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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

Laura Belin

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

Tom Jones

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

Sona Porter

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

Baybars Örsek

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

Alan C. Miller

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

Angela Fu

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

Daniel Funke

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

Daniel Funke

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

Daniel Funke

New report from Index on Censorship paints a bleak picture for U.S. press freedom

The press freedom situation in the United States is worsening not only because of President…

April 28, 2017

Benjamin Mullin

Meryl Streep: ‘We need the principled press to hold power to account’

Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep called on journalists to "hold power to account" on Sunday…

January 9, 2017

Benjamin Mullin

As Jason Rezaian goes free, press freedom worldwide remains imperiled

For good reason, we're celebrating the release of five Iranian-Americans freed on Saturday by the…

January 16, 2016

Al Tompkins

Today in France, front pages look back on Charlie Hebdo

On Thursday, many front pages in France led with remembrances on the one-year anniversary of…

January 7, 2016

Kristen Hare

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

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

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

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