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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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Years after a newsroom raid, a settlement in Kansas

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December 1, 2025

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Kirstin McCudden
One Battle After Another

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November 12, 2025

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

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October 30, 2025

Written by

Kirstin McCudden

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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

Written by

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

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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Seven journalists’ deaths and the pursuit of justice

Seven journalists’ deaths and the pursuit of justice: A newsroom shooting and other deadly violence

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May 31, 2023

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
Capital Gazette newsroom targeted in mass shooting

Nine journalists and two sales associates were present in the Capital Gazette newsroom when a gunman shot his way into the newspaper's offices. Five were killed: Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters.

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May 3, 2023

Written by

Stephanie Sugars