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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
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The US Press Freedom Tracker is a database that tracks and catalogs press freedom violations in the United States. A project of @freedom.press. DM or email [email protected] Subscribe: freedom.press/newsletters/
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 8d
Since becoming president-elect, Trump has sued @nytimes.com , @wsj.com and more.

At the same time, his administration is tightening access — the press now faces new Pentagon rules.

Plus, journalist Mario Guevara has spent 100-plus days in ICE custody.

Watch @kamccudden.bsky.social explain.
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If you are a journalist — or know one — who has been attacked, seriously threatened, denied access by a public official or targeted with a legal order in the course of reporting, let us know. You can now submit tips in English or Spanish.

Email: tips@pressfreedomtracker.us
If you are a journalist — or know one — who has been attacked, seriously threatened, denied access by a public official or targeted with a legal order in the course of reporting, let us know. You can now submit tips in English or Spanish. Email: tips@pressfreedomtracker.us
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Nonprofit newsroom @blockclubchi.bsky.social filed suit Oct. 6 over violent law enforcement response to protests at ICE facility in Broadview, IL, affecting several of its journalists.

Photojournalist @colinbphoto.bsky.social was shot with pepper balls by federal officers Sept. 26.
Chicago photojournalist shot with pepper balls outside ICE facility
Colin Boyle, photography director for nonprofit newsroom Block Club Chicago, was shot with pepper balls by federal officers while covering …
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Update: A misdemeanor charge was dropped Oct. 2 against Richard Grant, a photo intern for @sfchronicle.com who was arrested in July while documenting the site of a fireworks warehouse explosion in Esparto, California.
Photojournalist arrested while covering scene of Northern California fire
Photojournalist Richard Grant was arrested while taking photos of the aftermath of a fireworks warehouse explosion in Esparto, California, on …
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“It seems like the feds want everything they do to be completely shrouded” — Reporter @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social, who was struck in the foot with a pepper ball while covering an ICE protest in Broadview, Illinois, on Sept. 26.
Reporter hit in foot with pepper ball while covering Illinois ICE protest
Reporter Amanda Moore was struck with a pepper ball while covering anti-deportation protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
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Update: Reporter Maya Lau’s federal claims against LASD officials who investigated her after she reported on the department were dismissed Oct. 1.

Her claims against the LA County Sheriff’s department as a whole are still pending.
LA County sheriffs surveilled, investigated multiple journalists
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigated or surveilled multiple journalists during Alex Villanueva’s tenure as sheriff from 2018 to …
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Freelancer Charles Thrush, reporting for @blockclubchi.bsky.social, was shot with a pepper ball while filming a protest at an ICE facility in Broadview, IL, on Sept. 26.

He’s joined a lawsuit against DHS and senior officials, alleging unconstitutional force against journalists.
Reporter struck in hand by pepper ball while filming at Illinois ICE protest
Freelance reporter Charles Thrush was shot in the hand with a pepper ball while covering a protest outside the U.S. …
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Update: Chicago journalists and press groups today filed suit against President Trump, DHS, ICE, and CBP over federal agents’ violent response to protests outside an ICE facility in Illinois last month.
Journalist shot with pepper balls at Illinois ICE facility protest
Journalist Raven Geary was shot in the face and shoulder with pepper balls by federal officers while reporting on protests …
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A @chicago.suntimes.com reporter was hit with projectiles fired by federal agents while covering an ICE protest in Broadview, Illinois, on Sept. 27.
Reporter struck by projectiles, tear-gassed at Illinois ICE protest
A Chicago Sun-Times reporter was struck with projectiles fired by federal agents and tear-gassed while covering a protest outside the …
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A @chicago.suntimes.com photojournalist was struck by projectiles fired by federal agents, including a pepper ball, while covering an ICE protest in Broadview, Illinois, on Sept. 26.
Photojournalist struck with projectiles, pepper ball at Illinois ICE protest
An unidentified photojournalist with the Chicago Sun-Times was hit six times with projectiles, including once with a pepper ball, while …
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 3d
If you are a journalist — or know one — who has been attacked, seriously threatened, denied access by a public official or targeted with a legal order in the course of reporting, let us know. You can now submit tips in English or Spanish.

