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A transformative donation in the fight for transparency and press freedom
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Jack Dorsey’s #startsmall initiative grants $10 million to Freedom of the Press Foundation

Published Jan. 11, 2024 Freedom of the Press Foundation
FPF's Year of Impact: Unmissable Moments of 2023
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Catch these 5 impact stories from 2023

Published Nov. 21, 2023 Bevyn Howard
Freedom of the Press Foundation welcomes Azmat Khan to its board
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Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) is proud to welcome award-winning journalist Azmat Khan as the newest member of its board of directors

Published June 5, 2023 Freedom of the Press Foundation
10 years fighting for journalists’ rights: Freedom of the Press Foundation’s 2022 Impact Report
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Our 2022 Impact Report is available, read now

Published Jan. 10, 2023 Bevyn Howard
Welcoming Rainey Reitman as board president of Freedom of the Press Foundation
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Rainey Reitman succeeds NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden as FPF's board president.

Published Nov. 22, 2022 Freedom of the Press Foundation
FPF welcomes new advocacy director
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Freedom of the Press Foundation welcomes its new Director of Advocacy, Seth Stern. Seth will oversee and expand the nonprofit organization’s efforts to stand up for journalists and whistleblowers who have been denied their rights as part of its mission to protect, defend, and empower public-interest journalism. His work will …

Published Nov. 15, 2022 Freedom of the Press Foundation
Celebrating 5 years since launch of the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
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Today marks five years since we launched the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, a project of Freedom of the Press Foundation and the Committee to Protect Journalists.In our six years of documentation — the canonical database for press freedom violations in the United States dates to January 2017 — …

Published Aug. 2, 2022 Kirstin McCudden
Here’s how we impacted press freedom in 2021
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Freedom of the Press Foundation releases its 2021 Impact Report, outlining the work we’ve accomplished in the past year, an overview of our major projects and programs, and how we will be expanding on our work in 2022.

Published Jan. 21, 2022 Louise Black
Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web funds largest grant in Freedom of the Press Foundation's history
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Funding will largely go towards developing the next-generation SecureDrop system for journalists and whistleblowers.

Published Sept. 28, 2021 Trevor Timm
Freedom of the Press Foundation welcomes Wesley Lowery to our board
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Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) is proud to welcome award-winning journalist Wesley Lowery as the newest member of its board of directors.

Published Dec. 17, 2020 Freedom of the Press Foundation