The Last Trump Tweet Against the Media
By the time the social media platform Twitter permanently suspended his account on Jan. 8, 2021, President Donald Trump had posted 2,520 tweets degrading journalists and the media as a whole.
How’s newsgathering during COVID-19 at the state level? Depends on the governor.
Journalists covering state responses to the coronavirus pandemic are hampered as officials reduce seating in briefing rooms, introduce unreliable technology and, in some cases, refuse real-time questions.
The Trump Administration and the Media
Attacks on press credibility endanger US democracy and global press freedom.
For student journalists, the beats are the same but the protections are different
Student journalists, plagued by questions of editorial independence and with varying degrees of First Amendment protections, nonetheless face the same press freedom challenges as their professional counterparts.
From fake news to enemy of the people: An anatomy of Trump’s tweets
Since declaring his candidacy, President Trump has sent 1,339 tweets about the media that were critical, insinuating, condemning, or threatening. I tracked and analyzed them.
More than two dozen newsrooms receive hoax bomb threats
The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker has documented that at least 27 U.S. media outlets were targeted with the hoax bomb threats, alongside hundreds of schools, businesses and public buildings. Events over the past year have spurred many newsrooms across the country to reevaluate their security infrastructure and procedures.
Journalists fleeing threats at home trapped in ICE detention over US asylum seeker policy
At CPJ, we documented or assisted in at least seven cases of journalists seeking asylum in the past 18 months. All of them fled their home countries after receiving threats for their work, and have been detained for long periods by ICE.
Panic buttons, cameras, and a gun under the desk: Local newsrooms update security in wake of Capital Gazette attack
The shooting at the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis shook news outlets across the country, pushing many to reassess their security infrastructure and procedures.
Nothing to declare: Why U.S. border agency’s vast stop and search powers undermine press freedom
Customs and Border Protection’s power to search electronic devices without warrant has serious implications for press freedom.