• Send a Thank You to Commissioner Clyburn

    Malkia Cyril
    January 27, 2010

    Martin Luther King Jr. said: “We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”

  • Clear and Complete Disclosure, Without Loopholes, Is the Only ‘Reasonable’ Way

    Chris Riley
    January 26, 2010

    This is the fourth in a series of posts by Chris Riley, Free Press Policy Counsel, to summarize the primary policy recommendations made in recent comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission in its open Internet proceeding. Today’s topic: disclosure.

  • Internet Freedom and Internet Shills

    Craig Aaron
    Josh Silver
    January 26, 2010

    On Friday, The Hill published an attack on our organization Free Press from an industry-funded hit man trying to distract policymakers with hyperbole, character assassination and fear-mongering.

  • Institutions or Infrastructure? The Real Opportunity for Online Journalism and Democracy

    Josh Wilson
    January 26, 2010

    This is a guest post by Josh Wilson of Newsdesk.org, a commercial-free, non-politicized news source covering important but overlooked issues from around the world.

    Want to save the news? Stop worrying about journalism institutions, and start worrying about journalists.

    Much of the discussion about media and journalism is about institutions and their relationships with citizens. The issues — that journalism institutions must be transparent, accountable, and provide real value and relevance to the community — are clear enough.

  • An End to AT&T Tyranny?

    Josh Levy
    January 25, 2010

    At this Wednesday’s big event, a chief executive will introduce a new approach to the world. In a much-publicized speech, he’ll describe why we need to take this painful, necessary step into the future. With threats coming from all sides, he’ll detail the cost to the American public.

  • Clyburn Emerges as Powerful Voice for an Open Internet

    Timothy Karr
    January 25, 2010

    When Mignon Clyburn's nomination for FCC commissioner was announced last year, the news met with mixed reactions from seasoned agency watchers.

  • FCC: Apply the Same Rules to Wired and Wireless Networks

    Chris Riley
    January 25, 2010

    This is the third in a series of posts by Chris Riley, Free Press Policy Counsel, to summarize the primary policy recommendations made in recent comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission in its open Internet proceeding. Today’s topic: wireless networks.

  • Watch: Debunking the Industry’s Main Net Neutrality Myth

    Megan Tady
    January 22, 2010

    Oh industry groups, let me count the ways we’ve debunked all the misinformation you’ve piled into the FCC’s rulemaking docket on Net Neutrality.

  • Don’t Let Murdoch Rewrite Our Media History

    Josh Stearns
    January 22, 2010

    Back in December at the Federal Trade Commission’s workshop on the future of journalism, much was made about the verbal sparring between Arianna Huffington and Rupert Murdoch. It made for good theatre, but an important thread was lost in the blogger-versus-publisher storyline: Murdoch’s attack on the notion of a role for government in the future of media and journalism.

  • FCC Takes on the Future of Journalism

    Josh Stearns
    January 21, 2010

    Today the Federal Communications Commission announced a new national initiative to examine the “future of media and the information needs of communities in a digital age.”

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