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Sally Stapleton

@sallystapleton.bsky.social
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Third generation Missouri-born journalist, visual storytelling, journalism education and international journalist security initiatives. Former Associated Press, twice, and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalist. Researching disinformation.

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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
@rcfp.org "Seized" was a highlight at this year's True/False Film Fest with Marion County Record editor/publisher Eric Meyer in attendance. The documentary is memorable and worthwhile for all who care about journalism and truth.
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NPR @npr.org · 06/06/2026
In Virunga National Park, rangers are on the frontlines — playing a critical role to contain the surging virus while coping with an upsurge in conflict-related violence. n.pr/4erOkT2
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A park famed for rare gorillas gears up to fight Ebola and protect its primates
In Virunga National Park, rangers are on the front lines — playing a critical role to contain the surging virus while coping with an upsurge in conflict-related violence.
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
No lapse in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. New owners as of May 4, 2026.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to continue publishing after sale to nonprofit media group
Toledo, Ohio-based Block Communications Inc. is selling the Post-Gazette assets to the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, publisher of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Baltimore Banner.
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
When one mentions the dangers of disinformation, mostly we journalists shrug. Yet seven years ago, two separate groups of Uruguayan journalists got serious. It mattered.
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Seven years ago, Uruguay got serious about disinformation. It mattered
Journalists built coalitions with competitors, politicians, academics and others to hold presidential campaigns accountable.
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
In April 2019, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette hosted a public forum called "The War on Truth" to discuss the attacks on a free press and honor Jamal Khashoggi.
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Welcome news for my highly talented former colleagues from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, including @stevemellon412.bsky.social @awimley.bsky.social
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Pittsburgh journalists vote to end country's longest strike and notify the PG they are returning to work - Pittsburgh Union Progress
The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh’s most momentous gathering since the formation of a strike picket line more than three years ago began last week in the manner of all big strike meetings — with the a...
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Powerful stories of resilience against press harassment globally. The journalists' stories who lived it from this year's Alfred Friendly Press Partners journalists in exile program. They Tried to Silence Us: Journalists in Exile Fighting for Freedom of the Press.
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They Tried to Silence Us: Journalists in Exile Fighting for Freedom of the Press
YouTube video by Alfred Friendly Press Partners Official
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
I'd say better than good. Multiple memorable photos. Thanks for posting @anitabaca.bsky.social @armandofranca.bsky.social
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 02/08/2025
Today marks eight years since we launched the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, a nonpartisan news website and database providing reliable and contextualized information on press freedom violations in the U.S. See what we've tracked this year.
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is a project that aims to comprehensively document press freedom incidents in the United States — such as the arrests of journalists, seizures of their equipment, interr...
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St. Louis Public Radio @stlpublicradio.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
BREAKING: ICE releases Carol Mayorga, a Missouri mom whose detention sparked uproar in her rural town. @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social‬ reports: www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
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ICE releases Carol Mayorga, a Missouri mom whose detention sparked rural uproar
Carol Mayorga was detained in April during an immigration check-in at the ICE office in St. Louis. But on Wednesday, the beloved pancake house waitress is walking free from the Greene County Jail.
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
“Nearly seven hours passed before ICE officers entered the room, placing the 45-year-old woman, whom many residents in Kennett described as a soccer mom, in shackles at the wrists, waist and ankles.” Indepth reporting by NPR’s Midwest Newsroom @stlpublicradio.bsky.social
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Stephanie Strasburg @stephstrasburg.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
“Sebastião was more than one of the best photographers of our time,” Instituto Terra said in a statement. “His lens revealed the world and its contradictions; his life, (brought) the power of transformative action.” RIP to a photo and environmental legend. apnews.com/article/braz...
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Award-winning Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado dies at age 81
Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado, known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity, has died at age 81.
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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
NEA Terminates Promised Grant to Bronx Documentary Center: 25K Revoked After Exhibition Costs Already Incurred mailchi.mp/bronxdoc.org...
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NEA Revokes $25K Grant to Bronx Documentary Center After Exhibition Expenses Incurred
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
This is terrific news and welcome, Gustavo!
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Renowned Peruvian Journalist Gustavo Gorriti Named Knight Press Freedom Fellow  - Newmark J-School
New York City, May 15, 2025 — The Journalism Protection Initiative at the City University of New York’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Former Uruguayan President José Mujica and his legacy.
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José Mujica, Uruguay’s humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89
Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world, ...
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Truly inspired, this compilation of Vietnam War images from the greats of photojournalism: Burrows, Faas, Ut, Burnett, Page, Leroy, Jones Griffiths, Adams, Chapelle, Douglas Duncan, McCullin, Sawada, Greenspon, Caron, Chauvel, Riboud, Van Es, Veder and nuanced essay thanks, @damiencave.bsky.social
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How Photography From the Vietnam War Changed America
The images changed how the world saw Vietnam, but especially how Americans saw their country, soldiers and the war itself, which ended 50 years ago this month.
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Last week’s federal court decision forbidding the Trump administration from punishing the AP for refusing to rename the Gulf of Mexico was to take effect today. Thanks to @dbauder.bsky.social for keeping us updated.
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Despite a court order, White House bars AP from Oval Office event
The Trump administration has turned a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press away from covering an Oval Office news conference involving President Donald Trump and El Salvador President N...
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Citing the First Amendment....
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AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The international journalists endangered and the autocrats/dictators happy about silencing U.S. Agency for Global Media via Asian affairs reporter Didi Tang @apnews.com
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Foreign journalists at US-backed media fear being sent to repressive homelands after Trump's cuts
Reporters and human rights groups say the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media have put dozens of journalists at risk, especially those who defied authoritarian...
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Just followed @maansi-photo.bsky.social Very important work that tells the story and screams to the power of photojournalism. Thanks for posting @gregkb.bsky.social
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
“The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government,” the AP said in its lawsuit.
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Count me in.
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 06/01/2025
Four years on from the insurrection at the Capitol, and we've never stopped tracking justice for the 18 journalists assaulted in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021. It's all kept here in our database ⬇️
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Charges — and punishments — for J6 rioters who hurt journalists, damaged news equipment
While documenting the large mob in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, photographer John Minchillo was grabbed …
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Hugs to your princesa, @msantiagophotos.bsky.social
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
In memory of the great Michel du Cille, photojournalist and photo editor of the Miami Herald and Washington Post, who died 10 years ago today. His greatness was his talent but he brought more to the news industry by sharing his principled standards about journalism and photography. He's missed.
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Finalmente!
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Yunghi Kim @yunghi.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Not sure how this works but i started a starter pack. 🤣 Link: go.bsky.app/BTyyJNV
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
June 28, 2018. “For a moment, though, working by his truck in a garage across from his destroyed newsroom, Pat symbolized the best of us and helped write the story that represented the best of American journalism.”
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Janie McCauley @janiemccap.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I played tennis for two years inside San Quentin prison with Kenny, now paroled and making positive contributions to society helping others. Beyond proud of his new life he worked hard to achieve. His first game at Chase Center, too.
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Highly recommend!
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Sally Stapleton @sallystapleton.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The Bluest of Skies/ Eleven years ago at dusk on Main Beach, Groton Long Point, CT, Nov. 18, 2013.
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