Chicago police must respect journalists’ rights at convention protests
As the Democratic National Convention takes place in Chicago this month, police must uphold the First and Fourth amendments and safeguard press freedom.
Gag rules stifle financial journalism
The Securities and Exchange Commission requires defendants who settle cases it brings to contract away their right to deny the SEC’s allegations. So does the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. That means potential sources can’t speak to financial journalists.
Gag rules stifle financial journalism
The government cannot silence its critics to save itself from embarrassment
Pressure Netanyahu to protect journalists
With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting the U.S. this week, officials who claim to care about press freedom need to make clear to him that the U.S. will not tolerate killings, imprisonments, or censorship of journalists by its ally.
LAPD must safeguard press freedom during protests
As more controversial Israeli real estate events make their way to the city, Los Angeles police must allow journalists to cover protests freely and safely
Don’t let prosecutors define journalism
Federal prosecutors are claiming a startling new power: the ability to decide what is or isn’t “legitimate” journalism.
Police must protect press covering RNC
As journalists arrive at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum to cover the 2024 Republican National Convention (RNC), we can expect the public to take to the streets to protest everything from Donald Trump’s nomination to the ongoing war in Gaza and the killing of Dvontaye Mitchell.
Supreme Court ruling bodes well for unjustly convicted NC journalists
The court’s decision means journalists who can prove retaliation for doing their jobs can more easily sue
Platform cases uphold press precedent
With all eyes on the Supreme Court’s disturbing opinion on presidential immunity, you may have missed that the court also issued an important First Amendment decision this week about social media content moderation.
Assange freed, press freedom imperiled
Through op-eds and TV appearances, FPF made clear that the Biden administration deserves zero credit after forcing Julian Assange to plead guilty to get out of prison
