As the Trump administration works to dismantle VOA, RFE/RL and RFA, I'm thinking about our 10 journalists who are imprisoned around the world for doing their jobs. Journalism is not a crime. Here’s a thread on their cases.

Each day the government shutdown continues, D.C.-based ultramarathoner and content creator Rob Perez adds a mile to his run. “Hopefully this ends soon,” he said. “Obviously so that my friends can get paid. And I hope that for the sake of my legs.”

Rob Perez is no stranger to running long distances. He’s run 300 miles — twice. But even he isn’t sure he’ll be able to complete his latest challenge. Each day the government shutdown continues, Perez is adding a mile to his run. https://t.co/xegPwDE7Ak

This week the Pentagon unveiled plans for a “new media” press corps largely made up of right-wing outlets and influencers. Who’s among them? Subscribe to @wppressfreedom’s newsletter for later on this and other media freedom news.

Wankbattling. Pornosexuality. The very real possibility that most people will be illiterate within like ten years. All this and more in my long-in-the-works report on the world of gooning, which you can read now in @Harpers

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“I’m not sure legislators really thought that they were going to be taking out all these stations,” PBS CEO Paula Kerger told me, as we spoke three months after Congress passed the public media funding rescission. Read my latest @washingtonpost Q&A https://t.co/qjmleLAmma

Pentagon announces a new right-wing press corps after mass walkout, via @ScottNover @drewharwell https://t.co/F0UPVCGbnZ

NEW >> One week after Pentagon reporters exited over DOD's press policy, a new crop of right-wing media and influencers has signed on including Tim Pool's Timcast, Gateway Pundit, TPUSA, and Lindell TV. My latest for @washingtonpost with @drewharwell https://t.co/M5cluEpQaD

How Israeli strikes that killed 5 journalists at a Gaza hospital unfolded, via @washingtonpost @cheesemanab @iHaZeMi @leloveluck Siham Shamalakh https://t.co/GOQhxd2wtU

New: Medill’s newly published State of Local News report concludes: News “deserts” continue to grow across the country, with 213 counties now without a single professional local-news source. More…

Epoch Times Reporter Resigns After Publication Signs Pentagon Rules - In his resignation email, Thornebrooke called The Epoch Times’s signing of the pledge a choice to “abdicate our responsibility as journalists in favor of merely repeating state narratives.”

What if the Pentagon's ban on journalism wasn't an outlier, but a preview... my new column on Trump's Kremlinization of the White House press pool, and why it matters:

"...the reason to pay attention to what’s happening with the coverage of the Presidency is that Trump cares about it perhaps more than anything else."

The nation’s military and defense journalists exited the Pentagon in unison Wednesday afternoon, having had their accreditation revoked after refusing to agree to the Defense Department’s new restrictions on their newsgathering activities. https://t.co/iD81o3dVdp

NEW: The @washingtonpost obtained a list of the 15 individuals who signed the Pentagon press policy. The Federalist, the Epoch Times, and OAN signed it. The rest are freelancers, independent or work for media outfits based overseas. https://t.co/WZmNo7J02Q

The paper you weren’t supposed to see:

Eight years ago today my brother called to say there was an explosion in our mother’s car. He wouldn’t tell me if she was in the car. Just come, he said. I think about her everyday and on this day I think about her all day.

I’ve been evicted from the Pentagon, a building I’ve covered for 18 years, @nancyayoussef writes. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fully cut our print with no student input. What more is there to say? https://t.co/MaZ0T83DET

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: Our student media director refused to censor the Indiana Daily Student. IU fired him.