The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker has verified close to 1,000 incidents of press freedom violations related to protest coverage in the U.S. this year. My guess is the number of incidents is much higher, as I know from experience how much happens that goes unreported amid the chaos on the ground.
My incidents of assault by local police and attacks by federal officers are minor when compared to what has happened to so many journalists this year, both across the country and around the world. Still, it meant something to me to be able to visit an exhibit highlighting my and others’ experience here in the United States.
Thank you Photoville for featuring this important exhibit, which sits in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge. Because I discovered photography while living in that borough, the exhibit was especially meaningful to me: being able to visit that space was like coming full circle. Big props to Photoville for the energy and focus it takes year after year to produce this large scale installation, which features some of the most vivid and exciting work currently being made across the globe.
And big thank you, of course, to the Committee to Protect Journalists for the vital work they do and for helping me when I needed it.
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Committee to Protect Journalists exhibit at Photoville, Brooklyn, New York