In the United States, World Press Freedom Day has typically brought awareness of the dangers to journalists in war zones and dictatorships, but this year also brings a new focus on the need to protect press freedom at home.
Newsrooms across the country are much smaller today than they were even five years ago as the news industry has struggled to reshape its beleaguered business model.
While unveiling his plan to dismantle Net Neutrality and defang the Federal Communications Commission, Chairman Ajit Pai spent a good chunk of Wednesday’s speech defaming Free Press.
News Voices officially kicked off in North Carolina this past week, with parties in Charlotte and Durham that brought together journalists and community members interested in shaping the future of news in the Tar Heel State.
Donald Trump’s FCC is trying to erase one of the most important public interest victories ever at the agency — the 2015 vote that established strong Net Neutrality rules and restored the FCC’s authority to enforce them.
For years a lineup of phone and cable industry spokespeople has called Net Neutrality “a solution in search of a problem.” The history of Net Neutrality violations proves otherwise.
Several activists disrupted a public Federal Communications Commission meeting using a classic internet meme, the “Rickroll,” in a show of support for the open internet.