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Paul Farhi

The PEN Pod: The Value of Truth During a Crisis with Paul Farhi

InterviewApril 15, 2020

“Misinformation can literally get you killed, and good information can save your life.” More

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The PEN Pod: Tough Questions with Suzanne Nossel

InterviewApril 3, 2020

“What we’re seeing amidst this pandemic is an incredible premium on accurate, factual, unadulterated, unskewed information that people need as a matter of life and death.” More

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Trump’s Latest Attacks on Reporters “An International Embarrassment”

Press ReleaseMarch 20, 2020

President Trump's shoot the messenger strategy of combating the coronavirus by attacking a reporters who did nothing more than point out the terror it is wreaking across America is… More

DARE: Iran Says U.S. Has Detained ‘Press TV’ Journalist and Calls for Her Release

News DigestJanuary 18, 2019

U.S.-born journalist and Iranian state television broadcaster Marzieh Hashemi detained by U.S. government, reportedly while filming a documentary on the... More

DARE: Amid Harsh Criticism, Trump Tries a Tougher Tone on Russia

News DigestJuly 19, 2018

Trump continues to stumble and backtrack in response to torrential criticism of his approach toward Putin. Reporters show rare display of solidarity. More

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DARE: Lou Dobbs Says White House Should ‘Assign’ Someone to ‘Slap the Hell out Of’ Reporters at Briefing

News DigestJune 15, 2018

Attacks on relevant questions that journalists ask of Trump administration continues, picked up by the Cabinet officials, spokespersons, and TV hosts. President Trump’s personal lawyer seeks to block Stormy… More

Carolin Emcke on Reporting in Iraq, 2007

MultimediaMay 17, 2017

The Iraq war for me—is still today—an incomprehensible, really a paradox of war … a war we could see and watch and witness being built up. More

Honduras: Ban on Julio Ernesto Alvarado’s Reporting Lifted

AdvocacyDecember 17, 2015

The Honduran state has finally suspended the court-imposed work ban that has prevented Globo TV journalist and PEN Honduras member Julio Ernesto Alvarado from presenting his nightly news show… More

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