Articles by Craig Aaron

Free Press Co-CEO Craig Aaron reflects on how Free Press has grown and changed over the past 20 years.

Hearing the most powerful people in the world repeatedly proclaim that the internet is a necessity — “not a luxury” — is no small thing.

Vicious attacks sabotaged Sohn’s FCC nomination — as did the abject failure of Democratic leaders to stand up for their nominee.

With just a couple weeks left in 2022, we want to share a few updates on everything going on at Free Press — and there’s a lot happening!

We have a lot of work ahead of us — but in the days ahead, we will organize for the media and tech we deserve, the stories that must be told and the world we know we can build.

This tragedy should be a catalyst to a fundamental reckoning with the media system we’ve created and the danger it poses to Black lives.

We’ve been watching the news coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with anxiety, sadness — and frustration over the media’s failures to pierce the fog of war.

The infrastructure bill’s investment in closing the digital divide is unprecedented. But we need a full FCC to ensure this money reaches those who need it most.

Never before have we seen such a meaningful congressional investment in closing the digital divide.

Lawmakers finally seem to be getting more concerned about the deepening crisis in local journalism. Here’s our look at the bills that have been proposed so far.