Press win — Freedom of the Press Foundation: Journalists stand up for their independence

Dear Friend of Press Freedom: The fight for the free press is being waged on multiple fronts. This week: media mergers meant to please Trump, search warrants targeting journalists, government gag orders, and Catherine Herridge’s battle to protect confidential sources. Read on for more. Journalists stand up for their independence This week Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) led an open letter from current and former journalists and journalism professors sounding the alarm on the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Paramount CEO David Ellison has shown that he’s eager to throw the press under the bus to curry favor with the Trump administration. We also held a press conference during which journalists and documentarians Kara Swisher, Jim Acosta, Katie Phang, Laura Poitras —…