Prepublication review is a sweeping and broken system in need of repair

Jameel Jaffer highlights press freedom concerns in his testimony in Assange extradition proceeding 

Documenting trends in press-related Espionage Act prosecutions

Provides crucial safeguards for reporters

Says Bill Would Protect Journalists

How Bolton could publicly share his story

A New York Times op-ed by Jameel Jaffer and Ramya Krishnan on the dangers of prepublication review

Government censorship system could block Bolton's memoir

The government’s now-routine use of the Espionage Act against journalists’ sources raises First Amendment concerns.

On Intercepted, Knight Institute's Jameel Jaffer discusses the indictment of Julian Assange under the Espionage Act and explains why the case represents a grave threat to press freedom.

Warns indictment "sweeps in activities that are not just lawful but essential to press freedom"

The indictment characterizes as “part of” a criminal conspiracy journalistic activities that are not just lawful but essential to press freedom

Amicus brief from Knight Institute, Reporters Committee, and ACLU stresses safeguards for publishing information of public concern

63-month prison sentence for disclosing NSA report on Russian election interference proof that system is "deeply broken"

New DOJ disclosure on surveillance of the press provides little assurance on journalists' ability to protect confidential sources

Seizure of New York Times reporter's phone and email records appears to violate the DOJ's own limits on surveillance of the media

Recent Justice Department moves threaten longstanding, but often informal, protections for journalists and confidential sources

Knight Institute calls Act a "blunt instrument" that doesn't distinguish between whistleblowers and threats to national security

Knight Institute, Freedom of the Press Foundation file lawsuit amid surge in leak investigations