Timothy Karr, Senior Strategy Director
Timothy Karr manages all online initiatives, including SaveTheInternet and SaveTheNews. Tim speaks and writes about the state of journalism and the future of the Internet. Before joining Free Press, Tim was executive director of MediaChannel.org and vice-president of the Globalvision News Network. He has also worked extensively as an editor, reporter and photojournalist for the Associated Press, Time, Inc., the New York Times and Australia Consolidated Press. Tim has been quoted in publications across the country and has been featured as a commentator on CNN, MSNBC, CSPAN, FOX News Channel, NPR and ABC News Radio, among other venues. He blogs for the Huffington Post and at MediaCitizen.
Recent press statements
News Corp.’s Admission of Guilt Shouldn’t Fall on Deaf Ears in Washington
WASHINGTON – On Thursday, News Corp. admitted to British officials that “senior employees and directors” of the company’s British newspaper division, News Group Newspapers, knew about illegal phone hacking by News of the World staff “and sought to conceal it by deliberately deceiving investigators and destroying evidence.”
Free Press Blacks Out Website in Solidarity with American Censorship Day
WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, Free Press, along with dozens of other groups, participated in American Censorship Day in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3261), a bill that would let corporations rip apart the open structure of the Internet.
Free Press Rejects Bill Without Ban on ‘Kill Switch’
WASHINGTON -- Confronted by overwhelmingly negative public response, Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) have gone on the defensive about legislation they plan to reintroduce this year.
In the news
The Onslaught Is Coming to a TV Near You
Timothy Karr,
StarTribune
As TV broadcasters rake in revenue from a new influx of Super PAC dollars in this election year, they should invest some of their gains in more news stories on election-year issues and campaigns. By investing some of their election-year profits in comprehensive coverage, stations can return to the community the information many need to better engage with democracy.
NAB Spars with Free Press over TV Campaign Coverage
Phil Kurtz,
Broadcast Engineering
A report released last week by Free Press contending television broadcasters will reap nearly $3 billion in revenue from political advertising this year without fully disclosing to the public where that money comes from has drawn a sharp rebuke from the NAB.
Report Says Local Races Lacking TV Coverage
Guatham Nagesh,
The Hill
Declines in the media business mean viewers are getting less news coverage and more political ads, according to a report from the media advocacy group Free Press.
