The PEN Pod: Elevating Stories from Underreported Communities with Tina Vasquez
“The important distinction for me when it comes to movement journalism, in terms of how I see my work, is that I don’t see myself reporting on communities, but… More
The PEN Pod: Elevating Women’s Voices with Emily Ramshaw
“We’re working to level [the] playing field by providing a place where the stories that most deeply affect women’s lives are the main course and not a side dish.” More
PEN America Supports Wyden Letter Condemning Reported Government Media Visa Decision
"The strength, sustainability, and ultimate success of the U.S. Agency for Global Media depends on foreign journalists, without whom the agency could not provide its global, fact-based reporting or… More
The PEN Pod: A Reckoning in Hollywood with Kim Masters
“True power—defined as the ability to get something made because you feel like it, because you think it’s a good idea—is in very few hands.” More
NYPD Proposed Press Rules Are Attack on Free Press
Amid hundreds of reports of police targeting journalists and attacking freedom of the press, the New York Police Department this week proposed new rules to bar journalists from covering… More
Reported VOA Visa Decision Puts Journalists at Risk
"This reported decision puts the lives of intrepid, free-thinking foreign journalists at risk." More
Former Journalist’s Arrest in Russia May Be Attempt to Silence Dissent
"The Russian government’s actions against journalists and others speaking truth to power are reaching deplorable levels." More
The PEN Pod: On the Small Things We Cannot See That Change Our Lives with Ed Yong
“As journalists, it is our responsibility to resist those easy dichotomies and to find all the missing nuance in the middle that is important, but is also being neglected.“ More
PEN America: Governors Must Protect Journalists Covering Protests
"We’ve seen hundreds of instances over the last several weeks of reporters, photographers, and citizen journalists being attacked, jailed, or otherwise harassed for trying to report on recent demonstrations." More
PEN America Congratulates Congresswoman Scanlon and Congressman Schiff for their Free Press Resolution
“The attacks we’ve been seeing, aimed at silencing journalists and protestors alike, infringe on the right to report, the right to assemble, and the public’s right to know." More
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Hours after our panel on the power of demonstration alongside @OsopePatrisse and @baratunde, @joshuawongcf was arrested. He's since been released but may face prison time for participating in a demonstration last year...and wearing a mask. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/24/pro-democracy-leader-joshua-wong-arrested-in-hong-kong
Last night at our @PENamerica event with @joshuawongcf @OsopePatrisse & @baratunde Joshua mentioned that afterward he'd have to report to a police station. He did, and was arrested. For what? Wearing a mask. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/joshua-wong-hong-kong-arrest/2020/09/24/87b72fc6-fe30-11ea-b0e4-350e4e60cc91_story.html
Completely agree--Nasrin's situation is critical, and her life hangs in the balance. The @UN needs to step up and work to get these unjustly imprisoned women freed ASAP. #FreeNasrin! #FreeLoujain! https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/1308768754130546690