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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As World Cup nears, foreign journalists face growing risks in the US

Published

May 28, 2026

Written by

Briana Erickson
Go pound sand!

Published

June 10, 2026

Written by

Kyle Paoletta
The World Cup is coming. What do journalists need to know?

Published

May 28, 2026

Written by

Kirstin McCudden

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A troubling picture of press freedom pressures to start 2026

Published

January 29, 2026

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
Press arrests used to silence protest coverage in 2025

More than 30 journalists detained, nearly all released without charges or with them quickly dropped

Published

December 15, 2025

Written by

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

December 15, 2025

Arrests and detainments of journalists in the U.S. year-over-year overview, 2017-forward
Years after a newsroom raid, a settlement in Kansas

Published

December 1, 2025

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
Immigration-related press freedom violations, 2017-present

November 14, 2025

Immigration-related press freedom violations, 2017-present
One Battle After Another

Published

November 12, 2025

Written by

Carolina Abbott Galvão and Riddhi Setty
‘They see the media as the enemy.’ A lesson from a deported journalist

Published

October 30, 2025

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
From defamation to detention and assault, Trump administration threatens journalism

Published

September 30, 2025

Written by

Kirstin McCudden