The DOJ is now treating evading a records request as a crime, a stunning act of hypocrisy from the Trump administration.

The truck circled JFK terminals asking travelers “Do you trust ICE with your phone?” and advising them to “turn it off at the airport. It’s harder for authorities to pry data from your phone if it’s shut down.” www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/the-...

"We commend ABC for standing up for itself and the First Amendment. The legal theories the FCC asserts against broadcast licensees are frivolous and unconstitutional, and FCC Chair Brendan Carr knows it," FPF's @seth-stern.bsky.social said.

Journalists, authors, producers, filmmakers, and Nieman Storyboard readers share more than 40 books that inspire their work.

The Trump administration’s new counterterrorism strategy invokes misinformation about trans people and so-called “left-wing violence.” TJA urges journalists and newsrooms to avoid repeating inaccurate claims about mass violence in the U.S. Read more: bit.ly/3QUtMte

Ireland is one of only seven nations with a good score in the latest update to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) World Press Freedom Index. rsf.org/en/index

CPJ is stepping up our emergency assistance and safety response to ensure journalists are able to do their jobs across the globe. Want to learn more about the impact of CPJ’s journalist assistance work? 📥 Subscribe to CPJ’s Journalist Assistance and Safety Newsletter⤵️ mailchi.mp/cpj/janewsle...

🧵3 May was World Press Freedom Day We rely on a free press for reliable information and to hold the powerful to account. From the murders of journalists in Gaza to the corporate capture of publishing platforms, press freedom is under attack. Let’s highlight organisations protecting press freedom 👇

"Unlike older adults, who show stronger, categorical confidence in local and national outlets, teens and young adults distribute trust more evenly across traditional news and independent creators." www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/peop...

“Stripes delivers news the troops can trust, free from interference from paranoid, self-serving, unscrupulous people like Hegseth...People like Hegseth are exactly why Stars and Stripes’ editorial independence is protected,” said D. Earl Stephens, former managing editor of Stars & Stripes.

New report by @liberties.eu finds higher concentration of media ownership, rising threats and harassment of journalists, and growing pressure on public service media in the EU. Despite the European Media Freedom Act and Anti-SLAPP Directive, many countries are falling behind. ⚠️ Read more ⤵️

This year, three organizations were awarded Pulitzer Prizes for their nuanced coverage of the pitfalls and harms of technology, including mass surveillance and poorly implemented tools:

Shared in gratitude to all of the journalists recognized today and to all those who were not.

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