Reporters have been attacked and arrested while covering protests following the death of George Floyd.
Follow our coverage at the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, a partnership between CPJ and Freedom of the Press Foundation.
Read CPJ’s safety advisory for covering the U.S. protests over police violence, and editor’s checklist for preparing assignments.
For more information about the type of assistance CPJ provides, please visit CPJ Emergencies.
CPJ’s advocacy
CPJ calls on local authorities across the country to instruct police not to target journalists and to exempt media from curfew restrictions. CPJ’s board of directors writes a rare letter, calling on local authorities to let journalists do their jobs safely and to hold attackers to account.
- CPJ, other groups call on Trump and U.S. governors to speak out for press freedom
- Opinion: Journalists, attacked by police and rioters alike, must build local bridges
Press freedom and the protests
- Charges remain against journalists arrested during George Floyd protests
- Maynard Institute’s Martin G. Reynolds on challenges facing Black journalists and how US media needs to change
- CPJ, multimedia news agencies call on US governors to investigate police attacks on photojournalists during protests
- Trump, U.S. governors must stand up for press freedom, CPJ and other groups say
- International groups call on Trump to speak up for press freedom
- Editors’ Checklist: Preparing for U.S. protest assignments
- In rare letter, CPJ board calls on U.S. local authorities to halt arrests, assaults on journalists
- CPJ board demands U.S. local authorities halt assaults on journalists