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The story o Free Press in 2011 is one o victories on crucial media and technology issues
rom stopping the AT&T/T-Mobile merger to saving unding or public broadcasting to
beating big media in court and thwarting the latest attack on Net Neutrality. These wins
were all the more remarkable given that we were going up against some o the worlds most
powerul corporations and contending with co-opted policymakers.
Free Press has honed an outside-inside political strategy ueling a broad and popular
movement or media reorm beyond Washingtons Beltway to pressure our policymakers
and elected representatives to work or the public good. In 2011 we mobilized grassroots and
grasstops allies in the eld and ramped up our outreach eorts to our 500,000 members.
Free Press activists advocated in record numbers or diverse and accessible media. They
took action writing letters to government and corporate leaders, making calls to elected
representatives and ling public comments with the Federal Communications Commission over 1 million times, representing a 68 percent increase in actions taken over 2010.
The combination o civic engagement and policy advocacy is a potent ormula. Even
the best-crated policy solutions wont see the light o day without an inormed and vocal
movement o people demanding change. The achievements listed in the next section will
pave the way to high-quality journalism, a greater diversity o voices in the media landscape,
tens o thousands o saved jobs, and an Internet that remains open to innovation, ree
speech and unprecedented opportunities or social change organizing.
Great Success in 2011
CHANGETHE MEDIA
CHANGETHE WORLD
National Conerence or Media Reorm in Boston
SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTSDerailed AT&Ts Takeover o T-MobileStopping AT&Ts proposed takeover o T-Mobile a disastrous deal that would have let just two national
wireless companies in control o almost 80 percent o the wireless market and put 20,000 Americans out o wor
was the number-one issue or Free Press in 2011. Back in March, when many observers insisted the merger wa
inevitable, Free Press began a ull-court-press eort to stop the deal. We built the case against the merger with ou
petition to deny at the FCC, and our research and press work debunked claims about the mergers benets and
exposed industry ront groups. Meanwhile, our grassroots organizing rallied opposition to the merger via public
hearings, blog posts, outreaches and viral videos (viewed nearly 250,000 times). More than 137,000 people sen
letters, led public comments into the FCC docket and pressed elected ocials to oppose the deal. And our pol
teams analysis was instrumental in sinking the takeover, which the Justice Department sued to block in August
the scathing FCC sta report released in November, which proved to be the nal straw in the deals demise, Free
Press research is cited more than 40 times. In December, AT&T nally abandoned its eort to take over T-Mobil
representing one o the most signicant wins or the media reorm movement to date.
Deeated the Latest Attack on Net NeutralityIn November, the Senate voted down a dangerous measure that would haveoverturned the FCCs Open Internet rules and prevented the agency rom
protecting Internet users rom corporate abuse. Prior to the vote, Free Press
mobilized public opposition, fooding Congress with 131,000 letters and
calls against the measure. On a separate ront, Free Press led suit against the
FCC in ederal court or ailing to protect users o wireless devices in its Net
Neutrality rules. And we led complaints at the FCC, backed up by letters ro
30,000 people, against companies violating even those watered-down rules.
Sounded Alarm About Online CensorshipIn the all, Web-censorship bills that threatened to rip apart the abric o
the open Internet were introduced in both the U.S. House and Senate.
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) would
have exposed thousands o legitimate sites to new legal threats and
undamentally altered the architecture o the Internet. Free Press worked
with a broad-based coalition to raise public awareness about SOPA on
American Censorship Day in November, when we displayed a pop-up
screen on our websites that illustrated the dangers o the bill. We actively
lobbied against both bills in the ensuing months and pushed television
news networks to report on them. This eort set the stage or the massive
Internet blackout and protest by millions o people in early 2012 that sent
the bills once viewed as destined to pass to the dustbin o history.
Beat the FCC and Big Media in CourtIn July, a ederal appeals court threw out the FCCs latest attempt to gut media ownership limits, in which the
agency tried to lit the ban on allowing a single company to own a newspaper and broadcast stations in the sam
market. Free Press argued the case in court in February, and our research was cited 49 times in the landmark
decision. The court not only conrmed the importance o media ownership rules but also blasted the FCC or
ailing to promote ownership among women and people o color.
