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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Nearly 100 journalists assaulted already this year

Published

August 28, 2025

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
The silence and the siege

Media independence and journalists’ safety are under threat, as Trump uses suits to cudgel news outlets and his immigration crackdown endangers those covering it.

Published

July 31, 2025

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
Media in the courthouse

Published

July 18, 2025

Written by

Stephanie Sugars

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Rather than denounce attacks on press, Trump doubles down on negative tweets

Published

October 1, 2020

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
Our October 2020 Newsletter

Published

October 1, 2020

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
Special Section — Election 2020

Published

September 10, 2020

Written by

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker Staff
Our September 2020 Newsletter

Published

September 1, 2020

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
The George Floyd protests started three months ago today. More than 700 journalists have reported press freedom violations since.

Published

August 28, 2020

Written by

Freedom of the Press Foundation
Our August 2020 Newsletter

Published

August 3, 2020

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
Our July 2020 Newsletter

Published

July 1, 2020

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
Our June 2020 Newsletter

Published

June 1, 2020

Written by

Kirstin McCudden

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