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Mississippi shouldn’t copy other states by banning journalists from the Senate floor

The bill to protect journalist-source confidentiality that passed the House last week is the most important press freedom bill in modern times

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

The House of Representatives passed the PRESS Act by unanimous consent on Jan. 18, 2024. The act is a bipartisan reporter’s shield bill that would protect journalists from being forced to name their sources in federal court and would stop the federal government from spying on journalists through their technology providers. It’s the strongest shield bill we’ve ever seen — and also the one with the best chance of becoming law. Now it’s up to the Senate to finish the job.

The federal reporter’s shield bill is one step closer to becoming law. It’s time for the Senate to do its part to protect press freedom and pass the PRESS Act.

The scope of self-censorship by the U.S. and international press in response to an Indian court order is a disturbing sign for the future

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

Musk’s free speech rhetoric is nothing more than a ‘snake-oil salesman’s marketing scheme’

Our U.S. Press Freedom Tracker documented 11 prior restraints against journalists in 2023, the most since it started tracking them in 2017. The Supreme Court has called prior restraints — or government orders not to publish information — the “most serious” First Amendment violation. They are almost never constitutional. And yet, courts keep entering prior restraints with little regard for the law, leaving journalists censored while often slow-moving appellate processes play out.

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