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Original analyses on press freedom trends and monthly incident roundups written by U.S. Press Freedom Tracker staff with features on First Amendment issues published by our partner organizations.

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One Battle After Another

Published

November 12, 2025

Written by

Carolina Abbott Galvão and Riddhi Setty
‘They see the media as the enemy.’ A lesson from a deported journalist

Published

October 30, 2025

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
Media in the courthouse

Published

October 16, 2025

Written by

Stephanie Sugars

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Immigration-related press freedom violations, 2017-present

November 14, 2025

Immigration-related press freedom violations, 2017-present
One Battle After Another

Published

November 12, 2025

Written by

Carolina Abbott Galvão and Riddhi Setty
‘They see the media as the enemy.’ A lesson from a deported journalist

Published

October 30, 2025

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
Media in the courthouse

Published

October 16, 2025

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
From defamation to detention and assault, Trump administration threatens journalism

Published

September 30, 2025

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
California press protections undermined as violations surged at LA protests

Batons, pepper balls, searches, detainment: How police defied the state’s media rights law

Published

September 30, 2025

Written by

Briana Erickson
Nearly 100 journalists assaulted already this year

Published

August 28, 2025

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
The silence and the siege

Media independence and journalists’ safety are under threat, as Trump uses suits to cudgel news outlets and his immigration crackdown endangers those covering it.

Published

July 31, 2025

Written by

Stephanie Sugars