Email: tips@pressfreedomtracker.us
If you are a journalist — or know one — who has been attacked, seriously threatened, denied access by a public official or targeted with a legal order in the course of reporting, let us know. You can now submit tips in English or Spanish. Email: tips@pressfreedomtracker.us
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A @chicago.suntimes.com photojournalist was hit with pepper balls and threatened with a Taser while covering an ICE protest in Broadview, Illinois, on Sept. 26.
Photojournalist shot with pepper balls, threatened at Illinois ICE protest
An unidentified photojournalist with the Chicago Sun-Times was struck in the legs with pepper balls after being threatened earlier by …
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A @chicago.suntimes.com photojournalist was hit with pepper balls and tear gas fired by federal agents while covering an ICE protest in Illinois on Sept. 19.
Photojournalist struck by pepper balls, tear-gassed at Illinois ICE protest
An unidentified photojournalist with the Chicago Sun-Times was struck by two pepper balls and exposed to tear gas while covering …
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 5d
Journalist @peoplesfabric.com of @unraveledpress.com was grabbed from behind and shot with a pepper ball by ICE agents while covering an anti-deportation protest in Broadview, Illinois on Sept. 19.
Journalist grabbed, hit with pepper ball by federal agents at Illinois ICE protest
Journalist Steve Held said a federal agent grabbed him from behind as another shot him in the groin with a …
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 5d
Update: @citybeatcincy.bsky.social intern Lucas Griffith was convicted of failure to disperse Oct. 2, after his July arrest while documenting a protest on the bridge between Cincinnati and Covington, KY.
Cincinnati photojournalist arrested as protest spills across bridge to Kentucky
Two journalists for the Cincinnati alternative newsweekly CityBeat were arrested while documenting a protest across the bridge connecting the Ohio …
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“They didn’t really care that I was a journalist.” — @peoplesfabric.com of @unraveledpress.com, who was arrested by federal agents while covering an ICE protest in Broadview, Illinois, on Sept. 27.
Journalist tackled, arrested by federal agents at Illinois ICE protest
Journalist Steve Held was arrested by federal officers while reporting on protests outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility …
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 6d
Journalist Mario Guevara has been deported. He spent three-plus months in ICE custody after livestreaming a protest, before being flown out of the U.S. on Oct. 3.

In a recent post, he wrote: “My dedication to my work cost me my freedom.”
Spanish-language reporter arrested at Atlanta-area protest; faces deportation
Mario Guevara, a Spanish-language reporter who covers immigration issues, was arrested at an anti-Trump protest in Chamblee, Georgia, near Atlanta, …
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 6d
The Pentagon plans to require thousands of employees and staff to sign nondisclosure agreements and subject them to random polygraph testing, in its latest move to combat leaks and root out officials deemed insufficiently loyal.
Pete Hegseth targets news outlets, leakers as defense secretary
Shortly after President Donald Trump’s second term began, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joined Trump in taking steps to intimidate leakers …
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 6d
Journalist Raven Geary was shot at with crowd-control munitions multiple times by federal officers while reporting outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, on Sept. 19.

Pepper balls struck her face and shoulder.
Journalist shot with pepper balls at Illinois ICE facility protest
Journalist Raven Geary was shot in the face and shoulder with pepper balls by federal officers while reporting on protests …
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 6d
At a protest the next day, Stegenga lost his telephoto lens after being forced back by federal agents, and was hit with chemical irritants that burned his eyes and face.
Photojournalist loses camera lens while covering Illinois ICE protest
Photojournalist Jon Stegenga said he lost a telephoto camera lens while reporting on a protest outside the U.S. Immigration and …
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 6d
“It limits me how I could document what was unfolding around me” — Stegenga also said he was shot with pepper balls and affected by tear gas while documenting at the protest that day.
Photojournalist hit with pepper balls, tear gas at Illinois ICE protest
Photojournalist Jon Stegenga said he was struck in the arms and chest by crowd-control munitions and overwhelmed by chemical irritants …
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 6d
Decker was also struck with multiple pepper balls and shoved by federal officers the following day.

And crowd-control munitions struck his camera, damaging one of his camera lenses.
Photographer shot with pepper balls at Illinois ICE facility, camera damaged
Freelance photojournalist Dave Decker was shot in the lower legs with pepper balls by federal officers and one of his …
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 6d
Photojournalist @yourstorymatters.bsky.social says a federal officer shot him multiple times with pepper balls while he was clearly marked as press and covering a protest at an Illinois ICE facility Sept. 26.
Photojournalist targeted with pepper balls while covering Illinois ICE protest
Photojournalist Jon Stegenga said he was targeted with projectiles fired by a federal officer while covering a protest outside the …
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 6d
“I felt extremely targeted.”

Photojournalist Dave Decker was shot with pepper balls at least four times by federal officers while documenting protests outside an ICE facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview on Sept. 26.
Photojournalist shot repeatedly with pepper balls at Illinois immigration facility
Freelance photojournalist Dave Decker was shot multiple times with pepper balls by federal officers while covering protests outside a U.S. …
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 7d
If you are a journalist — or know one — who has been attacked, seriously threatened, denied access by a public official or targeted with a legal order in the course of reporting, let us know. You can now submit tips in English or Spanish.

Email: tips@pressfreedomtracker.us
If you are a journalist — or know one — who has been attacked, seriously threatened, denied access by a public official or targeted with a legal order in the course of reporting, let us know. You can now submit tips in English or Spanish. Email: tips@pressfreedomtracker.us
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Journalist @leighkunkel.bsky.social was left with a bloody nose after federal officers shot her in the face and the back of the head while she was reporting on protests at an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview on Sept. 26.

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Quote card from journalist Leigh Kunkel that reads: “It’s hard to describe how strange it was and how clearly eager they were to enact violence on everybody there.”
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