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Kittens, Clinton and Corsets: The Convention-Defying World of The Book of Jezebel
Amy Kroin
November 19, 2013
It’s not often that a book tackles topics as disparate as Anita Hill, the Real Housewives franchise and the early-ʼ80s corduroy knickers craze. But if you’ve been craving the ultimate cultural critique of those subjects, then you need look no further than The Book of Jezebel: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Lady Things.
Money Changes Everything
Amy Kroin
November 12, 2013
There are all kinds of villains in life. Mosquitoes. Bad-hair days. People who lean on their car horns even though there’s no possible way outside of a James Bond movie you could make that left-hand turn without risking your own life, or at least the life of your elderly car.
Free Press Tells Holder to Stop Harassing Journalists
Amy Kroin
October 11, 2013
Today Free Press delivered 78,000 petition signatures to Attorney General Eric Holder with a simple message: Leave journalists alone.
Tech Titans Jump the Shark
Amy Kroin
October 3, 2013
If Google’s motto is “Don’t be evil,” it has a lot of explaining to do. The company has reportedly joined the American Legislative Exchange Council — the corporate-funded group hell-bent on destroying the environment, disenfranchising voters, undermining teachers’ unions and eliminating gun-control laws.
Where Are the Women?
Amy Kroin
August 28, 2013
At the exact moment that I’m writing this, the New York Times homepage is displaying stories authored by 35 men — and eight women. And three of those eight articles were coauthored with men.
Must-See TV: Watch Joseph Torres on CNN
Amy Kroin
August 23, 2013
Watch Free Press' Joseph Torres on CNN's Reliable Sources.
Stephen Colbert for King of the Universe
Amy Kroin
August 8, 2013
OK, enough goofing around, enough speculating about Hillary and Joe and Mitt and Rick and Boo the Dog. It doesn’t matter who runs for president in 2016, because by then we’ll have Stephen Colbert as the ultimate ruler of all known and unknown mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish, crustaceans and creepy-crawlies.
Gannett Gobbles Belo, Gains Serious Consolidated Weight
Amy Kroin
June 13, 2013
Listen to Gannett CEO Gracia Martore for a sec, and you’ll see she’s all about fostering good local journalism. Seriously.
Craig Aaron on Kooky Cable Prices, Corruption and Consolidation
Amy Kroin
June 5, 2013
Say you’re a diehard Glee fan. You know the show took a nosedive after season two, you know there are better things you could do with your time, but you still feel compelled to watch and keep up to date on the perpetually combusting Finchel, Klaine and Wemma.
Free Press Joins Major News Organizations in Pushing the Government to Explain Itself
Amy Kroin
May 14, 2013
Free Press joined the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and major news organizations in calling on the Justice Department to return the phone records it secretly obtained from more than 100 journalists.

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