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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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On social media, Trump targets the press on average once a day — for 10 years and counting

Behind a decade of attacks on the media lies Trump’s strategy of control.

Published

June 12, 2025

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
Protecting journalism, without federal police reforms

People take part in a candlelight vigil on the fifth anniversary of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Earlier that week, the Department of Justice announced it was dropping federal oversight programs for police reform in the state.

Published

May 30, 2025

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
Trump, allies pursue multipronged campaign against the press

Published

May 23, 2025

Written by

Stephanie Sugars

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Election-related free press violations, 2017-present

February 18, 2025

Press freedom violations in connection with U.S. elections, 2017-forward
All the president’s invective

January 14, 2025

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