There was a time, not so long ago, when we celebrated the press for doing its job of holding elected officials accountable ...

Across 35 countries, our survey finds widespread support for freedom of the press, freedom of speech and freedom on the internet. But the shares in each country who say these freedoms are very ...

Pew found notable partisan shifts in the perceptions of press freedom, free speech and internet freedom. For example, in 2024, 29% of Republicans said the press is completely free, compared to 42% ...

In recent years, there has been a lot of discussion about both the state of press freedom in the United States and whether there is ever a legitimate reason for freedom of the press to be restricted.

For freedom of the press to work, to have meaning, it must be a two-way street. Certainly, it must be protected, as under the First Amendment. However, to be truly free it must also be exercised .

The importance of press freedom A student essayist examines the arrest of a college journalist at a campus protest by Ehsanullah Hadi June 3, 2025 @ 12:01 am June 2, 2025 @ 9:38 am ...

Student Press Freedom Day is Feb. 27 in the United States. But here in Korea — and in much of the world — it is just another Thursday. In Korea, awareness of student press freedom remains minimal, ...

Los Angeles journalists face assaults during protests, sparking calls for press rights investigations and accountability for law enforcement abuses.

Amid global debates about press freedom, free speech and freedom on the Internet, a new Pew Research Centre report shows there is a disconnect between how people rate the importance of these freedoms ...

President Trump is no fan of the free press. But he's not the only powerful person in the U.S. using the courts to silence unfavorable coverage, a New York Times editor and author tells NPR.

Today, on World Press Freedom Day, it’s important to celebrate the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees freedom of the press.

Of course, there are outliers in the global picture. China, for example, has limited press freedom but a very stable banking sector that has been highly resilient to external shocks in the past.