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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Media in the courthouse

Published

July 18, 2025

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
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
Politics and the press

Politics and the press: Tracking how the media is treated on the road to Election 2024

Published

November 5, 2024

Written by

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker Staff
Journalists were targeted, repeatedly attacked for documenting LA protests

Published

July 25, 2024

Written by

Stephanie Sugars