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At Paramount, criticism is a conflict of interest. Corruption isn’t

Oligarchs•Newsletter

Plus: Clean up your mess, New Jersey courts

Published June 19, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation

Close-up of the face and torso of a man lying on the ground, grimacing, surrounded by the legs and feet of others, as another person appears to kneel on his back. The man has his eyes squeezed shut and orange liquid running down his face.

This World Press Freedom Day, American journalists are under attack

Trump•Article

The U.S. government has declared open season on the news media. May 3 is a reminder to fight back

Published May 1, 2026 Caitlin Vogus

A person in a coat and a gas mask holding half of a traffic cone, surrounded by clouds of tear gas outside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey

NJ police to journalists: Papers please

Protests•Newsletter

Plus: Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence is stunningly unqualified, and a veteran ‘60 Minutes’ journalist sounds the alarm on censorship at CBS

Published June 5, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation

Reality Winner

Reality and the Espionage Act

Espionage Act•Article

The first whistleblower prosecuted by the Trump administration, Reality Winner pled guilty to one count of violating the Espionage Act. Her case is the latest in a long history of targeting sources and whistleblowers under the draconian law.

Published July 10, 2018 Peter Sterne Camille Fassett

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The DOJ thinks news is contraband

Leaks•Article

Judges must put a stop to censorship by seizure

Published March 27, 2026 Seth Stern

Daniel Ellsberg speaks to reporters in Los Angeles on April 28, 1973.

Pass the Daniel Ellsberg Act!

Espionage Act•Newsletter

Plus: Free Estefany Rodríguez from ICE

Published March 13, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation

A screenshot of a Department of Homeland Security document titled, “Privacy Threshold Analysis.”

DHS celebrates Sunshine Week with illegal firing of FOIA officer

FOIA•Newsletter

Plus: Rep. Tlaib introduces the Ellsberg Act

Published March 15, 2026 Lauren Harper

A boy walks away from an unexploded Iranian projectile that landed in Syria.

The public deserves to know when Iran war reporting is stifled

Leaks•Article

An unprecedented censorship infrastructure will obscure the fighting

Published March 4, 2026 Seth Stern

Plumes of smoke rise into the night sky over buildings in Tehran, Iran, as strikes hit the city during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign on March 6, 2026

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

barack obama donald trump meeting

Obama used the Espionage Act to put a record number of reporters’ sources in jail, and Trump could be even worse

Espionage Act•Article

Will the Trump administration use the Espionage Act to prosecute reporters?

Published June 21, 2017 Peter Sterne