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Stephanie Sugars, FPF

FPF experts weigh in on current press freedom issues in media outlets worldwide

Featured Items

Brendan Carr’s localism hoax
Trump•Newsletter
Plus: NPR, PBS ruling explains why all Trump censorship is illegal

Published April 3, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation
Tell Congress to stop newsroom raids
Search & Seizure•Newsletter
Meet the new Pentagon press policy, same as the old Pentagon press policy

Published March 27, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation
FCC chair seeks Iran-style media obedience
Trump•Newsletter
Tell Congress: Reform Section 702

Published March 20, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation
Pass the Daniel Ellsberg Act!
Espionage Act•Newsletter
Plus: Free Estefany Rodríguez from ICE

Published March 13, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation
Press must be transparent about wartime censorship
Prior Restraint•Newsletter
No, Florida should not have its own CIA

Published March 6, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation
Leakers helped exonerate Rümeysa Öztürk
ICE•Newsletter
Plus: Uber for authoritarians

Published Feb. 20, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation
Brought to you by leaks
Whistleblowers•Newsletter
Plus: A journalist’s fight for transparency in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Published Feb. 6, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation
Lemon’s arrest delivers warning shot to journalists
Arrests/Prosecutions•Newsletter
Plus: Alex Pretti’s murder was also an attack on press freedom

Published Jan. 30, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation
DOJ’s ridiculous attempt to prosecute Don Lemon fails
Search & Seizure•Newsletter
Also: Judge halts search of records seized from Washington Post reporter

Published Jan. 23, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation
Raid of reporter’s home ignores federal law, constitutional freedoms
Espionage Act•Newsletter
Don’t forget last week’s alarming intrusion on newsgathering

Published Jan. 16, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation