Kirstin McCudden
@kamccudden.bsky.social
VP Editorial for @freedom.press, Managing Editor for @pressfreedomtracker.us, documenting aggressions against journalists in the US. Also a journalist: frmrly St. Pete, ATX, KC, Geneva, now NYC. J-School: Mizzou x2. Puppers: That's Aoife_the_pomapoo
We track press freedom violations in the United States here: pressfreedomtracker.us
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is a project that aims to comprehensively document press freedom incidents in the United States — such as the arrests of journalists, seizures of their equipment, interr...
pressfreedomtracker.us
June 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We track press freedom violations in the United States here: pressfreedomtracker.us
Here’s what we’ve been able to verify and report so far (I’m using an ‘immigration’ tag and June 2025 date stamp. You can filter the database by location, date, journalists or news outlet and more)
pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incident...
pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incident...
Incident Database
The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is a database of press freedom incidents in the United States — everything from arrests of journalists and the seizure of their equipment to interrogations at the U.S. b...
pressfreedomtracker.us
June 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Here’s what we’ve been able to verify and report so far (I’m using an ‘immigration’ tag and June 2025 date stamp. You can filter the database by location, date, journalists or news outlet and more)
pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incident...
pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incident...
— 7 detainments/arrests of journalists
— 35 + assaults of journalists
— multiple reports of damaged news vehicles
— other incidents, like forced bag searches, tear gassing and harassment
— 35 + assaults of journalists
— multiple reports of damaged news vehicles
— other incidents, like forced bag searches, tear gassing and harassment
June 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
— 7 detainments/arrests of journalists
— 35 + assaults of journalists
— multiple reports of damaged news vehicles
— other incidents, like forced bag searches, tear gassing and harassment
— 35 + assaults of journalists
— multiple reports of damaged news vehicles
— other incidents, like forced bag searches, tear gassing and harassment