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Responded to the Crackdown on Journalists Covering the Occupy MovementIn September, Free Press began chronicling arrests, abuse and harassment o journalists reporting on the Occupy
Wall Street protests. We used Twitter and Storiy to pinpoint, collect and veriy stories on dozens o j ournalist
arrests. In response to Free Press outreach, nearly 50,000 people contacted New York City Mayor Michael
Bloomberg and the U.S. Conerence o Mayors to demand that they drop charges against journalists and deendpress reedom. In response, the NYPD issued a ormal order telling its ocers to stop interering with the press.
However, the end o 2011 saw more journalist arrests in New York and other U.S. cities. For his work tracking and
publicizing the crackdown on journalists, Free Press staer Josh Stearns was honored with the Storiy o the Year
award by users o the social media site.
Uncovered the New Face o Media ConsolidationIn June,Free Press launched Change the Channels, an initiative atSavetheNews.org/changethechannelsthat highlights how TV stations in almost
100 U.S. markets are quietly merging their newsroom operations and downsizing
news sta. Free Press exposed this wave o covert consolidation that has seen
broadcasters evade FCC rules and kill o local competition. And alongside nearly
27,000 o our activists, we pushed the FCC to address the issue in its 2012 review
o media ownership rules. In addition, Free Press seized on the phone-hacking
scandals o Rupert Murdochs News Corporation to highlight what happens when
you concentrate too much media power in too ew hands. More than 55,000 o our
members called on Congress to investigate the companys activities in the United
States. In October, we helped organize a protest outside News Corp.s shareholders
meeting in Los Angeles, demanding accountability or CEO Rupert Murdoch and
other top executives.
Demanded Transparency and Accountability at the FCCIn May, FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker let the agency to becomea top lobbyist or Comcast only our months ater approving the companys
multibillion-dollar merger with NBC Universal. Free Press gave voice to public
outrage over the move and was quoted widely in the press. We delivered letters
signed by more than 100,000 people decrying the revolving door and demanding
more transparency at the agency. Whats more, when Comcast threatened to cut
unding or a group o Seattle teen lmmakers ater the organizers criticized Bakers
action, Free Press members stepped up to help raise the necessary unding or the
groups summer camp.
I think youre doing important work concerning
the First Amendment. I didnt know I believed in
it so much until I had to. A journalist arrested while covering the Occupy movement
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Stopped Cuts to Public Media FundingIn February, Free Press and our allies delivered more than
a million petitions in support o ederal unding or public
media. As a result o this outcry which had phones
ringing o the hook inside the Capitol and saw union
members rallying alongside the cast oSesame Streetoutside
the Capitol building the Senate restored unds the House
had cut. Free Press also documented the substantial cuts
to public media unding on the state level in our study
On the Chopping Block. In October, we launched a Deend
Public Media campaign and gave away more than 23,000
stickers to Free Press members (including more than 2,500
new activists). We also laid the groundwork to support
our bolder and broader goal o creating a more robust
and diverse public media system that is ocused on local
newsgathering and shielded rom the political whims o
Washington.
Took on the Fight or Global Internet FreedLast year, Free Press expanded our Internet work to look at issues
related to Internet reedom and ree speech. The Arab Spring show
how media and technology are changing the world. But the same
technologies that can help liberate people can also be used to supp
dissent. Free Press investigative reporting ound that Boeing subsi
Narus sold technology to an Egyptian Internet provider that could
have been used to spy on pro-democracy dissidents. This made
international news and brought calls rom members o Congress
an investigation. In addition, with the support o 30,000 Free Pres
activists, we helped deeat a bill in the Senate to create an Interne
switch that would have given the executive branch unchecked po
to shut down the Internet.
Passed the Local Community Radio ActIn January, President Obama signed into law a bill
that could spur the creation o thousands o new,
noncommercial Low Power FM stations. This bipartisan
legislation was the result o nearly a decades worth o work
with our allies at the Prometheus Radio Project to open the
dial to community radio.
Public media rally on Capi
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Celebrated as President
Obama signed into law the
Local Community Radio Act,which opened the airwaves
to potentially thousands o
new Low Power FM stations.
In response to a case argued by Free Press, a ederal
appeals court rejected the FCCs latest attempt to
weaken media ownership rules by allowing companiesto own a newspaper and broadcast stations in the
same market. The court also cited Free Press research
that criticizes the FCC or ailing to promote ownership
among women and people o color.
Delivered over 1 million
petitions to Congress to protect
NPR, PBS and other public
media rom unding cuts. The
public uproar helped shield thenations avorite public media
programs or now.
Applauded the FCC or ning two local TV stations or
masquerading commercials as news segments. The FCCs
action came in response to a Free Press complaint.
Named Craig Aaron
the new presidentand CEO o Free Press
and the Free Press
Action Fund.
Mobilized to quash AT&Ts
proposed takeover o T-Mobileand led a petition at the FCC to
deny approval o the merger.
Tracked arrests and harassmento journalists reporting on the
Occupy Wall Street protests. In
response to a Free Press outreach,
nearly 50,000 people demanded
the U.S. Conerence o Mayorsdrop charges against journalists
and deend press reedom.
Blasted the FCCs
approval o the
Comcast-NBC merger,
which combinedhe nations largest
cable and residential
broadband providerwith TV and movie
giant NBC Universal.
Brought 2,500 people together in Boston or ouragship event, the National Conerence or Media
Reorm. The theme or our th NCMR:
Change the Media, Change the World.
Delivered more than 76,000 letters lambasting
FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Bakersdecision to leave the agency and cash in as a
Comcast lobbyist only our months ater
approving the companys merger with NBC.
Launched Change the Channels,aninitiative exposing how TV stations in
almost 100 U.S. markets are merging
their newsrooms, ring reporters andevading FCC rules.
Supported the Boston Media Reorm
Networks rst public event at a rally
calling or a U.S. investigation o
News Corp. ollowing its international
phone-hacking scandal.
Hosted Owning Our
Airwaves,a community
event about local media inPittsburgh. Panelists included
FCC Commissioner MichaelCopps and Rep. Mike Doyle.
VICTORY! major VICTORY!
Launched the Black Voices or
Internet Freedom campaign
with the Center or Media
Justice and other allies.This campaign ollows our
launch o Latinos or Internet
Freedom in July 2010.
Cheered as the Senate voted
down a dangerous measure thatwould have overturned the FCCs
Open Internet rules and stripped
the agency o its ability to protect
Internet users rom corporate
abuse. Free Press mobilizedmassive public opposition to
deeat the legislation.
Marked American Censorship Day by displaying pop-upson our websites in protest o the Stop Online Piracy Act
(SOPA), the Houses Web-censorship bill. This protest
inspired a huge Internet blackout in early 2012 that saw
millions pressure their members in Congress to abandon
SOPA and the Senates Protect IP Act.
Filed a ederal lawsuit
challenging the FCCs
weak Open Internet
rules, which do notprotect users o
wireless devices.
Celebrated as AT&T abandoned
efort to take over T-Mobile in thace o government opposition
widespread public outcry.
Lauded the Justice
Department or suing to
block the AT&T/T-Mobilemerger and agreeing with
Free Press that the deal was
anti-competitive and would
lead to major job losses.
Co-hosted the Rural Broadband
Summit and Hearing in Whitesburg,
Ky., to highlight the impact o the
digital divide on rural communities.
Helped organize a protest outside
News Corp.s shareholdersmeeting in
Los Angeles.
Launched a Deend
Public Media
campaign and gaveaway more than
23,000 stickers to
Free Press members.
Hosted The Next Big Thing: How Public Media Innovat
Changing Journalism,a orum in Washington, D.C., ea
public media leaders rom the U.S. and the BBC.
