PEN America Chief Executive Response to Murders
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2018/06/29
PEN released a short statement. There was an attack on the Capital Gazette newsroom. PEN, for those who may not know, is an organization devoted to the human right of freedom of expression around the world.
They champion the writers and others like them around the world. Words have power, if taken in… one word at a time.
The American Chief Executive, Suzanne Nossel stated that the organization was “devastated” to hear about the murder of those in the US newsroom.
Nossel stated:
Word that dedicated journalists, editors, and staff were killed and wounded while at work in a community newsroom sends shockwaves through our country. It is a devastating reminder of the acts of everyday courage entailed in reporting the news faithfully, knowing that the impact and reverberation of stories may be impossible to predict or control. At a time of incessant attacks on journalists from the White House, including repeated declarations that the media is an “enemy of the American people,” citizens must mobilize in defense of those willing to take the risks necessary to report stories we need to hear. PEN America mourns alongside the surviving staff of the Capital Gazette as well as all the families and friends of those targeted and the many thousands of readers who will suffer from the impact of this unspeakable tragedy. The determination and bravery of the Capital Gazette team in publishing the paper as usual this morning is an inspiration to all of us to rise up to safeguard the institution of the press that needs and deserves our unflinching defense.
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