The folks at Free Press believe that there's still a place for community-based journalism and that's the work they are pushing forward every day. Okay, you hear me talking "trust is the new black" and... text
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Hey, these guys help us all out by fighting for online rights. Seriously, we're all under attack by bad actors, like the very day I write this, in Congress, regarding SOPA. It could kill any site with user generated content, like user review sites.
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Would you volunteer for this group again?
Definitely
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
Life-changing
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Quite well
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
Likely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
The folks at Free Press believe that there's still a place for community-based journalism and that's the work they are pushing forward every day.
Okay, you hear me talking "trust is the new black" and that power and influence will shift dramatically to the people and groups with the best reputations and largest networks. The power and influence landscape in 2020 will look very different from now.
I feel this applies to media, and that the media landscape at that point will reflect those flows of power and influence. Among news organizations, the successful survivors will be the ones that build a culture of trust, largely by checking facts, and not tolerating disinformation.
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I've seen these folks stand up for truth, media integrity and community-based journalism.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Get them connected to more journalists and interested community to expand this movement.
I have been donating on a monthly basis to Free Press for quite some time now. I view this organization as essential to the maintenance of our "free" society. I am a lawyer representing indigent defendants in criminal appeals. In my work, I see the steady chipping away of constitutional rights by our courts in one result-oriented opinion after another. But the attack is not limited to the 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th Amendments, those you most often see tested in criminal appeals -- the 1st Amendment is under steady attack as well. In my opinion, Free Press does a top notch job of exposing the behind-the-scenes machinations of the corporate media and protecting our rights to free, unadulterated information. If I could afford more in my monthly donation, I would give more.
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I have personally experienced the results of this organization in their campaigns to protect the First Amendment and expose corporate media's control of information. While I am just one of many in this experience, that is the very purpose of the protections afforded by the First Amendment.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Make easier the change of automatic banking source for donations, i.e., make it possible to make the change via the website as opposed to via telephone.
I depend on Free Press to keep me abreast of the Congressional idiots marching to the tunes of their corporate masters. Free Press is my only real source of media truth. I particularly appreciate Free Press for letting me know which Obama- appointed idiots are gaming the system nationally and when the public needs to fight back. Media matters seem to get little attention from the corrupted, consolidated press corps except for Free Press. So I'm grateful for their vigilance.
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I'm curious why Free Press and Media Matters don't combine forces for more public clout. Seems to me their focus is similar and would benefit the computing public. FP has alerted me to the dearth of real local news regionally, esp. when Wisconsin erupted and continues its fight against the fascist Walker regime.
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Link Free Press and Media Matters--I'm not rich enough to support all the email begging messages I get. All these freedom-groups should put their heads together literally for broader impact on Congress and the public.
Free Press is the only charity I give to every month. The press is the only industry mentioned in The Constitution. Our press is in trouble, and that means our country is in trouble. Free Press fights for my right to know the truth.
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Visibility and voice have been improving. Free Press is increasingly becoming a go-to source for information on the media. True information is the key to freedom.
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I would give Free Press more resources and more visibility.
I refer to this the Free Press website all the time as an example of top-notch e-activism. Brilliant videos and scorching resources.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
The info they provided and the action I subsequently took.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Give it more resources to do its thing!
With the corporate take over of our media over the last many years our education and democracy have suffered. It is groups like Free Press that fight the good fight to protect us from people with names like Rush or Hannity or Rupert.
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not sure
I have watched the news from media in the US being eroded methodically by special interests over the past 30-40 years. It has become little more than "sound bites" and distraction rather than information . As a result I turned more and more to PBS stations to get real information - and have been appalled by so-called "conservatives" who want to silence any voices that do not agree with them. I don't like everything I see on PBS either, but that doesn't mean it is valueless. As those efforts to supress progressed, free press has been a bastion of support for those of us who don't want to lose what appears to be our last balanced voice in the media. It is a group we can count on to do their best to keep our internet access free and open as well.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Watching the FCC formulate open internet access rules and witnessing the failure of efforts to remove all funding from PBS.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Ask them to stay alert to further attempts to silence dissenting voices and advise their followers; taking the lead to implement necessary action.
Free Press is great! I support them in any way I can.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
their conferences
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
focus more on saving journalism through state-level activism
I believe the revival of a strong, honest, and independent media is the most critical ingredient to the future of American democracy. After I attended my first of the FreePress national conferences (the best conference of a broad variety that I have attended over the years), I decided that FreePress was at the forefront of that revival, and has since been my Number One charity.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Being alerted to crucial public meetings, FCC hearings, etc, and having seen a growing political movement to support the FreePress agenda.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Funnel more money to them.
I've been a supporter of freepress.net since 2005. Among other things, they have been at the forefront of efforts to keep Public Broadcasting from being killed by the Republicans. Imperfect as it is, Public Broadcasting offers the only semblance of actual journalism available on broadcast television. It is vital that real news be disseminated to the public rather than the corporate drivel and propaganda on the networks and cable "news" channels. That's one reason I support freepress.net
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
NPR and PBS are still being funded
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
not change anything
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How likely is it that you would recommend that a friend donate to this group?
Definitely
How likely are you to donate to this group again?
Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
