DARE: Press Freedoms and the Case Against Julian Assange, Explained
Assange's arrest and the charge he faces (conspiracy to hack a government computer) generate debate about and divisions over the implications for press... More
Writing from Within: On the 2018 PEN Prison Writing Contest
How do we respect the gravity of the stories we receive? How do we support the voices of those vanished from our society through incarceration? More
Writing for Justice Fellowship Application
PEN America’s $10,000 Writing for Justice Fellowship will commission six writers—emerging or established—to create written works of lasting merit that illuminate critical issues related to mass incarceration and catalyze… More
New York State’s Efforts to Restrict Access to Books in Prisons Shows Troubling Disregard for Right to Read
The State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision needs to promote policies that uphold inmates' access to information and safeguard the right to read. Directive 4911A, a ruinously over-broad… More
Rereading & Rewriting Crime
We can respond to this crisis as a literary community by centering and seriously considering the work that casts prison, prisoners, and the prison state/industry in new light. More
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In addition to PEN America's new report on the #localnews crisis, @JulieSandorf's (w/ @Revson_Fdn) @SSIReview article explores the vitally important role #localjournalism plays in communities: http://bit.ly/ssirLocalNews.
The tech company Reddit—which hosts popular online forums—warned the moderators of the forum “The_Donald” that their users’ “systemic harassment” of the person alleged to be a government whistleblower “must stop immediately”: https://cnn.it/2D2CR9Z via @CNN.
Local journalism is a cornerstone of American democracy, yet, news outlets across the country are laying off journalists and closing down all together. @PENAmerica launched a new report, calling for a revitalization of #localnews. http://bit.ly/LosingtheNews @vdmccraw @MCmuckraker