Five years after Assange’s UK imprisonment, his prosecution still threatens press freedom

Espionage Act charges against Assange would criminalize journalism, no matter how often the government calls him a hacker

Appeal of convictions by NC journalists could impact reporters statewide

To protect the public’s right to know, the court should find that the press has a First Amendment right to cover police activity in public places

Tim Burke is a journalist. His prosecution tries to criminalize journalism

President Biden has said that journalism isn’t a crime. But the DOJ seems to think otherwise

Charges against journalist Tim Burke are a ‘hack’ job

If the Burke prosecution succeeds, it will encourage the powerful to use a federal computer hacking law to attack reporting that embarrasses them or exposes their wrongdoing.

The Kids Online Safety Act will censor student journalists

Celebrate Student Press Freedom Day by telling Congress not to pass this self-defeating bill

Publishing government secrets shouldn’t be illegal

The DOJ must end the Assange case before it turns journalists into criminals

Northwestern’s student newspaper helps kill anti-speech prosecution

Student journalists set an example for the professionals when it comes to standing up for the First Amendment

FPF explains the importance of the PRESS Act

Bipartisan bill would protect journalist-source confidentiality and put a stop to government surveillance of reporters

Israel and US continue to ignore press freedom violations

As more and more journalists are killed and the international press remains shut out of Gaza, the time is now for the Biden administration to pressure Israel to act

New election blog catalogs media suppression by candidates, campaigns

Special project from U.S. Press Freedom Tracker collects and reports on press freedom aggressions by candidates and their teams running in 2024 federal elections