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Oppressive freelance contracts add to the chill on journalism
Passing legal risk to freelancers is not only harmful but pointless
FPF challenges secrecy in Herridge source protection case
The public deserves transparency on why Catherine Herridge was ordered to burn her sources
Imprisoned journalist faces horrifying conditions
Plus: Disney takes a stand against the FCC’s anti-press antics, and you can too.
Disney shouldn’t be the last to stand up to FCC’s Brendan Carr
The countless others in the media who have been targeted by FCC chair Brendan Carr’s campaign of intimidation and retaliation against journalism should follow Disney’s lead and take him to court.
We sued Trump over Truth Social grift
Plus: Columbia University cracks down on free speech
Lawsuit: Early access fee for Trump Truth Social posts unconstitutional
We sued to bar Trump and White House employees from charging for early access to official government announcements
After the encampments, threats to student journalism at Columbia persist
Bureaucratic hurdles, federal pressure, and anti-doxxing policies are putting student journalists’ right to report at risk
Stop the Pentagon’s secrecy grab
Plus: The U.S. Virgin Islands needs transparency reform, another journalist subpoena comes to light, and some good news for the press in Puerto Rico
The ‘Free State of Florida’ is watching — and withholding
Domestic ‘terror’ legislation compounds Florida’s free speech backslide
US Virgin Islands need transparency to weed out corruption
Use our action center to tell officials there to fix the territory’s archaic public records laws
