Sally Stapleton

I'd say better than good. Multiple memorable photos. Thanks for posting @anitabaca.bsky.social @armandofranca.bsky.social

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is a project that aims to comprehensively document press freedom incidents in the United States — such as the arrests of journalists, seizures of their equipment, interr...

Today marks eight years since we launched the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, a nonpartisan news website and database providing reliable and contextualized information on press freedom violations in the U.S.

See what we've tracked this year.

ICE releases Carol Mayorga, a Missouri mom whose detention sparked rural uproar Carol Mayorga was detained in April during an immigration check-in at the ICE office in St. Louis. But on Wednesday, the beloved pancake house waitress is walking free from the Greene County Jail.

BREAKING: ICE releases Carol Mayorga, a Missouri mom whose detention sparked uproar in her rural town.

@kavahnmansouri.bsky.social‬ reports: www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

Bravo to Julia Rendleman, brianmunoz.bsky.social, Kavahn Mansouri and Chad Davis for the important story.

“Nearly seven hours passed before ICE officers entered the room, placing the 45-year-old woman, whom many residents in Kennett described as a soccer mom, in shackles at the wrists, waist and ankles.”
Indepth reporting by NPR’s Midwest Newsroom @stlpublicradio.bsky.social

Award-winning Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado dies at age 81 Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado, known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity, has died at age 81.

“Sebastião was more than one of the best photographers of our time,” Instituto Terra said in a statement. “His lens revealed the world and its contradictions; his life, (brought) the power of transformative action.” RIP to a photo and environmental legend.
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NEA Terminates Promised Grant to Bronx Documentary Center: 25K Revoked After Exhibition Costs Already Incurred
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Renowned Peruvian Journalist Gustavo Gorriti Named Knight Press Freedom Fellow  - Newmark J-School New York City, May 15, 2025 — The Journalism Protection Initiative at the City University of New York’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism

This is terrific news and welcome, Gustavo!

José Mujica, Uruguay’s humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89 Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world, ...

Former Uruguayan President José Mujica and his legacy.

How Photography From the Vietnam War Changed America The images changed how the world saw Vietnam, but especially how Americans saw their country, soldiers and the war itself, which ended 50 years ago this month.

Truly inspired, this compilation of Vietnam War images from the greats of photojournalism: Burrows, Faas, Ut, Burnett, Page, Leroy, Jones Griffiths, Adams, Chapelle, Douglas Duncan, McCullin, Sawada, Greenspon, Caron, Chauvel, Riboud, Van Es, Veder and nuanced essay thanks, @damiencave.bsky.social

Despite a court order, White House bars AP from Oval Office event The Trump administration has turned a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press away from covering an Oval Office news conference involving President Donald Trump and El Salvador President N...

Last week’s federal court decision forbidding the Trump administration from punishing the AP for refusing to rename the Gulf of Mexico was to take effect today. Thanks to @dbauder.bsky.social for keeping us updated.

AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.

Citing the First Amendment....

Foreign journalists at US-backed media fear being sent to repressive homelands after Trump's cuts Reporters and human rights groups say the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media have put dozens of journalists at risk, especially those who defied authoritarian...

The international journalists endangered and the autocrats/dictators happy about silencing U.S. Agency for Global Media via Asian affairs reporter Didi Tang @apnews.com

Just followed @maansi-photo.bsky.social Very important work that tells the story and screams to the power of photojournalism. Thanks for posting @gregkb.bsky.social

“The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government,” the AP said in its lawsuit.

Count me in.

Charges — and punishments — for J6 rioters who hurt journalists, damaged news equipment While documenting the large mob in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, photographer John Minchillo was grabbed …

Four years on from the insurrection at the Capitol, and we've never stopped tracking justice for the 18 journalists assaulted in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021.

It's all kept here in our database ⬇️

Hugs to your princesa, @msantiagophotos.bsky.social

In memory of the great Michel du Cille, photojournalist and photo editor of the Miami Herald and Washington Post, who died 10 years ago today. His greatness was his talent but he brought more to the news industry by sharing his principled standards about journalism and photography. He's missed.

Finalmente!

Not sure how this works but i started a starter pack. 🤣 Link: go.bsky.app/BTyyJNV

June 28, 2018. “For a moment, though, working by his truck in a garage across from his destroyed newsroom, Pat symbolized the best of us and helped write the story that represented the best of American journalism.”

I played tennis for two years inside San Quentin prison with Kenny, now paroled and making positive contributions to society helping others. Beyond proud of his new life he worked hard to achieve. His first game at Chase Center, too.

Highly recommend!

The Bluest of Skies/
Eleven years ago at dusk on Main Beach, Groton Long Point, CT, Nov. 18, 2013.