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Opinion | Press freedom groups share grim warnings about a second Donald Trump administration

The Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders and Freedom of the Press Foundation have all raised concerns about the next 4 years

November 11, 2024

Opinion | Freedom of the press is waning. The next president can fix that.

10 ideas from Reporters without Borders to restore America’s journalistic traditions

October 1, 2024

Clayton Weimers

Populism is a major threat to democracy, political scientist Steven Levitsky warns

An independent press is critical to sustaining democracy, says the Harvard professor

June 28, 2024

Shut Out: When physical barriers get in the way

Part Three of Poynter's ethics symposium report focuses on journalists denied entry to physical spaces

May 1, 2024

Fernanda Camarena

Opinion | An Iowa reporter was refused legislature access for 5 years — a frightening denial of press freedom

It took a federal lawsuit for Bleeding Heartland’s Laura Belin to finally gain access to the press bench at the Iowa House.

February 27, 2024

Opinion | A small town in Kansas is at the heart of a fight for press freedoms

Police raided the Marion County Record — a family-owned newspaper with seven employees — and ‘took everything we have,’ its publisher says.

August 14, 2023

The Biden administration has no plans to drop charges against Julian Assange

Long before Russia cracked down on critical speech, advocates say, the US government worked to change the rules by which whistleblowers must play

April 7, 2023

Patrick Maynard

Serbian female investigative journalists continue to face growing harassment

A small group of American journalism students visited the country to examine the state of press freedoms there

July 5, 2022

On World Press Freedom Day, we look at a few good (and bad) changes around the globe

The theme for this year’s World Press Freedom Day is ‘journalism under digital siege’

May 2, 2022

Amaris Castillo

IFCN launches working group to address harassment against fact-checkers

A core group of 11 representatives from the fact-checking community teams up to support IFCN in addressing the increasing volume of harassment cases.

July 13, 2021

Opinion | The past year has underscored the need for vigilance in defending the First Amendment

The initial amendment to the U.S. Constitution is being tested on multiple fronts. To defend it, it must be taught as a core part of civics education.

May 6, 2021

Reporters covering the Capitol attack were used to harassment and heckling. But Wednesday was different.

Rioters spat at reporters and hurled slurs. They chased journalists down and destroyed their gear. Some physically assaulted media workers.

January 13, 2021

Philippine fact-checkers are under attack — again

Maria Ressa has spent much of the past few months in and out of jail.…

May 3, 2019

Italians can now report fake news to the police. Here’s why that’s problematic.

In an effort to address fake news ahead of this year’s elections, the Italian government…

January 19, 2018

Amid political turmoil in Zimbabwe, a fact-checking project prepares to launch

JOHANNESBURG — Jean Mujati left Harare a day early, while things were still calm. …

November 18, 2017

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