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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Assaults of journalists already surpassing last year’s total

The number of journalists assaulted that we’ve documented or are actively reporting on will surpass the total number of assaults from all of last year — and the year is only half over.

Published

June 28, 2024

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
Arrests of journalists already doubled over last year

As of this month, more journalists have now been arrested in 2024 than the last two years combined. Plus, four years after George Floyd’s death — and what it meant for media covering BLM.

Published

May 30, 2024

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
BLM and unprecedented aggressions against media

May 25, 2024

We're documenting assaults, arrests of journalists covering the Black Lives Matter movement and media whose coverage has been subjected to legal orders, like subpoenas.
Israel-Gaza War: Journalists covering local reaction

Published

April 30, 2024

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
A worrisome pace for gag orders

Published

March 28, 2024

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
The public is paying the price for local government secrecy

Published

March 11, 2024

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
‘He simply reported’

A snapshot of all incidents documented in the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker so far this year

Published

March 1, 2024

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
‘Icing out’ the press on the campaign trail

A snapshot of press freedom aggressions across the U.S. in 2023, as documented by the Tracker. At least 45 journalists were assaulted while reporting, and 11 journalists and their outlets faced a publishing gag, the highest number of prior restraints in one year.

Published

February 1, 2024

Written by

Kirstin McCudden