#FreePress Pullover | Unisex
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- #FreePress Pullover Unisex White
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WORKHOUSE is proud to support the independent voice of our national media. Through the creation of the #FreePress pullover, we underscore our firm commitment to journalists everywhere who should remain uncontrolled or restricted by government censorship or politics. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the #FreePress Pullover will benefit Freedom of the Press Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization created to protect and defend adversarial journalism in the 21st century. Freedom of the Press uses crowdfunding, digital security, and internet advocacy to support journalists and whistleblowers worldwide. To learn more about the Freedom of the Press Foundation visit the organization here
In 2017, the 45th President of the United States labeled the press an “Enemy of the American People” in a series of verbal attacks toward journalists, attempts to block White House access to multiple media outlets, routine use of the term “Fake News” in retaliation of critical reporting, while calling for media outlets’ broadcasting licenses to be revoked. President Trump routinely singled out news outlets and individual journalists for their coverage of him, and retweeted several violent memes targeting CNN. The violent anti-press rhetoric from the White House has been coupled with an increase in the number of press freedom violations at the local level as journalists run the risk of arrest for covering protests or simply attempting to ask public officials questions. Reporters have even been subject to physical assault while on the job. Press freedom violations in our country have become so frequent that a coalition of two dozen press freedom organizations launched the US Press Freedom Tracker documenting 34 journalist arrests in 2017 alone, the majority while covering protests
“Fake news” is more than an insult — it hampers the press in its efforts to protect the public. Thomas Jefferson famously mused that he’d rather have newspapers without a country than a country without newspapers, and for good reason. An independent press ensures that citizens stay informed about the actions of their government, creating a forum for debate and the open exchange of ideas. And the press also occupies another critical role: watchdog.
The Revolution will be editorialized. Regardless of where you fall politically, the American media stands on the front lines as the guardians of freedom. The First Amendment is only 45 words, but it is enshrined as an essential pillar of democracy. Free press will always provide illumination within the darkness. Demand it remain protected.
“We’re in a situation now where one party controls three branches of the government, so the fourth estate, the press, is really the last mechanism that the public has to force accountability on government,” says Trevor Timm of the World Press Freedom Foundation. But if people don’t believe the mainstream media can be trusted, then they won’t believe journalists if they publish evidence of corruption or illegal activity by the government. That’s the troubling situation we could find ourselves in if “fake news” becomes shorthand for reporting that the government doesn’t agree with.
“Fake news” is more than an insult — it hampers the press in its efforts to protect the public. Thomas Jefferson famously mused that he’d rather have newspapers without a country than a country without newspapers, and for good reason. An independent press ensures that citizens stay informed about the actions of their government, creating a forum for debate and the open exchange of ideas. And the press also occupies another critical role: watchdog.
The Revolution will be editorialized. Regardless of where you fall politically, the American media stands on the front lines as the guardians of freedom. The First Amendment is only 45 words, but it is enshrined as an essential pillar of democracy. Free press will always provide illumination within the darkness. Demand it remain protected.
“We’re in a situation now where one party controls three branches of the government, so the fourth estate, the press, is really the last mechanism that the public has to force accountability on government,” says Trevor Timm of the World Press Freedom Foundation. But if people don’t believe the mainstream media can be trusted, then they won’t believe journalists if they publish evidence of corruption or illegal activity by the government. That’s the troubling situation we could find ourselves in if “fake news” becomes shorthand for reporting that the government doesn’t agree with.
News Keeps Getting the Merch Treatment
A new “Free Press” T-shirt, a collaboration between a boutique p.r. firm WORKHOUSE and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, is the the latest stab at fashion as support.
By Kali Hays on August 14, 2018
With any cultural moment these days comes merch, and news, for better or worse, is having a moment.
Sacai has a mini-collection of hoodies and Ts featuring The New York Times’ post-Trump election “Truth” campaign, which included a takeover of a Saks Fifth Avenue window. Then there’s the Newseum’s sale of shirts trying to make an ironic point of the “Fake News” rhetoric that’s somehow become a mainstay of public discourse.
Now, it’s a limited collaboration between the nonprofit Freedom of the Press Foundation and boutique public relations agency Workhouse, resulting in a “Free Press” T-shirt. A portion of the sales will be donated to the Press foundation, which was founded by a group of press advocates, including Daniel Ellsberg, of Pentagon Papers fame. Glenn Greenwald, founder of The Intercept; Laura Poitras, a journalist and the director behind the documentary “Citizenfour,” and Edward Snowden, the former intelligence officer who leaked information about government security programs, all count as board FPF board members.
Trevor Timm, a cofounder and a journalist, noted that the T-shirts come at a time when “one party controls three branches of government, so the fourth estate, the press, is really the last mechanism that the public has to force accountability on government.”
