Jenn Ettinger

Media Manager

Jenn drafts and distributes press releases and handles outreach to reporters. She also schedules interviews and assists with promotion. Before joining Free Press, Jenn was a media and communications specialist at Campaign for America’s Future and an assistant account executive at Rubenstein Communications. Jenn earned her B.S. in studio art and her M.A. in media and communication studies from Florida State University.

Blog Posts

  • Say No to Internet Taxes

    August 31, 2012
    The Universal Service Fund needs to be revamped, but we shouldn’t be adding an Internet tax to consumers’ already sky-high bills. If we truly want to stabilize the fund, we need to think about proposals for funding that don’t pass costs on to consumers.
  • 2012 Games Highlight an Olympic-Sized Problem for Fans

    August 8, 2012
    While competition is the name of the game for the 10,000 athletes competing in the Summer Olympics, the same can’t be said for the viewing audience. In fact, the Olympics show what happens when viewers don’t have enough options at their disposal.
  • Verizon: Let Us Charge You More for Less!

    June 13, 2012

    On Monday, Verizon Wireless introduced data-sharing plans that will give users a monthly allotment of data to be used across all of their devices. The new option to share data will push customers to pay more for a limited amount of data, and it comes with a fee just to connect a device to the network. Even before using any shared data, a family of four would have to pay $160 each and every month just to connect four smartphones to Verizon's network.

In the News

  • AT&T Won't Let Man FaceTime His Kids, So He's Taking It to the Feds

    Business Insider
    October 18, 2012

    AT&T is blocking longtime customers with unlimited data plans from using a cool new feature available on the latest iPhones: FaceTime video chat over 3G and 4G wireless networks. One of those customers, an architect living in San Francisco, has filed a complaint with the FCC.

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