Honoree Tina Fey Brings Down the House at the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards
Comedy legend Tina Fey continued her three-decade streak of making audiences laugh on Thurs. evening Mar. 2 at the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards with a hilarious speech at… More
Saturday Night Live’s Lorne Michaels and Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Will Be Honored at PEN America 2023 Spring Literary Gala, with SNL’s Weekend Update Co-Anchor Colin Jost as Host
PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel said: “Lorne Michaels’ unique brand of uproarious and fearless political and social sketches forever changed television and comedy. The political landscape wouldn’t be the… More
Journalism and COVID-19: Remembering Larry Edgeworth
“To merely call Larry Edgeworth a colleague would rob him of his greatest contributions. . . teacher, cheerleader, friend, confidante, mentor suit him so much better.” More
PEN America to Participate in First-Ever LA Press Freedom Week
"The public is only aware of the horrific treatment of migrants because reporters have put their careers, and sometimes their lives, on the line to cover these stories." More
DARE: Attorney General Nominee William Barr Doesn’t Reject the Possibility of Jailing Journalists
Attorney general nominee William Barr tells Senate confirmation hearing that he can conceive of situations in which journalists could be jailed. The... More
DARE: Trump Wants the Networks to Carry His Speech Live. They Should Look at These Charts of His Lies.
President Trump prepares to make a speech this evening about the southern U.S. border, a subject on which his falsehoods and dishonesty have escalated... More
DARE: AP, NBC News Tweet Trump Nonsense, Pay Price
Major news organizations come under significant criticism for context-free tweets repeating President Trump’s disputable assertion that new Mueller inves... More
DARE: Steve Bannon Dropped from New Yorker Festival After Invite Sparks Anger
Within hours the New Yorker Festival announces Steve Bannon as a headliner and then cancels his appearance after other festival participants, writers, and staff protest and withdraw from the… More
DARE: Judge in Libel Suit Rules BuzzFeed May have Protection for Report on Trump Dossier
BuzzFeed scores legal victory over dossier alleging Trump's ties to Russia. Trump disinvites Philadelphia Eagles after players said they would skip the national anthem ceremony in protest. Justice Department… More
DARE: ‘I’m About to Die’: Students Take to Social Media During Florida School Shooting
High school freshmen tweet out Florida school shooting in real time, being the first to inform the world. Feverish debates erupt over gun control, amid widespread recognition that repeated… More
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