Tim builds on the organization’s grassroots and policy work to promote universal access to open networks, defend acts of journalism and protect free speech everywhere. Before joining Free Press, Tim served as the vice president of business development for Globalvision New Media and the executive director of MediaChannel. He worked throughout Southeast Asia as an editor, reporter and photojournalist for the Associated Press, The New York Times, Time, Inc., and Australia Consolidated Press. His criticism, analysis and reporting on the media and media policy have been featured in USA Today, The Guardian, Time, MSNBC, The Chicago Tribune, HuffPost, The Japan Times, The Jakarta Post, Al Ahram and dozens of other publications worldwide.
Expert Analysis
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Trump’s executive order would undermine this law and force social-media sites to amplify his lies and propaganda with little fact checking or contextualizing.
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The #StopHateForProfit boycott has been shifting the ground under Facebook’s feet in ways that bean counters in the commenting class can’t seem to tabulate.
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For journalism to survive during and after the COVID-19 crisis, we need to rethink the economics that once sustained the enterprise.
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Brendan Carr and Ajit Pai play First-Amendment heroes when it suits Trump, but fail to speak up for free speech that doesn’t serve the president’s selfish needs.
News
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The climate story that was shared the most on Facebook in 2019 had one problem: It was false.
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A global hack-for-hire scheme “is a serious problem for all sectors of society.”
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U.S. advocacy groups, including Free Press and Fight for the Future, were repeatedly targeted.
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Government policy must help develop a better local system, not just prop up antiquated models.
From the Policy Library
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The Change the Terms coalition sent a letter demanding that Facebook prevent the platform from being weaponized for lethal violence.
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More than 45 organizations and scholars have called on Congress to include vital funding for local news in the next coronavirus stimulus package.
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The broadband industry lobby will say anything to discredit the Save the Internet Act. Free Press Action sets the record straight with this Big Cable debunker.
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This Free Press report explores how the multibillion-dollar business behind online advertising could revitalize journalism and strengthen democracy.
Stories
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Free Press has brought a Net Neutrality message to Times Square, placing a video spot on a 1,624-square-foot screen high above Broadway and 43rd Street.
