Image from NPR lawsuit aims to strike a blow for press freedom against Trump’s attacks.
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Organizations Defending the Free Press
Free Press Action: Media and Technology are essential to our democracy. We fight to ensure they’re used for justice.
International Press Institute: Our mission is to defend media freedom and the free flow of news wherever they are threatened.
National Association of Black Journalists: Advocates on behalf of Black journalists and media professionals in the U.S. and worldwide.
Pen America: PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: The leading pro bono legal services organization for journalists and newsrooms in the U.S.
News: 2026
January 30. Richard Luscombe: Press freedom groups denounce arrests of two journalists including Don Lemon after Minnesota anti-ICE protest.
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February 21. The Associated Press: Associated Press sues 3 Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech:The White House banned the AP from the White House and Air Force One after the news outlet refused to change its style from the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”
March 24. Rebecca Hamilton: The Imperative of Solidarity in Response to Assaults on Legal Services, Universities, and Independent Media
May 5. Kate Lamb: ‘Fight back’: journalist taking Trump administration to court calls for media to resist attacks.
May 27. David Folkenflik: NPR and Colorado public radio stations sue Trump White House.
May 30. The Associated Press: PBS suing Trump administration over defunding, three days after NPR filed similar case.
June 1. Adam Gabbatt: NPR lawsuit aims to strike a blow for press freedom against Trump’s attacks.
July 16. Dale R. Anglin & Christina Shih: Press Forward invests $22.7 million in local news infrastructure to meet the urgent challenges newsrooms face.
August 5. Josh Dickey: More Than 2,300 WGA Members Blast Trump for ‘Authoritarian Assault’ on Free Press in Open Letter.
October 12. Will Neal: ABC Host Pulls Plug on JD Vance Interview Mid-Sentence.
October 14. Brian Stelter: Media outlets, including Fox News and CNN, refuse to sign Pentagon’s press access rules.
November 5. Marta Peirano: How to save the news: The internet has become a tool of misinformation and mass surveillance. A global initiative seeks to change that.
December 4. Erik Wemple: New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights.
December 5. David Folkenflik: NPR battles Trump executive order in court.
December 22. Joseph Cox: Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed.
December 23. Jenna Amatulli: 60 Minutes episode on brutal El Salvador prison, pulled from air by CBS, appears online.