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Local News on the Brink
[caption id="attachment_179710" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Photo by David Zalubowski/AP[/caption] Losing the News Executive Summary Recommendations Read the Full Report Read the Case Studies: Colorado, Michigan, and North Carolina The story is familiar: A local rural business collapses… More
Iran’s Abusive Internet Shutdown Illustrates Dangers of ‘National Internet’
“The Iranian government’s decision to impose a nationwide blackout on global Internet access in order to suppress news of anti-government protests is deeply abusive, completely unjustifiable, and clearly self-serving." More
Continued Detention of Cameroonian Journalist an Affront to Free Expression
"This is an obvious injustice, and one that sends a loud message to Cameroonian journalists and everyday citizens alike that the Cameroonian government does not take free expression rights… More
PEN America: China Must Not Intimidate Those Who Honor Imprisoned Publisher
"State officials kidnapped Gui Minhai, forced him into a series of staged confessions, and have held him against his will for years, in a breathtakingly blatant violation of human… More
PEN America Demands Cuban Authorities Stop Harassing Cuban Writer and Activist
“For weeks, Jorge and Nancy have lived in a constant state of fear as they have been repeatedly harassed, threatened, and detained by Cuban authorities." " More
Works of Justice: How to Write a Novel in a Month (While in Prison), Week 2
Updates from week 2 of our NaNoWriMo challenge. Four currently incarcerated fiction writers are working as peer facilitators with writing groups in the prison where they live. More
University Requiring Journalists to Disclose Information About Sexual Misconduct Is Misguided
A policy requiring University of Illinois-affiliated journalists to disclose information about confidential reports of sexual violence or harassment is misguided and harmful. More
Kurdish-Iranian Writer Free After Six Years
"Even when Behrouz's freedom of movement was restricted, his words were not bound by those constraints." More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Poet Tsitsi Ella Jaji
"Poetry is a mode of discovery—I don’t know my identity except through the writing, making, contemplating of it." More
Writers Demand India Review Decision to Revoke Journalist’s Immigration Status
“Denying access to the country to writers of both foreign and Indian origin casts a chill on public discourse." More
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