Jennifer Dunham
@jendunham.bsky.social
Editor, writer, press freedom advocate.
Reposted by Jennifer Dunham
From LA to Chicago, press arrests were used to silence protest coverage across the country in 2025.
Each arrest signaled a shift in how authorities police information and those who gather it.
Read @pressfreedomtracker.us's new report by @stephaniesugars.bsky.social:
Each arrest signaled a shift in how authorities police information and those who gather it.
Read @pressfreedomtracker.us's new report by @stephaniesugars.bsky.social:
Press arrests used to silence protest coverage in 2025
More than 30 journalists detained, nearly all released without charges or with them quickly dropped
pressfreedomtracker.us
December 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
From LA to Chicago, press arrests were used to silence protest coverage across the country in 2025.
Each arrest signaled a shift in how authorities police information and those who gather it.
Read @pressfreedomtracker.us's new report by @stephaniesugars.bsky.social:
Each arrest signaled a shift in how authorities police information and those who gather it.
Read @pressfreedomtracker.us's new report by @stephaniesugars.bsky.social:
Reposted by Jennifer Dunham
Protests remain the most dangerous place for journalists in the U.S.
In 2024, nearly half of all arrests were at hands of NYPD, spiking from April through May during protests at Columbia University.
Our annual arrest report:
In 2024, nearly half of all arrests were at hands of NYPD, spiking from April through May during protests at Columbia University.
Our annual arrest report:
Journalist arrests surge in 2024 amid Israel-Gaza war protests
While revelers and protesters alike gathered near New York City’s Times Square on Dec. 31, 2023, a freelance reporter rang …
pressfreedomtracker.us
December 12, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Protests remain the most dangerous place for journalists in the U.S.
In 2024, nearly half of all arrests were at hands of NYPD, spiking from April through May during protests at Columbia University.
Our annual arrest report:
In 2024, nearly half of all arrests were at hands of NYPD, spiking from April through May during protests at Columbia University.
Our annual arrest report: