{
  "id": 7345587,
  "title": "Fighting for the Future of Libraries (With Jennie Rose Halperin)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/fighting-for-the-future-of-libraries-with-jennie-rose-halperin",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-14T15:25:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "404 Media",
    "slug": "404-media",
    "url": "https://www.404media.co/fighting-for-the-future-of-libraries-with-jennie-rose-halperin/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In this week's interview, we are fortunate to have Jennie Rose Halprein, the executive director of Library Futures, a non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for a just digital future for libraries and their communities. Having covered libraries extensively in the past, I have had multiple discussions with Jennie, but many topics never made it into my articles. To provide a fresh perspective, I am sharing one of those private conversations with you today. The topics range from censorship to other significant issues, and I trust you will find this conversation as engaging as I did. Tune in to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. If you subscribe as a paid listener, you will receive early access to these interview episodes, which will support our journalism. Once you become a subscriber, check your inbox for an email from our podcast host Transistor, containing a link to the subscribers-only version of the episode. This will also be available in the show notes within your podcast player.",
  "summary": "Censorship, AI, and the role of librarians in a country with crumbling public institutions.",
  "key_points": [
    "Jennie Rose Halperin is executive director of Library Futures.",
    "Organization advocates for just digital future of libraries.",
    "Topics include censorship and significant library issues."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}