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Timothy Karr

Senior Director of Strategy
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Timothy builds on Free Press' grassroots and policy work to advance the organization's strategic goals and reach new communities. Before joining Free Press, Tim served as executive director of MediaChannel.org and vice president of Globalvision New Media. He has also worked extensively as an editor, reporter and photojournalist for the Associated Press, Time, Inc., the New York Times and Australia Consolidated Press. Tim critiques, analyzes and reports on media and media policy for the Huffington Post and on his personal blog, MediaCitizen.

Blog Posts

  • Newspaper Readers Speak Out Against the Kochs

    Timothy Karr
    May 9, 2013

    Opposition to the Koch brothers’ reported plan to take over the eight Tribune Company newspapers has spread from activist groups, unions, lawmakers and journalism advocates to the readers of these papers.

  • Internet Uncertainty

    Timothy Karr
    May 6, 2013
    When asked whether the Internet has been a force for good or evil, Zeynep Tufekci likes to answer “Yes.”

  • Koch News Is Bad News

    Timothy Karr
    April 23, 2013

    What do you get two billionaire brothers who already have everything?

    Over the years, Charles and David Koch have financed a vast organizing network, including Americans for Prosperity, that amplifies their extreme anti-environment, anti-labor and anti-democracy views.

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In the News

  • TV Stations Getting Rich from Misleading Super PAC Ads

    The Wrap
    October 19, 2012

    Television stations are getting rich by airing political ads from Super PACs and other outside groups that station officials know are misleading, a Washington public interest watchdog group has charged.

  • TV Stations Accept Political Ad Cash -- and Leave Viewers in the Dark

    Progressive Radio Network
    October 1, 2012

    Democracy requires an informed public. But Americans aren't getting the news they need from local TV. Click the image for the full report. The political ad invasion is upon us. It's a toxic mix of half-truths and negativity that's beaming into homes across the county -- especially homes in battleground states like Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin.

  • The Matthew Filipowicz Show: Episode 136 with Tim Karr and Shannyn Moore

    Matthew Filipowicz Show
    July 20, 2012

    Tim Karr from Free Press discusses the Declaration of Internet Freedom and how Verizon filed a court briefing claiming they have the right to edit the internet.

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