Pass the PRESS Act
The PRESS Act is the most important press freedom bill in modern history.
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Stop Arresting Journalists
Too often, police arrest journalists for doing their jobs. These arrests and prosecutions chill important reporting.
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Reform Government Secrecy
The U.S. classifies far too many secrets, obstructing democracy.
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Heed DOJ guidance – drop cases against journalists
Prosecutors nationwide are pursuing unconstitutional charges against journalists for failing to comply with illegal dispersal orders
Texas authorities extort journalist with his own equipment
Court states the obvious: Citizen journalists have the same First Amendment rights as any other journalists
Indie journalists speak out about Chicago police
Reporters describe chaos, confusion, and rampant unconstitutionality at protests outside the DNC
Press freedom at the DNC: Inside the convention and out on the streets
Listen to leading press freedom advocates discuss what they saw during last week’s Democratic National Convention
Harris is just the latest internet-era politician to stonewall the press
Political candidates think the pros of avoiding journalists outweigh the cons. The only people who can change that are journalists themselves
Sunshine Week brings focus to public record lawsuits
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker highlights costs of government secrecy to taxpayers
Journalist arrests down but reporters covering protests still at risk
Report shows 14 journalists arrested for doing their jobs in 2022.
Another record year for press-freedom violations in the US
While we did not see the scope of national social-justice protests of 2020—a year in which journalists were arrested or assaulted on average more than once a day—2021 still outpaced the years before it for press-freedom violations. We systematically capture this data in the US Press Freedom Tracker, where Freedom of the Press Foundation, in partnership with the Committee to Protect Journalists and other press freedom groups, has documented aggressions against journalists in the United States since 2017.
New report: A record breaking number of journalists arrested in the U.S. this year
New report, "U.S. Press Freedom in Crisis: Journalists Under Arrest in 2020," details how more than 117 journalists were arrested across the country in 2020.
For student journalists, the beats are the same but the protections are different
Student journalists, plagued by questions of editorial independence and with varying degrees of First Amendment protections, nonetheless face the same press freedom challenges as their professional counterparts.The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, which documents First Amendment aggressions in the United States, has collected student journalism-based incidents at both the university …
