free Press Join us in saying thanks! Friend, our advocacy worked! Yesterday was a huge day — not just for my colleagues at Free Press who have spent the last seven years tirelessly working for this moment — but for all of us. We’re deeply grateful to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and …

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