Geraldine E. Baum
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Chief Comms Officer @PENamerica; forever a journalist, big byline file: LATimes, Newsday, Miami Herald; loves a good story & Twizzlers; @NewsLitProject
New York, N.Y.
Joined July 2009
A growing list of words and materials are being scrubbed from government websites and documents in an attempt by the Trump administration to remove all references not only to DEI, but also to climate change, vaccines, and a host of other topics. More: https://t.co/RTC9lGhGUx
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According to @PENamerica’s latest report on book banning, the crisis is worsening. There were more than 4,000 book bans in the first half of this school year alone. How can you help? Support PEN’s efforts to defend reading freedom with a donation: https://t.co/368dtuZGrL
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100+ writers. 35+ events. +20 countries. The 2024 @PENworldvoices Festival is here! For the love of books, join us to celebrate great international writing and the strength of powerful storytelling from May 8-11 in NYC and May 8-18 in L.A. Find out more at https://t.co/dyTJs5uqGl
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Again & again, I've heard from journalists abused online that what gets them through it is support-from family, friends, employers, but most importantly peers who share their background & lived experience. Read our new report w/ @JejeRMohamed & @SusanEMcG:
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We see industry-wide peer support as an especially important component of reducing the harms of online abuse in the journalism industry.
🧵Journalists should NOT have to face violent threats & hateful slurs alone. PEN America’s new report calls on the journalism industry to invest in spaces where reporters w/ shared backgrounds & experiences can come together to get the support they need:
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America needs to stop eliminating librarian jobs — and stop firing librarians who refuse to purge books that a few parents dislike. Librarians don’t just shelve books and stamp library cards. They’re actually trained experts. They know what they’re doing when they pick the books
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If the United States and other Western governments want to shore up democracy, they need to recognize the role that creative thinkers play in countering authoritarianism—and fortify global protections for artistic freedom, argues @SuzanneNossel. https://t.co/DIJgvAZ746
foreignaffairs.com
How art shapes the contest between democracy and autocracy.
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Leave poor @taylorswift13 and @tkelce alone. They’re okay people just trying to live their lives. It’s not a conspiracy. The CIA did not create their relationship or get Kansas City to the Super Bowl. Hell, KC won it last year without Taylor in the picture. #stoptheinsanity!
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How Katie Porter harnesses her blunt style and single-mom experience in her Senate campaign
latimes.com
A blunt demeanor, professorial intellect and sometimes polarizing ways have defined her three terms as an outspoken member of Congress from a competitive Orange County district.
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This is exactly the kind of news we need right now — real commitment to fact-based journalism at a graduate school also committed to ensure that the profession nurtures people from all backgrounds! @craignewmark steps up once again! Thank you, sir
Exclusive: CUNY journalism program goes tuition-free via @sarafischer @axios
https://t.co/MYG32rGTjp
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Attending the @NobelPrize ceremony alongside @SuzanneNossel as a guest of Narges Mohammadi’s family was an absolute honor & highlight of my life. We at @PENamerica are re-energized in the fight to #FreeNarges, our 2023 #FreedomToWrite honoree, from Evin prison in Iran!
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So honored to be present in Oslo for this well-deserved recognition for Narges and Iran’s #WomenLifeFreedom movement. The global PEN network is inspired and re-committed in our fight to #FreeNarges and other jailed writers in Iran.
We celebrate Narges Mohammadi as the #NobelPeacePrize Laureate for her commitments to Freedom, Equality, and Justice for All. We remain steadfast in our call to #FreeNarges from her unjust imprisonment in Iran. ✅ Join us by posting #FreeNarges on #HumanRightsDay!
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“The government of Iran prefers the humiliating spectacle of the world honoring her in absentia to the risk of allowing her to speak her mind,” said @PENamerica CEO Suzanne Nossel, who attended the Nobel ceremony honoring #FreeNarges Mohammadi.
nytimes.com
At the ceremony in Oslo, the Iranian activist’s twins also read a speech from their mother calling for a “globalization of peace and human rights.”
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We celebrate Narges Mohammadi as the #NobelPeacePrize Laureate for her commitments to Freedom, Equality, and Justice for All. We remain steadfast in our call to #FreeNarges from her unjust imprisonment in Iran. ✅ Join us by posting #FreeNarges on #HumanRightsDay!
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Narges Mohammadi's husband and twins in Oslo for the Nobel Peace Prize. She should be free and accepting this honor herself. #FreeNarges Iran's hero. @NobelPrize
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Agitating to #freenargres Mohammadi has been our focus @PENamerica. So moving to see her family and that empty chair on the stage at the Nobel Prize ceremony through the lens of @SuzanneNossel.
Narges Mohammadi’s husband @RahmaniTaghi looks in with emotion as his children, Kiana and Ali take seats after reading her Nobel lecture, flanking her empty chair #freenarges @PENamerica
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🧵PEN America today condemned the Russian government for putting @mashagessen, author, journalist, PEN America member & former Trustee, on Most Wanted list, apparently as a reprisal against Gessen’s discussion of atrocities in the Ukrainian town of Bucha.
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PEN America today condemned the Russian government for putting Masha Gessen, author, journalist, PEN America member and former Trustee, on a Most Wanted list, apparently as a reprisal against...
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#FreeNarges now! With nearly 300 signatories and counting, we’re a part of the global call to release writer-activist Narges Mohammadi ahead of the #NobelPeacePrize ceremony. Read our letter and add your name to join the petition at @PENamerica:
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Welcome to @PENamerica, Katie. Your work in Florida will help students there be free to read broadly and deeply!
PEN America announces the appointment of Katie Blankenship as its first-ever Florida director. She will lead an accelerated effort amid the crisis of censorship in Florida public schools and efforts to undermine academic freedom on college campuses.
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Best news to have you back where you belong in NYC and doing the work at @cbsnews which is so lucky to have you! Congrats @newmarkjschool
First day! So excited to start as Investigative Executive Producer at @CBSNewYork. Really a dream come true for this kid from Queens.
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