Analysis

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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In 100 days, a laundry list of attacks on the media

From limiting media access to investigating journalists, the Trump administration’s first 100 days have targeted the media on multiple fronts

Published

April 30, 2025

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
Trump, allies pursue multipronged campaign against the press

Published

April 29, 2025

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
‘I live with that we didn’t struggle enough.’ A lesson from a Russian journalist-in-exile

Normalizing control of media access was one small step the Kremlin took to undermine press freedom.

Published

March 31, 2025

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
The press corps, and profound losses ahead

The perils of a press corps controlled by the president

Published

February 28, 2025

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
Election-related free press violations, 2017-present

February 18, 2025

Press freedom violations in connection with U.S. elections, 2017-forward
Entering Trump 2.0 after uptick in attacks on press last year

Published

January 31, 2025

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
Charges — and punishments — for J6 rioters who hurt journalists, damaged news equipment

Published

January 24, 2025

Written by

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker Staff
All the president’s invective

January 14, 2025

Tracking Donald Trump's anti-press rhetoric online as both candidate and president