
Pentagon tries to hide unclassified records from FOIA
Plus: FPF launches the Penlight Prize

Plus: FPF launches the Penlight Prize

While there is now little evidence of U.S. election malfeasance, there's still so much more we can do.

Federal courts should continue remote audio access to trials and hearings for public and press

While we did not see the scope of national social-justice protests of 2020—a year in which journalists were arrested or assaulted on average more than once a day—2021 still outpaced the years before it for press-freedom violations. We systematically capture this data in the US Press Freedom Tracker, where Freedom of the Press Foundation, in partnership with the Committee to Protect Journalists and other press freedom groups, has documented aggressions against journalists in the United States since 2017.

Billionaires and politicians don't need to actually win their lawsuits to hurt already struggling media outlets

Our Digital Security team is on hand to help you and your devices stay safe in the 2024 election year

Despite ongoing efforts by the news media, most of Trump’s trials probably won’t be televised. That’s a shame

We're releasing Track The News, a new tool to monitor stories from news outlets for words or phrases that matter to you. It's the framework behind @FOIAFeed, our public records reporting bot.

From Jan. 20, 2019 to Jan. 19, 2020, Trump tweeted negatively about the media 548 times — almost as many as his first two years in office combined.

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