PEN America and Others Condemn Attacks on Journalism
PEN America, in conjunction with The Nation, People for the American Way, Free Press, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, The Intercept, The Progressive, In These Times, and other organizations, will deliver a petition to the campaigns of both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton urging the candidates not only to uphold the freedom of the press enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, but also to denounce journalist intimidation tactics used by campaign supporters.
Signatories to the petition include Stephen Sondheim, Judy Blume, Neil Gaiman, Martin Amis, Anne Tyler, Robert Caro, Lois Lowry, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Esmeralda Santiago, George Saunders, Jonathan Lethem, Jay McInerney, John Green, Colum McCann, Jane Smiley, Khaled Hosseini, and Andrew Solomon.
