Press Releases

WASHINGTON -- In a meeting with newspaper editors on Friday, President Barack Obama expressed his willingness to look at policies and proposals that could help support quality journalism at a moment when traditional outlets -- especially newspapers -- are struggling.

WASHINGTON -- Federal Communications Commission Chair <strong>Julius Genachowski</strong> today proposed new Net Neutrality rules that would protect the open Internet on all wired and wireless networks.

WASHINGTON -- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski will soon propose new Network Neutrality rules, according to numerous press reports. Genachowski will be giving a speech on Monday at the Brookings Institution, where he is expected to discuss open Internet proposals and details on the FCC's national broadband plan.

WASHINGTON -- Today, at an FCC oversight hearing held by the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) stated his support for Net Neutrality. Rep. Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, announced that he will be added as a cosponsor to the Internet Freedom Preservation Act (H.R.

WASHINGTON -- Today, at an FCC oversight hearing held by the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) stated his support for Net Neutrality. Rep. Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, announced that he will be added as a cosponsor to the Internet Freedom Preservation Act (H.R. 3458.)

WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, more than 50 civil rights, public interest and grassroots organizations sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission and congressional leaders supporting Mark Lloyd, the associate general counsel and chief diversity officer of the FCC, and the agency's longstanding mission to promote <i>localism, diversity</i> and <i>competition</i> in the media.<p>

DENVER -- On Wednesday night, Free Press, SaveTheNews.org and IWantMyRocky.com will bring together concerned citizens, journalists, lawmakers and community leaders to discuss the future of news in Denver and beyond.

DENVER -- Six months have passed since the 150-year-old <em>Rocky Mountain News</em> published its final edition. Since then, Denver has become a testing ground for rethinking how journalism is done.

WASHINGTON -- Van Jones, an adviser to the Obama administration and a former Free Press board member, resigned from his White House post after being ruthlessly attacked for weeks in a smear campaign started by Fox News pundit Glenn Beck. Beck, who has also called President Obama a "racist," targeted Jones for his background in environmental and civil rights activism.

WASHINGTON -- Free Press filed comments Monday with the Federal Communications Commission about how the term "broadband" should be defined in future policymaking at the agency.