New PEN America Report Shows Local Watchdog Journalism Faces a Crisis Moment
“The crisis facing local news is existential. The collapse of media outlets and the slashing of newsrooms are starving communities of the stories and the scrutiny that are vital… More
2019 LitFest Dan Eldon Courage in Journalism Award: Julie K. Brown
Julie K. Brown is an investigative reporter with the Miami Herald. More
DARE: Tulsi Gabbard, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Sues Google for $50 Million
Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard sues Google alleging it violated her First Amendment rights when the platform briefly suspended her campaign... More
DARE: Addressing Bigotry from the White House
As President Trump attacks four Democratic Representatives of color with ever starker language of racism and nativism, news organizations are critiqued... More
DARE: Jeffrey Epstein Prosecutors Aided by ‘Excellent Investigative Journalism’
Want to receive this digest in your inbox? To subscribe, simply click here and choose DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression from the list. Federal prosecutors credit the Miami Herald newspaper's investigative journalism… More
Ukrainian Authorities Must Hold Those Responsible for the Murder of Investigative Journalist Vadym Komarov Accountable
Every attack on a journalist is an attack on the truth, and an attempt to silence those who would expose it. More
Arrest of Maria Ressa Exposes Philippines Government’s Intention to Stamp Out Investigative Journalism
By arresting her on these absurd and baseless charges, concerning an article published 7 years ago and prior to the enactment of the very law under which she is… More
AMI’s Attempts to Blackmail Journalists and Outlets a Sinister Effort to Silence Investigative Reporting
"For a professed media company to attempt to blackmail individual journalists and news outlets in order to suppress investigative reporting represents a gross perversion of a business that can… More
Sentencing of Journalist Nazlı Ilıcak a Further Blow to Press Freedom in Turkey
“Dozens of reporters are currently languishing in Turkish jails. We reiterate our calls for authorities to cease detaining, charging, and sentencing journalists for doing their jobs, and for defendants such as Nazli Ilicak to be unconditionally exonerated… More
Alert Us
Are you an artist at risk or know someone who is?
PEN America On 
OPINION | Journalists are first responders too: We need reporters on the front lines in real time
In a NYT opinion, a historian said of the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918: “the most important lesson ... Tell the truth.”
@summerelopez of @PENamerica writes
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-journalists-are-first-responders-too-20200331-x6np2vywsjemra6ndfry767aua-story.html
Loved doing #thePENpod for @penamerica about the attacks from the administration on free expression during this pandemic. Listen here: https://anchor.fm/penamerica/episodes/Episode-9-Reza-Aslan-on-Attacks-to-Free-Expression-During-the-Pandemic-ec1541/a-a1q58u0
A prominent Pakistani journalist who fled the country after receiving death threats has gone missing in Sweden where he had been granted political asylum. https://bit.ly/3aJvNOI