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An incarcerated person looks out of his cell at a maximum security prison in Georgia.

Covering the mass incarceration system, Part 1

Incarcerated Journalists•Article

Know the rights, risks, and realities for journalists trying to get the story from American prisons and jails.

Published Jan. 6, 2025 Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Sen. Chuck Schumer meeting with Donald Trump in 2018

Dems fail on PRESS Act

PRESS Act•Newsletter

Plus: Journalist speaks out about arrest

Published Jan. 3, 2025 Freedom of the Press Foundation

Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse at Hong Kong Disneyland, Sept. 12, 2005

Settlement puts Disney’s business interests above First Amendment

Op-ed•Article

Trump's lawsuit over ABC's characterization of sexual abuse verdict was defensible

Published Dec. 30, 2024 Freedom of the Press Foundation

Journalist Isaac White being handcuffed while documenting a land claim demonstration in northern New York on May 21, 2024.

Mohawk journalist’s arrest violates Constitution his ancestors inspired

Protests•Article

My ordeal as a Mohawk reporter: New York won't silence my voice or steal our land

Published Dec. 21, 2024 Isaac White

The TikTok Inc. building in Culver City, Calif., March 17, 2023

TikTok ban threatens journalism

TikTok•Newsletter

Plus: Executioners find new ways to hide

Published Dec. 20, 2024 Freedom of the Press Foundation

Journalist Jack Poulson

Tech companies platform the First Amendment

Online Censorship•Article

Substack and Amazon Web Services’ First Amendment defense of journalist Jack Poulson should be a model for other platforms

Published Dec. 19, 2024 Caitlin Vogus

A vigil outside the Indiana state prison where Joseph Corcoran was executed Dec. 18.

Executioners find new ways to hide

Op-ed•Article

Laws limiting media access to executions must be reformed

Published Dec. 19, 2024 Freedom of the Press Foundation

A screenshot from CBS showing U.S. freelance journalist Austin Tice reporting from Syria in 2012. He was among the first U.S. journalists to make it into Syria after the outbreak of the civil war.

Taylor Swift, help us find missing Swiftie – U.S. journalist Austin Tice

Global affairs•Article

Austin Tice is apparently a Swiftie. Now, the pop star could help bring one of her fans home.

Published Dec. 19, 2024 Ahmed Zidan

A document with the word "Subject" and then additional text that is blurred or blacked out

Privacy protection shouldn’t come at free speech’s expense

Prior Restraint•Article

A troubling federal court decision that upholds New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law lowers the First Amendment bar for privacy laws

Published Dec. 19, 2024 Caitlin Vogus

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer takes questions from reporters on Dec. 17, 2024

Schumer must not let PRESS Act die

PRESS Act•News Release

The Senate must not let this opportunity to pass the PRESS Act get away.

Published Dec. 18, 2024 Freedom of the Press Foundation