Global Press Freedom Advocacy Institute – Spring 2023 – Online
PEN America’s Fall 2022 Free Expression Advocacy Institute in NYC is an online program where students can learn about free expression advocacy. More
Writers in the Schools Committee Interview ‘Rampage’ Student Staff
James Traub, founder and director of Writers in the Schools, interviewed staff members of ‘Rampage,’ produced by the Newspaper Club at the Manhattan Center for Science and Math. More
PEN America High School Journalism Program
In the spring of 2020, PEN America embarked on a 10-week student journalism workshop at Hilda L. Solis Learning Academy, led by journalist Neelanjana Banerjee. More
Local Journalist Heroes: Jake Goldstein-Street
“Some of our best stories these past couple of months have been based on input from readers.” More
DARE: Books a Target of New China Tariffs
Books imported from China to the United States face 25 percent tariff as part of the Trump Administration's trade war. White House launches campaign to... More
DARE: NSA Recommends Dropping Phone-Surveillance Program
National Security Agency recommends that the White House drops the phone surveillance program that allows for data collection from millions of phone... More
DARE: Trump Declares National Emergency to Build Border Wall
President Trump declares national emergency to receive funds for border wall, sparking debate over executive authority; lawmakers yesterday promised... More
DARE: Lawmakers Warn of ‘Deepfake’ Videos Ahead of 2020 Election
Lawmakers warn of the proliferation of 'deepfakes,' highly manipulated and realistic videos, ahead of 2020 elections. CNN and MSNBC decline to air... 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: Supreme Court Considers a Thorny Question of Free Speech and Police Power
Supreme Court considers whether to allow lawsuits that claim abuse of police power in retaliation for exercising free speech rights. Oregon-based paper... More
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