You Are the Free Press, Stupid

The clampdown on free speech is quickening. Even this very video report is being re-uploaded after being removed from social media. What can you do to express yourself without limitations or retaliation?

Back in April 2018, Kentucky was voting whether to honor its prior teacher pension obligations. Coincidentally, IMS had just made new press passes. It was a perfect time to test out the effectiveness of the independent journalist press pass. I knew there would be a mob of people down at the state capital during the Senate vote. So I traveled the short distance and set out to get inside the Senate chambers during the important vote.

There is nary a single law prohibiting you, as a citizen to act as a member of the free press. Not every lowly State house security officer knows this and some have been known to shut citizens down without a second glance. Let’s see if the press pass is a useful tool for independent media to get access to people, places and information required for reporting.