The PEN Pod: Reckoning and Reconciliation after the Trump Era with Suzanne Nossel
“What we’re confronting on, for example, issues of race is the lingering pain and trauma that persists when there isn’t a full reckoning.” More
Government Media Chief Must Stop Undermining Taxpayer-Funded News Organizations
"Pack's shortsighted and self-interested actions put access to objective information at risk for millions of people and undermine the very reasons these institutions were established to begin with." More
U.S. Government-Funded Broadcasters Must Remain Free from Political Interference
"Michael Pack’s tortured explanation for the action he has purported to have taken to de-professionalize the journalism at VOA and other respected news outlets likely violates the 1994 law… More
PEN America Rejects Proposed DHS Visa Changes for Foreign Nationals
“The last thing the United States should be doing is putting unnecessary bureaucratic impediments in the way of foreign journalists." More
Open Letter to Ted Cruz: PEN America Chapter Leaders Express Concerns About USAGM CEO
We write to express concern about reports that Michael Pack is blocking the renewal of J-1 visas of foreign journalists employed by public international broadcasters overseen by the USAGM. 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
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THANK YOU for joining us to #StandWithSalman today at @nypl & THANKS ALSO to all the readers and writers around the world who joined us on social media, sharing #RushdiesWords, honoring his work for #FreeExpression around the world—& wishing @SalmanRushdie a very speedy recovery!
To participate in #StandWithSalman, I read an excerpt from Haroun and the Sea of Stories on my IG this afternoon and then wrote about it this evening.
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https://jeanspraker.com/2022/08/19/standwithsalman-in-a-sea-of-stories/
Read from @SalmanRushdie’s work tonight at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. #StandwithSalman @PENamerica
