John Daniszewski
@jdaniszewski.bsky.social
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.
The first eight years and the next eight years of Popular Information open.substack.com/pub/populari...
The first eight years and the next eight years of Popular Information
“To write the truth as I see it; to defend the weak against the strong; to fight for justice; and to seek, as best I can, to bring healing perspectives to bear on the terrible hates and fears of manki...
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Thank you, @froomkin.bsky.social. His indiscriminate and irresponsible red-baiting is not only dishonest but dangerous.
Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · 4w agoNEW from me: Trump’s crazed lies about ‘communists’ demand media debunking presswatchers.org/2026/07/trum...
Belarus frees prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut in a 10-person prisoner swap. This is a victory for media freedom in Eastern Europe. Poczobut, a fearless journalist, was arrested five years ago for covering anti-Lukashenko protests.
Baltimore Banner’s nonprofit publisher buys the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Afghans who worked for the U.S. were promised safety — not this!
Matt Ortega@mattortega.com · 5mo agoThe way our nation turned its back on those who helped us at great risk to themselves and their families is an unforgivable national shame. We owed Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal. Instead, ICE arrested him in front of his children and he died in their custody. We failed him and his family.
EU Court Rebukes Hungary Over Radio License Cancellation www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...
EU Court Rebukes Hungary Over Radio License Cancellation
In an important judgment for media freedom, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on February 26 ruled that Hungary violated EU law when it stripped independent radio station Klubrádió of ...
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An under-reported catastrophe for independent media around the globe. Thanks to Joel Simon for underscoring. What the end of US foreign assistance to independent media has wrought.! 🦋 www.cjr.org/analysis/dis...
What the end of US foreign assistance to independent media has wrought.
For decades, American taxpayers helped promote democracy around the world. Then the US switched teams.
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As chair of the North American Committee of the International Press Institute, I speak for myself and for my colleagues in voicing outrage at the unjustified arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for the crime of covering a demonstration. This has been an outrageous abuse of media freedoms.
Bernice King has it absolutely right. We are facing a moral crisis in this country. And we must all act together to end it.
This is an important initiative. Thank you to Bard, PEN America and my wife, Dru Menaker, for helping make it reality. As governments try to kill independent media, Kronika will keep their seeds alive for the future.
PEN America@penamerica.bsky.social · 8mo agoA new digital platform is being established to preserve the archives of news outlets that have been shut down or are facing extinction in authoritarian countries. The platform, a joint project of PEN America and Bard College, is called Kronika apnews.com/article/cens...
A new digital platform is being established to preserve the archives of news outlets that have been shut down or are facing extinction in authoritarian countries. The platform, a joint project of PEN America and Bard College, is called Kronika apnews.com/article/cens...
Digital platform aims to preserve journalism from outlets closed or threatened
PEN America and Bard College have started a digital platform, Kronika, designed to preserve the journalism of independent news outlets that have been closed or threatened by authoritarian governments.
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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-...
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…
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Excellent idea
Notes from Poland @notesfrompoland.bsky.social · 10mo agoWe are delighted to announce the start of our partnership with the EFC Foundation, a Polish NGO devoted to strengthening civic education in Poland and Central Europe, and which is now supporting the work of Notes from Poland. To learn more about EFC, please go to: efc.edu.pl/en/
Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered. kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...
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...
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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...
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
Enduring Welcome Act — #AfghanEvac
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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."
Polish archbishop condemns "fear and hate" of migrants as unchristian
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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...
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.
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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”.
BBC to launch Polish-language news service
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“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-...
Opinion | The AP’s Freedom of Speech—and Yours
A brazen attempt to punish us for using words Trump dislikes.
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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..."
‘Reeks of McCarthyism’: outrage after Ice detains Palestinian student activist
‘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…
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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
Wałęsa condemns Trump treatment of Zelensky, likening it to communist interrogation
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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.
I stand with Ukraine. Every decent person should. It’s not just a strategic interest. It’s a moral imperative. Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦
“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...
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.
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