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John Daniszewski

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Longtime vice president and editor for standards and practices at the Associated Press, former international correspondent and international editor. Advocate for press freedoms and journalist safety.

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David McCraw Honored with CPJ’s Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award | The New York Times Company ​“I want to thank CPJ for this honor. Over the course of my career, I have had the good fortune to do pro bono projects promoting press freedom in various places around the world…

Congratulations to the great David McCraw on winning CPJ's Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award. Can't think of anyone doing more today to defend the First Amendment. Read his eloquent speech here on the need for an independent media: www.nytco.com/press/david-...

22.11.2025 21:50 — 👍 88    🔁 16    💬 4    📌 1

This is one of Susan’s finest pieces ever

21.11.2025 23:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland

18.10.2025 19:08 — 👍 21828    🔁 4945    💬 260    📌 165

I met Pavel today at RFERL HQ in Prague. He is leading his Russia news team in the face of uncertainly. A lovely photo of Alsuk graces the wall from the day she was freed. They are just two of the extraordinary journalists of @RFERL working every day to bring truth to repressive countries. Bravo!!!

15.10.2025 21:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Excellent idea

12.10.2025 13:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities, and brought new urgency to the need...

Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...

11.10.2025 15:15 — 👍 4568    🔁 1432    💬 60    📌 53
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More than 100 writers, journalists, and scholars call for the immediate release of Mario Guevara, the only journalist detained in the U.S. today for doing his job—and now facing imminent deportation. Share the letter and join the call to #FreeMario: pen.org/press-releas...

30.09.2025 19:30 — 👍 181    🔁 71    💬 2    📌 4
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Enduring Welcome Act — #AfghanEvac

The Enduring Welcome Act + the Afghan Adjustment Act = end-to-end protection.

AAA: permanence for Afghans already here

EWA: restores relocation for those still abroad

Together, they keep America’s promise.

Learn more and endorse the bill:
🔗 AfghanEvac.org/enduring-welcome-act

19.08.2025 16:23 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Well done, Anne and Lynsey, putting a spotlight on this under-covered tragedy.

06.08.2025 15:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Polish archbishop condemns "fear and hate" of migrants as unchristian

The archbishop of Łódź has condemned recent “hate and fear” expressed towards refugees and migrants in Poland.

"Catholic teaching clearly states that every person has the right to choose a place to live and to be respected in that place for their beliefs and culture."

21.07.2025 13:36 — 👍 178    🔁 43    💬 2    📌 3

One of the greatest international correspondents of
our time. He was remarkably driven, consistent and courageous over decades even as the technology and industry were changing.

23.06.2025 15:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Every Election Is Now Existential A nationalist’s narrow victory in Poland offers a preview of many knife-edge contests to come, all across the democratic world.

Although many hoped otherwise, we do not seem to be returning to a world in which the center left and the center right compete over tax rates or budgets. Every election is now existential

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

06.06.2025 15:11 — 👍 2006    🔁 579    💬 52    📌 37
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BBC to launch Polish-language news service

The BBC will launch a Polish-language news website next month.

It says BBC News Polska will “deliver independent and impartial news” and “help counter a wave of disinformation in the region”.

26.05.2025 13:56 — 👍 69    🔁 13    💬 3    📌 6
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Opinion | The AP’s Freedom of Speech—and Yours A brazen attempt to punish us for using words Trump dislikes.

“For anyone who thinks the Associated Press’s lawsuit against President Trump’s White House is about the name of a body of water, think bigger. It’s really about whether the government can control what you say.” www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

30.03.2025 13:52 — 👍 1793    🔁 384    💬 29    📌 12

A valuable perspective from one who knows …

30.03.2025 19:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Jeremy and colleagues, Many deals I work on have concepts of conditional
notice. This is mine. Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment, which should include at minimum (i) signing on to the firm amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie in its litigation fighting the Trump administration's executive order against it, ii) committing to broad future representation, regardless of whether powerful people view it as adverse to them, (iii) refusal to cooperate with the EEOC's request for personal information of our colleagues clearly targeted at intimidating non-white employees, (iv) public refusal to fire or otherwise force out employees at the Trump administration's directive or implied directive and (v) public commitment to maintenance of affinity
groups and related initiatives. This is not what I saw for my career or for my evening, but Paul Weiss' decision to cave to the Trump administration on DEl, representation and staffing has forced my hand. We do not have time. It is now or it is never, and if it is never, I will not
continue to work here.

Jeremy and colleagues, Many deals I work on have concepts of conditional notice. This is mine. Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment, which should include at minimum (i) signing on to the firm amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie in its litigation fighting the Trump administration's executive order against it, ii) committing to broad future representation, regardless of whether powerful people view it as adverse to them, (iii) refusal to cooperate with the EEOC's request for personal information of our colleagues clearly targeted at intimidating non-white employees, (iv) public refusal to fire or otherwise force out employees at the Trump administration's directive or implied directive and (v) public commitment to maintenance of affinity groups and related initiatives. This is not what I saw for my career or for my evening, but Paul Weiss' decision to cave to the Trump administration on DEl, representation and staffing has forced my hand. We do not have time. It is now or it is never, and if it is never, I will not continue to work here.

Tonight, hours after the Paul Weiss news broke, an associate at Skadden Arps sent a firm-wide email:

"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."

21.03.2025 06:20 — 👍 12437    🔁 3274    💬 301    📌 508
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‘Reeks of McCarthyism’: outrage after Ice detains Palestinian student activist Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil a ‘targeted, retaliatory’ attack on his first amendment rights, say civil rights groups Free speech organizations and advocates are expressing outrage after a prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s…

‘Reeks of McCarthyism’: outrage after Ice detains Palestinian student activist

10.03.2025 17:34 — 👍 388    🔁 115    💬 17    📌 12

Poland knows well the consequences when great powers debate its fate without having a voice in the discussion.

03.03.2025 18:05 — 👍 18    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Wałęsa condemns Trump treatment of Zelensky, likening it to communist interrogation

Polish Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęsa and 38 other former political prisoners of Poland's communist regime have condemned Donald Trump's treatment of Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, which they said reminded them of communist interrogation techniques

03.03.2025 13:26 — 👍 5882    🔁 1910    💬 59    📌 129
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk responds, something we hopefully see a lot more of that from other European leaders. It's never been clearer than in this moment that Trump is Putin's ally, not Europe's.

28.02.2025 18:57 — 👍 9999    🔁 2101    💬 92    📌 74

I stand with Ukraine. Every decent person should. It’s not just a strategic interest. It’s a moral imperative.

Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦

28.02.2025 19:01 — 👍 2219    🔁 502    💬 47    📌 22
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In Trump’s Washington, a Moscow-Like Chill Takes Hold A new administration’s efforts to pressure the news media, punish political opponents and tame the nation’s tycoons evoke the early days of President Vladimir V. Putin’s reign in Russia.

“She asked too many questions that the president didn’t like. She reported too much about criticism of his administration. And so, before long, Yelena Tregubova was pushed out of the Kremlin press pool that covered President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

27.02.2025 02:55 — 👍 331    🔁 95    💬 5    📌 5
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"It’s craven. He’s basically fearful of Trump."

Marty Baron, former executive editor of the Washington Post, interprets what Jeff Bazos announced this morning. open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

26.02.2025 18:13 — 👍 3178    🔁 779    💬 150    📌 71

What kinds of birds are these?

13.12.2024 01:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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