A mosaic of solidarity for Press Freedom

Denver Post Newsroom Unit (Colorado).

NewsGuild units representing 1,500 news workers across the country marked May 3, World Press Freedom Day, with coordinated actions between Digital First Media and Gatehouse Media union members. The actions, which included rallies and displaying desk tent signs and banners, aimed to raise awareness of the growing threat that “vulture” hedge funds pose for the nation’s community newspapers. Union leaders say the newspaper owners’ excessive profiteering threatens journalism at a critical time of politicized attacks on the news media.

The action spanned more than two dozen papers owned by GateHouse Media and Digital First Media.

To re-arrange this photo mosaic of the joint May 3 actions, just re-load the page. Scrolling over the pictures displays the captions.

Due to our historic collaboration between GateHouse and DFM workers, this is our largest photo mosaic ever, so keep scrolling down to see everything!

Thanks again to the many who took part, to the fellow news workers who showed solidarity and to all our photographers.