Free Pressresearch was cited mo
than 40 times in the scathing FCCreport that debunked the alleged
benets o the AT&T/T-Mobile me
Turned out m200 people at
hearing in Aton media ow
Joseph Torres
Free Press tesalongside loc
executives an
FCC commiss
Kicked of the national book
tour or News for All the
People: The Epic Story of Race
and the American Media, aNew York Times bestseller
co-authored by Free Press
stafer Joseph Torres.
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Greeted lawmakers on their
home tur with a series o
in-districtmeetings. Dozenso Free Press members rom
around the country met with
lawmakers to discuss NetNeutrality, media ownership,
the AT&T/T-Mobile merger and
public media unding.
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MOVEMENT-BUILDING ACHIEVEMENTSIn 2011, Free Press energized the growing movement or better media. Most notably, in April, thousands o people
traveled to Boston or Free Press fagship event, the National Conerence or Media Reorm. The event showcased
the unity, drive and passion o those advocating or positive change. The conerence also marked a major
transition or Free Press, as Craig Aaron took over as its second president and CEO. In the past year, Free Press:
Engaged Millions o People in Advocating or Better MediaFree Press encourages public involvement in media policymaking through educational email outreaches to our
500,000 members, by ar the nations largest group o media reorm activists. Our innovative online organizingis the heart o our success; last year we sent our members more than 800 email outreaches (more than 27
million total emails). In 2011, Free Press members exceeded prior benchmarks or taking action, engaging
corporate and governmental leaders with calls, letters and public comments more than 1 million times.
Educated and Inspired People Via Our Websites and Social Media ToolsFree Press maintains three websites FreePress.net, SavetheInternet.com and SavetheNews.org that in
2011 collectively attracted 1.75 million unique visitors and 13.8 million page views. New online eatures have
broadened the range o options or visitors to our websites and ostered a deeper engagement with our issues.
One example is our Change the Channels page housed at SavetheNews.org, which uses Google-mapping
technology to track covert consolidation in American newsrooms. We also ought re with unny by producing
a series o videos skewering the AT&T/T-Mobile merger. The our videos got more than 250,000 views. In
addition, in 2011 our social media participation rose dramatically. We engaged 110,000 ans and ollowers
an increase o 70 percent rom January 2011 through requent, targeted interactions on popular social
networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Storiy and YouTube.
Shaped Media Policy Debates and Raised Public AwarenessIn 2011, Free Press issued 110 press releases that generated 741 mentions and quotations in nearly 300 print and
online news outlets, including theNew York Times and the Washington Post. Free Press sta appeared on radio
and TV outlets, including CNN and NPR, more than 80 times. We also maintained our strong presence in the
blogosphere by authoring over 250 posts on our websites. Free Press-authored Op-Eds and essays also appeared
in the Hufngton Post, the San Jose Mercury News, the Chicago Tribune, the Hill and other publications. Free Press
emailed theMedia Reorm Daily, our newsletter highlighting the days most important media news, to 17,500subscribers. And Free Press produced 52 segments oMedia Minutes, our weekly radio program and podcast that
we syndicate to dozens o stations around the country. In addition, we produced 110 short educational videos that
we distributed through our YouTube channel, drawing 909,000 views.
Owning Our Airwaves, a Free Press event in Pittsburgh
DEMOCRACY
Organized High-Profle EventsOur role as a convener and connector is vital to the growth
o the media reorm movement. Free Press hosted 39 events
in 2011, including our biennial conerence, the National
Conerence or Media Reorm (NCMR), held April 810 in
Boston. This three-day event eatured dozens o speeches,
panel discussions, lm screenings, musical perormances
and much more. NCMR attracted more than 2,500 activists,
educators, media makers, journalists and policymakers rom
across the country and around the world. Thousands more
participated online. Attendees explored more than 80 sessions
on topics including how to x the FCC, the rise o Wikileaks,
the new ace o media consolidation and the uture o public
and community media. We also organized events in New York
and Washington on public media innovation, with representatives o the BBC at the D.C. event. In addition, we
held innovative online orums alongside our in-person events and in partnership with leading blogs. And Free
Press deployed sta and materials to 202 outside conerences and events, double the number weve attended
in the past. Our sta spoke at 92 events, including 30 held on college campuses, and collectively reached more
than 16,000 people.
