SABEW has launched an important initiative through our First Amendment Committee. Our goal is to accomplish several things:
- Protect press freedom and serve as a watchdog over government agencies, ensuring that journalists and all citizens have access to accurate, relevant government-supported data.
- Issue statements in support of press freedom and for sufficient funding of government-collected and issued information.
- Engage government officials, private economists, watchdogs, other stakeholders and the public on the importance of robust and transparent economic and financial data as well as on the mission of business and financial journalism more broadly.
Recent Public Statements, continued
2024
- SABEW calls for increased funding of employment surveys
- Statement on the release of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich
- Statement on WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich
- SABEW statement on WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich trial
- SABEW alarmed over filing of espionage charges
- SABEW believes diverse voices, experiences strengthen journalism
- SABEW Observes World Press Freedom Day
- SABEW Echoes Support for Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich on Solemn Anniversary
- SABEW First Amendment Committee to Watch Five Key Issues in 2024
2023
- SABEW condemns Russia’s detention extension of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich
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SABEW calls on Congress to fully fund the federal government, avoid data disruption
- SABEW celebrates successful asylum appeal for Mexican journalist after 15 years
- SABEW celebrates Labor Day with call to protect economic data
- SABEW denounces police raid on Marion County Record
- SABEW renews its call for the immediate release of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich
- SABEW celebrates 4th of July and the public's right to fact-based, independent data
- SABEW recognizes the challenges facing LGBTQ+ journalists
- SABEW recognizes World Press Freedom Day, urges release of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich
- SABEW condemns the arrest of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia
- SABEW Calls on Digital Platforms to Ensure Free Speech
- SABEW and 24 other journalism organizations sent a letter to the White House requesting a meeting with Scientific Integrity Task Force to discuss ways to protect against federal interference in newsgathering. The groups would like to see the White House Scientific Integrity Task Force recommend agencies:
- eliminate restrictions on employees speaking to reporters without notification of authorities, especially before but also after the contact;
- credential journalists to enter, without escort, any area of federal facilities where most employees are allowed to enter;
- and make it standard policy that when reporters voluntarily contact public information offices, they are allowed to speak to the people they request.
