Fast-growing One Free Press Coalition spotlights journalists in danger

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🗓️ 1 May 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Randall Lane, the head of Forbes magazine, talks with Brian Stelter about the new group that is spotlighting journalists under attack around the world. Since the launch of the One Free Press Coalition in March, more than thirty other news organizations have agreed to share the group's monthly list of "10 Most Urgent" cases. Lane says the mission is to "remind the entire world that these injustices continue to happen" and to ensure that "people don't forget."To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There are cases of injustice against journalists all around the world.
0:05.0	And a new organization is trying to draw attention to what they say are the 10 most urgent.
0:12.0	Welcome. 10 most urgent.
0:16.7	Welcome to this week's reliable sources podcast. I'm your host Brian Stelter and we use this weekly podcast in between our Sunday
0:21.8	television program to go more in depth with
0:24.8	media leaders and newsmakers talking about the story behind this story.
0:29.9	This week I want to introduce you to the One Free Press Coalition.
0:33.0	It's a fast growing group that's drawing attention to cases of journalists who are
0:38.0	under attack for pursuing the truth.
0:40.0	Randall Lane is the chief content officer at Forbes Media.
0:45.0	This organization was his idea and he's joining me now here in New York.
0:49.0	Randall, thanks for coming on.
0:51.0	Thanks for having me, Brian. This is something that you came up with just a few months ago
0:56.8	and now there are more than 30 news organizations and other partners all trying to spread the word.
1:01.3	So take me back to the genesis of this idea. Why did you
1:05.0	want to create this coalition? Well it's a great, listen it's a great thing when all these
1:11.4	media groups that are competing with each other all day, every day, get together for what's a very, very important cause.
1:18.0	And it really happened just kind of by spur of the moment.
1:22.0	A bunch of us were having dinner at the World Economic Forum
1:25.0	and Davos.
1:27.1	There's an international media council there
1:28.7	where the top, you know, the editor and chiefs
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