Brought People Face to Face with Washington PolicymakersFree Press acilitates opportunities or people to speak directly with decision makers. In August, Free Press
organized 18 in-district meetings between House members and more than 80 activists participating nationwide.
Free Press developed talking points and recruited people to speak out on issues including the AT&T/T-Mobile
merger, Net Neutrality, covert consolidation and public media. In October, we worked with allies to convene the
rst Rural Broadband Summit and Hearing in Kentucky, bringing rural advocates together with policymakers
to develop solutions to rural broadband challenges. Free Press also serves as a go-to advocacy resource or
grassroots and grasstops allies looking to be heard in Washington. Last year we prepared allies including the
Alliance or Community Media and the National Alliance or Media Art & Culture or eective advocacy, leading
trainings on policymaking and grassroots lobbying. We provided briengs on specic media issues to members
o the Media and Democracy Coalition and the Media Action Grassroots Network, and we helped new leaders
rom groups like Allied Media Projects and the Nonprot Technology Network navigate both Capitol Hill and the
politics surrounding particular bills.
Reached and Empowered More Diverse AudiencesIn 2011, Free Press worked with our allies at the Center or Media Justice (CMJ) to expand the Latinos or
Internet Freedom (LatinoNetLibre.com) campaign and to launch the Black Voices or Internet Freedom
(BlackNetFreedom.org) campaign. In March, Latinos or Internet Freedom sent a delegation to the National
Latino Congreso, hosted a panel on Net Neutrality and introduced
a mobile Internet reedom resolution that the Congreso adopted.
Throughout the year, Latinos or Internet Freedom also organized
panels at events across the country. In the summer Free Press
helped recruit organizations to join Black Voices and launched arelated website. Then in September, in partnership with CMJ, the
Partnership o Arican American Churches and the Highlander
Center, we kicked o the Black Voices campaign with a digital
town hall attracting hundreds o in-person and online participants.
Also in 2011, Free Press co-sponsored the book tour or theNew
York Times bestsellerNews or All the People: The Epic Story o
Race and the American Media, co-authored by Juan Gonzlez o
Democracy Now! and Joseph Torres o Free Press. Their October
tour drew 3,500 people in just over a week, reaching diverse
communities and student populations across the country.
Free Press is the best respected and most visible political advocacy
organization representing the public interest in media policy.
Sasha Constanza-Chock, proessor o civic media at MIT
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INFLUENTIAL POLICY ANALYSISLast year, Free Press submitted nearly 200 sets o comments and other legal lings into various FCC dockets. Our
research was cited numerous times in the FCCs review o the AT&T/T-Mobile merger and in the ederal court
judgment rejecting the FCCs attempts to weaken media ownership rules. We also published the ollowing papers:
BoldAnalysis,WeakSolutions:RethinkingtheRecommendationsintheFederalCommunicationsCommission
ReportontheInformationNeedsofCommunitiesexamines the disconnect between the reports troubling
ndings and its inadequate recommendations.FreePress.net/les/Bold_Analysis_Weak_Solutions.pd
NoNewsIsBadNews:AnAnalysisofComcast-NBCUniversalCompliancewithFCCLocalismConditions
evaluates Comcasts compliance with a merger condition designed to expand local news programming at
Telemundo and NBC stations Comcast owns and operates. FreePress.net/les/No_News_Is_Bad_News.pd
OntheChoppingBlock:StateBudgetBattlesandtheFutureofPublicMedia is the rst-ever inventory o
state unding cuts to public media. SavetheNews.org/sites/savethenews.org/les/stateunding_nal_2.pd
OutsourcingtheNews:HowCovertConsolidationIsDestroyingNewsroomsandCircumventingMedia
OwnershipRulesprovides in-depth case studies o three covertly consolidated deals. SavetheNews.org/sites/
savethenews.org/les/Outsourcing the News.pd
PublicMediaandPoliticalIndependence:LessonsfortheFutureofJournalismfromAroundtheWorld
surveys the public media policies and models o 14 nations and analyzes how these countries und and
protect the autonomy o public media journalists. SavetheNews.org/sites/savethenews.org/les/public-
media-and-political-independence.pd
WhytheAT&T/T-MobileDealisBadforAmerica demonstrates how the proposed merger held negative
implications or consumers, competition, jobs and American innovation. FreePress.net/les/ATT-TMobile.pd
PRIORITIES FOR THE YEAR AHEADFree Press will work tirelessly in the coming year to:
Expose and Dismantle the Money, Media and Election Complex2012 will be a yearlong teachable moment in whats wrong with our media. Our new study, Citizens Inundated,
demonstrates that media companies will benet the most rom the Supreme Courts disastrous Citizens United
decision even as they cut back on covering issues o substance. Free Press will spotlight how the media are
proting rom the massive corporate spending on elections and will push the FCC to require stations to disclose
whos behind the attack ads. We will also underscore the need or local stations to invest in comprehensive
election-year coverage. Learn more atFreePress.net/democracy.