Of course, no T-shirt can actually do that, but by wearing them, Adam Nelson, founder and chief executive officer of Workhouse, thinks people won’t have to be silent about their beliefs. “In times of true cowardice, I think it’s important to wear your heart on your sleeve.”
And as a branding expert, one that also works with the press as a matter of course, the collaboration with the FPF came about simply because he couldn’t stand to see the industry undermined so constantly. But his frustration with the relatively subdued and staid response by the journalism community to Trump’s furious and constant lambasting of all information he dislikes also seems to have played a part.
“What I find strange, from our community of wordsmiths and incredibly capable, probing investigative journalists, is the silence,” Nelson said. “Yes, there are some amazing docs like the ‘The Fourth Estate’ where you see how hard it is to wrestle with this time [in news], and yet everything we’ve been built upon [as a country] is the courage to stand and speak. Fear and anxiety and so many outside factors, corporate interests and relationships, have stood in the way of a kind of transparency to do just that.”
And part of him sees this as a pretty classic branding problem that hasn’t been combated aggressively enough, especially since Trump seems to be fluent in some classic advertising strategies.
“In a weird way, we must all take pages from the playbooks of the past if Trump’s point of view on this is repetition and couching terminology from the advertisingindustry,” Nelson added. “I think every journalist could embrace the idea that there is a branding crisis here, when the largest mic in the room is shouting down journalists, calling them fake and disgusting.”
Even though there are a lot of pins and stickers and shorts and hats on both sides of the political divide, Nelson hopes that that a simple message of “free press” will further concentrate a collaborative effort in the journalism community to not only defend their work but to push back against Trump’s “war” on the media. More than 100 U.S. newspapers are set on Thursday to publish editorials lambasting Trump. Maybe someone will send the newsrooms free T-shirts.
A new “Free Press” T-shirt, a collaboration between a boutique p.r. firm WORKHOUSE and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, is the the latest stab at fashion as support.
By Kali Hays on August 14, 2018
With any cultural moment these days comes merch, and news, for better or worse, is having a moment.
Sacai has a mini-collection of hoodies and Ts featuring The New York Times’ post-Trump election “Truth” campaign, which included a takeover of a Saks Fifth Avenue window. Then there’s the Newseum’s sale of shirts trying to make an ironic point of the “Fake News” rhetoric that’s somehow become a mainstay of public discourse.
Now, it’s a limited collaboration between the nonprofit Freedom of the Press Foundation and boutique public relations agency Workhouse, resulting in a “Free Press” T-shirt. A portion of the sales will be donated to the Press foundation, which was founded by a group of press advocates, including Daniel Ellsberg, of Pentagon Papers fame. Glenn Greenwald, founder of The Intercept; Laura Poitras, a journalist and the director behind the documentary “Citizenfour,” and Edward Snowden, the former intelligence officer who leaked information about government security programs, all count as board FPF board members.
Trevor Timm, a cofounder and a journalist, noted that the T-shirts come at a time when “one party controls three branches of government, so the fourth estate, the press, is really the last mechanism that the public has to force accountability on government.”
Of course, no T-shirt can actually do that, but by wearing them, Adam Nelson, founder and chief executive officer of Workhouse, thinks people won’t have to be silent about their beliefs. “In times of true cowardice, I think it’s important to wear your heart on your sleeve.”
And as a branding expert, one that also works with the press as a matter of course, the collaboration with the FPF came about simply because he couldn’t stand to see the industry undermined so constantly. But his frustration with the relatively subdued and staid response by the journalism community to Trump’s furious and constant lambasting of all information he dislikes also seems to have played a part.
“What I find strange, from our community of wordsmiths and incredibly capable, probing investigative journalists, is the silence,” Nelson said. “Yes, there are some amazing docs like the ‘The Fourth Estate’ where you see how hard it is to wrestle with this time [in news], and yet everything we’ve been built upon [as a country] is the courage to stand and speak. Fear and anxiety and so many outside factors, corporate interests and relationships, have stood in the way of a kind of transparency to do just that.”
And part of him sees this as a pretty classic branding problem that hasn’t been combated aggressively enough, especially since Trump seems to be fluent in some classic advertising strategies.
“In a weird way, we must all take pages from the playbooks of the past if Trump’s point of view on this is repetition and couching terminology from the advertisingindustry,” Nelson added. “I think every journalist could embrace the idea that there is a branding crisis here, when the largest mic in the room is shouting down journalists, calling them fake and disgusting.”
Even though there are a lot of pins and stickers and shorts and hats on both sides of the political divide, Nelson hopes that that a simple message of “free press” will further concentrate a collaborative effort in the journalism community to not only defend their work but to push back against Trump’s “war” on the media. More than 100 U.S. newspapers are set on Thursday to publish editorials lambasting Trump. Maybe someone will send the newsrooms free T-shirts.