A monitoring watchdog says press freedom across the Americas dropped sharply in 2025, with more killings, arrests and intimidation of media workers.

These ten cases illuminate governments’ efforts at criminalizing journalism and withholding information from the public.

A free press is a cornerstone of American democracy. It informs citizens, holds leaders to account and upholds democratic principles. But after decades of relative freedom, the U.S. press now faces a ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. A couple of months ago, I wrote about Mario Guevara, whose case represented “a singular and devastating blow to this country ...

On the Monday, February 9, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: The Trump administration has been pushing back on the press in unprecedented ways by banning outlets from White House access, raiding a ...

Local media outlets will find ways to adapt to waning foreign financial support, but they still need external partners to stand up for the principles of free expression. This year’s Press Freedom Day, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Don Lemon (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) Journalists, lawmakers and press advocacy groups on Friday condemned the Justice Department’s ...

America’s biggest threat to freedom of the press is its establishment media. This is the inescapable conclusion coming from the media’s flurry of apologies over their response during the last four ...

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Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. “You don’t just get over the federal government banging on your door at six in the morning,” Burke said of the Natanson ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the Monday, February 9, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: The Trump administration has been pushing back on the press in ...