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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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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
Media in the courthouse

Published

October 16, 2025

Written by

Stephanie Sugars

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One Battle After Another

Published

November 12, 2025

Written by

Carolina Abbott Galvão and Riddhi Setty
Media in the courthouse

Published

October 16, 2025

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
California press protections undermined as violations surged at LA protests

Batons, pepper balls, searches, detainment: How police defied the state’s media rights law

Published

September 30, 2025

Written by

Briana Erickson
Trump, allies pursue multipronged campaign against the press

Published

July 1, 2025

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
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
Columbia keeps ‘investigating’ student journalists covering pro-Palestine protests

Reporters on campus tell CJR it’s a threat to press freedom.

Published

May 19, 2025

Written by

Meghnad Bose, Anna Oakes
Charges — and punishments — for J6 rioters who hurt journalists, damaged news equipment

Published

January 24, 2025

Written by

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker Staff
Journalist arrests surge in 2024 amid Israel-Gaza war protests

Published

December 12, 2024

Written by

Stephanie Sugars