How long can underwriting or sponsorship acknowledgements be?

An FSTV underwriting message (credit) is 15 seconds long, measured as 55-58 syllables. It begins with a preamble from FSTV, then the legal name of the organization purchasing the underwriting. It’s followed by a line or two that describes the product, service, or mission of the underwriter followed by the website or location. A trademarked … Continued

What is the FSTV Gift Acceptance Policy?

Free Speech TV solicits and accepts gifts that are consistent with its mission and values and that support its core programs or special projects. In the course of its regular fundraising activities, Free Speech TV will accept donations of money, stock, annuities, retirement distributions, real property, personal property, and in-kind services. Certain types of gifts–such … Continued

Donor Transparency & Protection

We are deeply grateful for the support we receive from individuals, foundations, and sponsors. Because we value partnerships across the independent media and progressive movement spectrum, sometimes we see journalistic value in covering an organization or individual who is also a donor to FSTV. When this happens, we disclose all potential and actual conflicts of … Continued

What is your strategic plan?

For 30 years, FSTV has provided news, analysis, and storytelling to inform, educate, and inspire its loyal and engaged community of viewers in order to advance progressive change. Throughout, it has been a leading video-focused nonprofit news organization reaching millions of viewers via Dish and Satellite TV, as well as via Broadcast TV via local … Continued

What are FSTV’s values?

As a leader in advocacy journalism, we recognize the legacies of colonization and slavery continue to actively harm our society every day. We aim to live our values through the commitments below. We will inevitably make mistakes along the way, and remain open to learning and improving our policies and practices. Our Commitments Spotlight Resilience, … Continued

Submit Content

Submit Content to Free Speech TV About Content Submissions: Thanks for your help in making FSTV the home for progressive content. Please fill out the form below and someone from our programming team will make an effort to review the submission. Due to our small staff, we have to aspire for maximum efficiency. Not all … Continued

Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY Free Speech TV (“FSTV” “we” or “us” or “our”), understands your concerns about privacy and how your information is used and safeguarded, and we want to provide you with more information on these topics. This Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) describes the practices, policies and procedures related to the website located https://freespeech.org (and … Continued