PEN America
Donate Now
  • Issues & Advocacy
    • Book Bans
    • Educational Censorship
    • Campus Free Speech
    • Disinformation
    • Online Abuse
    • Writers at Risk
    • Artists at Risk Connection (ARC)
    • Global Advocacy
    • NYC Literary Action Coalition
    • Next Gen PEN
  • Writers & Readers
    • Literary Awards
    • Grants & Fellowships
    • PEN Across America
    • Prison and Justice Writing
    • Workshops & Trainings
    • Writers in the Schools Committee
    • Children’s and YA Books Committee
    • Translation Committee
  • Festival & Events
    • Events Calendar
    • Event Series
    • 2023 PEN America Literary Gala
    • 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony
    • 2022 PEN World Voices Festival
    • Authors’ Evenings
  • Read The Latest
    • Research & Reports
    • Take Action
    • #FreeTheBooks
    • Press Releases
    • Interviews & Features
    • PEN America Publications
  • Membership
  • About
    • PEN America at 100
    • About Us
    • PEN America Racial Equity Statement
    • Leadership and Staff
    • Trustees
    • Careers
    • Digital Archives
  • Give
    • Donate Now
    • Become a PEN America Young Patron
    • More Ways to Give
    • Shop
PEN America
Donate Now
  • Advocacy
    & Action
  • Writers
    & Readers
  • Festivals
    & Events
  • Issues & Advocacy
    • Book Bans
    • Educational Censorship
    • Campus Free Speech
    • Disinformation
    • Online Abuse
    • Writers at Risk
    • Artists at Risk Connection (ARC)
    • Global Advocacy
    • NYC Literary Action Coalition
    • Next Gen PEN
  • Writers & Readers
    • Literary Awards
    • Grants & Fellowships
    • PEN Across America
    • Prison and Justice Writing
    • Workshops & Trainings
    • Writers in the Schools Committee
    • Children’s and YA Books Committee
    • Translation Committee
  • Festival & Events
    • Events Calendar
    • Event Series
    • 2023 PEN America Literary Gala
    • 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony
    • 2022 PEN World Voices Festival
    • Authors’ Evenings
  • Read The Latest
    • Research & Reports
    • Take Action
    • #FreeTheBooks
    • Press Releases
    • Interviews & Features
    • PEN America Publications
  • Membership
  • About
    • PEN America at 100
    • About Us
    • PEN America Racial Equity Statement
    • Leadership and Staff
    • Trustees
    • Careers
    • Digital Archives
  • Give
    • Donate Now
    • Become a PEN America Young Patron
    • More Ways to Give
    • Shop
  • Home
Stacked newspapers

Trusted Messengers: How Community Engagement Journalism is Uniquely Positioned to Slow the Spread of Mis/Disinformation

AdvocacyMarch 31, 2023

Tips for journalists and journalism-adjacent professionals who are committed to fighting mis/disinformation through community engagement practices. More

Ukrainian Culture Under Attack: Erasure of Ukrainian Culture in Russia’s War Against Ukraine

ReportDecember 2, 2022

 More

Hate in the Headlines: Journalism & the Challenge of Extremism

ReportNovember 17, 2022

Domestic right-wing extremism has evolved from a fringe movement into an antidemocratic force with open support from some elected officials as well as influential conservative media figures. More

Communicating During Contentious Times: Dos and Don’ts to Rise Above the Noise

Resource

A new guide for community leaders to use in their pursuit of credible and peace-forward messaging strategies. More

PEN/The Order Present: Training Workshops for Independent Russian Journalists

ResourceOctober 25, 2022

The Russian government controls and censors news outlets and severely restricts  internet usage, leaving independent journalists in the critical position of providing the public with transparent, meaningful information on… More

Reading Between the Lines: Race, Equity, and Book Publishing

ReportOctober 21, 2022

PEN America undertook this report to better understand why the debate over the lack of diversity in publishing has seemed to stagnate, or to progress only in fits and… More

Connecting the Dots: Artist Protection & Artistic Freedom in Asia

Report

ARC, in partnership with our regional partners, is now releasing three publications that highlight the current state of artistic freedom in Africa, Asia and Latin America.  More

The Impact of Community-Based Digital Literacy Interventions on Disinformation Resilience

ReportSeptember 29, 2022

 More

shelves of books in a library

A Tip Sheet for Librarians Facing Harassment

AdvocacySeptember 19, 2022

This guide will help librarians mobilize and respond when there are campaigns to remove their books from their shelves that devolve into harassment. More

Banned in the USA Sept 22 cover

Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to Censor Books in Schools

ReportSeptember 19, 2022

“More” is the operative word for this report on school book bans, which offers the first comprehensive look at bans throughout the 2021–22 school year.  More

Posts navigation

1 2 3 … 6 next

Join PEN America Today

Defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture.

Subscribe

Get updates on events, literary awards, free expression issues, and global news.

 
 
  • What's New
Stacked newspapers
Trusted Messengers: How Community Engagement Journalism is Uniquely Positioned to Slow the Spread of Mis/Disinformation
PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression This Week
Fid Thompson
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Sunu Chandy
image of donald trump speaking
Countering misinformation and disinformation about the indictment of former President Donald Trump

Alert Us

Are you an artist at risk or know someone who is?

PEN America On  

penamerica PEN America @penamerica ·
2h

A woman in France is to be tried on charges of insulting President Macron after describing him as 'filth' in a Facebook post.

"I asked the (police) if it was a joke, I had never been arrested," she said. "I am not public enemy number one." https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230329-french-woman-faces-trial-for-insulting-macron-on-facebook #FreeSpeech

Reply on Twitter 1642237040002580482 Retweet on Twitter 1642237040002580482 2 Like on Twitter 1642237040002580482 6 Twitter 1642237040002580482
penamerica PEN America @penamerica ·
2h

In her debut collection My Dear Comrades, Sunu Chandy (@sunuchandy) draws from her many disciplines—#poetry, #law, #activism—to invite the reader into a space that resists boundaries while living among them.

Learn more in her new #PENTen interview: https://pen.org/the-pen-ten-an-interview-with-sunu-chandy/

Reply on Twitter 1642232215928033281 Retweet on Twitter 1642232215928033281 2 Like on Twitter 1642232215928033281 9 Twitter 1642232215928033281
penamerica PEN America @penamerica ·
2h

Judge blocks Tennessee's anti-drag law; group says it violates free speech rights https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-tennessees-anti-drag-law

Reply on Twitter 1642226066281447424 Retweet on Twitter 1642226066281447424 18 Like on Twitter 1642226066281447424 82 Twitter 1642226066281447424
PEN America
588 Broadway, Suite 303
New York, NY 10012
T (212) 334-1660 F (212) 334-2181
PEN America Los Angeles
1370 N. St Andrews Place
Los Angeles, CA 90028
T (323) 424-4939
PEN America Washington, D.C.
1100 13th Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20005
Donate Today
 
Copyright © 2023 PEN America. All rights reserved.   |   Privacy Policy