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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When algorithms come for journalists

Published

February 22, 2021

Written by

Parker Higgins
The last Trump tweet against the media

Published

January 11, 2021

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is now open source software

Published

December 16, 2020

Written by

Freedom of the Press Foundation
New report: A record-breaking number of journalists arrested in the U.S. this year

Published

December 14, 2020

Written by

Trevor Timm
Journalists face harassment while covering coronavirus

Journalists face harassment while covering coronavirus

Published

October 18, 2020

Written by

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

Published

October 1, 2020

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
Special Section — Election 2020

Published

September 10, 2020

Written by

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker Staff
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

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