Freedom of the Press Foundation
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| Legal form: | Foundation, endowment |
| Purpose: | Promote freedom of the press and freedom of expression |
| Chair: | - |
| Managing directors: | Daniel Ellsberg , Edward Snowden , Glenn Greenwald , John Cusack , John Perry Barlow , Josh Stearns , Laura Poitras , Micah Lee , Rainey Reitman , Trevor Timm & Xeni Jardin |
| Consist: | since 2012 |
| Seat: | San Francisco |
| Website: | freedom.press gate : freepress3xxs3hk.onion |
The Freedom of the Press Foundation ( FPF , German Foundation for the Freedom of the Press ) is a non-profit foundation to strengthen the freedom of the press and freedom of expression in the sense of an enlightened (counter-) public towards the mass media and directed or transfigured political education .
Purpose and activity
The goal of all activities is:
"[...] promote and fund aggressive, public-interest journalism focused on exposing mismanagement, corruption, and law-breaking in government."
"To aggressively strengthen and finance journalism in the public interest to expose mismanagement, corruption or breaking the law in the government."
Funds collected through crowdfunding are used to support organizations that are selected by the members of the foundation on the basis of defined criteria, as transparent and non-profit media are increasingly playing a critical role in our society .
The FPF uses and supports SecureDrop for secure communication .
Supported organizations and campaigns
Criteria for engagement are FPFs for third parties
- Promote independent and critical journalism in the past
- Representation of the public interest
- The organization or individuals repression exposed
- Financial support is necessary
During the trial of Chelsea Manning , in which the prosecution refused to take part in the trial, the FPF funded a stenographer who documented the trial for the public.
Currently ( as of October 2014 ) the following are supported:
Formerly sponsored organizations include MuckRock News (a site that helps with Freedom of Information Act document access ), the National Security Archive, and The UpTake (a Minnesota organization that promotes grassroots journalism ).
Personal details
In addition to Daniel Ellsberg , Edward Snowden has also been a member of the Board of Directors since January 2014 , along with the investigative journalists Glenn Greenwald , Laura Poitras and Trevor Timm , as well as John Cusack and John Perry Barlow alongside Xeni Jardin and Rainey Reitman . The Technical Advisory Board ( e.g. committee for technical advice ) is made up of Jacob Appelbaum , Kevin Poulsen , Christopher Soghoian and Morgan Marquis-Boire , among others , and it provides journalists and activists with technical support on information security .
The FPF is legally advised by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and an EFF board member is on the FPF management board.
See also
Web links
- Official website
- github.com/freedomofpress - official Github account
Individual evidence
- ^ A b About Freedom of the Press Foundation. Retrieved January 13, 2015 .
- ↑ Organizations Featured in Previous Bundles. Retrieved January 13, 2015 .