Northwestern’s student newspaper helps kill anti-speech prosecution

Student journalists set an example for the professionals when it comes to standing up for the First Amendment

FPF explains the importance of the PRESS Act

Bipartisan bill would protect journalist-source confidentiality and put a stop to government surveillance of reporters

Israel and US continue to ignore press freedom violations

As more and more journalists are killed and the international press remains shut out of Gaza, the time is now for the Biden administration to pressure Israel to act

New election blog catalogs media suppression by candidates, campaigns

Special project from U.S. Press Freedom Tracker collects and reports on press freedom aggressions by candidates and their teams running in 2024 federal elections

New Jersey anti-SLAPP law faces its first test

Here’s what journalists should watch for in the first case applying the state’s new law meant to protect against meritless anti-speech lawsuits

Harsh punishments for leakers undermine public-interest journalism

The maximum sentence imposed on the ex-IRS contractor who leaked Trump’s tax returns to the press sends a chilling message to other would-be whistleblowers

Vigil recognizes journalists killed in Gaza

The deaths of more than 80 journalists in the Israel-Gaza War are horrific and shameful

Government gag rules muzzle journalists’ sources

Policies prohibiting government employees from speaking to the press violate the First Amendment

The case for ignoring censorship orders

When judges ignore the law to silence journalists, contempt of court is deserved

Victims of newsroom raids tell their stories

Marion County Record publisher Eric Meyer and digital journalist Tim Burke discuss their cases and the state of the free press