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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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Journalist arrests surge in 2024 amid Israel-Gaza war protests

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December 12, 2024

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

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

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December 12, 2024
‘Meritless arrests’: Charges dropped against journalists covering DNC protest

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December 3, 2024

Written by

Kirstin McCudden

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Journalist arrests surge in 2024 amid Israel-Gaza war protests

Published

December 12, 2024

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
Politics and the press

Politics and the press: Tracking how the media is treated on the road to Election 2024

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November 5, 2024

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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker Staff
Charges — and punishments — for J6 rioters who hurt journalists, damaged news equipment

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October 18, 2024

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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker Staff
Journalists were targeted, repeatedly attacked for documenting LA protests

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July 25, 2024

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
The cynicism of blaming the media for the Trump assassination attempt

Some of the critics in the aftermath of the Trump assassination seemed to be accusing journalists of being both overly reckless and, at least in their coverage of the shooting’s immediate aftermath, overly cautious.

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July 15, 2024

Written by

Jon Allsop
The public is paying the price for local government secrecy

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March 11, 2024

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
Members of the press charged with committing ‘acts of journalism’ in 2023

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December 20, 2023

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
RCFP analyzes the state of U.S. press freedom in 2022

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June 14, 2023