Today, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press announced the recipients of the 2025 Freedom of the Press Awards, hosted this year by Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent and the former anchor ...

This story is part of Know Your News — a Granite State News Collaborative and NENPA Press Freedom Committee initiative on why the First Amendment, press freedom and local news matter. The U.S. and New ...

After the Constitution was ratified in June of 1788, George Washington and James Madison urged the members of Congress to ...

Discover how the First Amendment safeguards speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition freedoms in the U.S. Explore its significance and key Supreme Court cases.

Freedom of the press is one of the fundamental canons of democracy. It is based on the irrefutable right to collect information, circulate it and submit it to analysis. In the United States, this ...

In addition to guaranteeing freedom of speech and religion, the First Amendment prohibits government action "abridging freedom... of the press." As President Ronald Reagan declared, "There is no more ...

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects freedom of speech and freedom of the press. A free press is often seen as a hallmark of a healthy democracy. At its best, it informs citizens on ...

The article is here; the Introduction: From the earliest days of our nation, there was a shared sense that freedom of the press was an essential precondition for life in a newly liberated country.

Coloradans fought for press freedom and freedom of information in 2025 in settings as small as the Eastern Plains town of ...