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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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‘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
All the president’s invective

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

Published

January 14, 2025

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‘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
Media in the courthouse

Published

January 6, 2025

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
Journalists arrested in the U.S. 2017-present

December 12, 2024

Arrests and detainments of journalists in the U.S. year-over-year overview, 2017-forward