60%
For every dollar contributed to
Obamas 2008 presidential run,his campaign spent nearly 60
cents on media.
Promote Universal Access to Fast, Aordable and Open InternetFree Press will advance policies that increase the availability and adoption o high-speed Internet. We will
challenge powerul phone and cable companies that seek to smother competition and will oppose any attempts
to interere with Internet reedom. Free Press will also seize on the growing popular awareness o Internet issues
ollowing the deeat o the SOPA and PIPA Web-censorship bills and continue to ght in the courts and at the
FCC to strengthen the Net Neutrality rules so that they protect all Internet users, no matter how they get online.
We will emphasize the need to protect peoples reedoms on mobile phones and other wireless devices, which
have become indispensable not just in our personal lives but also or political organizing and the ree fow o
inormation. And Free Press will deepen alliances with media activists around the world and push U.S. leaders t
live up to their loty rhetoric about the Internet and human rights. Visit our campaign atSavetheInternet.com.
Sustain Quality Journalism, Protect Press Freedoms and Build aWorld-Class Public Media System in the United StatesFree Press will lead the charge against continued eorts to cut unding or noncommercial media and continue
to build a broad coalition to create a more robust and diverse public media system that is ocused on local
newsgathering and shielded rom the political whims o Washington. We will advocate or policies supporting in
depth, independent and local journalism. And well guide debate about how to saeguard the First Amendment i
the digital age. Explore our journalism and public media campaigns atSavetheNews.org.
Rein in Runaway Media ConsolidationFree Press will aggressively challenge any FCC attempts to urther weaken media ownership limits. We will push
policies enabling women and people o color to own a much greater piece o the public airwaves. Free Press will
continue to expose the wave o covert consolidation that has seen broadcasters evade FCC rules and quietly mer
their newsrooms. And we will press Congress to investigate the scandals surrounding Rupert Murdochs News
Corporation a prime example o what happens when you concentrate too much media power in too ew hands
See more atSavetheNews.org/consolidation.
Stop the Next Wave o Media Mega-MergersFresh rom our success in blocking the AT&T/T-Mobile merger, Free Press will continue to oppose any anti-
competitive deals. We are now sounding the alarm about a dangerous proposed deal between Verizon and a cart
o cable companies that could crush any hope or meaningul broadband competition. We will also continue
to draw attention to the revolving door between industry and the FCC, call out Astrotur groups ronting or
powerul companies and ght those working against the public interest in Washington. Get all the latest news,
resources and ways to take action atFreePress.net.
Lead, Inorm and Mobilize the Movement or Media ReormFree Press will strengthen and diversiy collaborations with allies and deepen our
engagement with our 500,000 members. And well lay the groundwork or our next
National Conerence or Media Reorm, which will be held in Denver on April 57,
2013. Sign up to get conerence updates atConerence.FreePress.net.
The United States dropped 27 places to 47th in the world in the
20112012 Press Freedom Index, thanks in large part to the
journalist arrests at Occupy Wall Street events.(Source: Reporters Without Borders)
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