Stephen Solomon of NYU and Mickey Osterreicher of NPPA provide journalist safety tips from years of First Amendment work on the front lines.

The National Press Foundation has catalogued vital information for journalists that will continue to be updated with new resources and opportunities provided by us as well as other journalism support organizations.

Justice Connection, a group of Justice Department alumni, estimates 5,500 people have left the agency since the start of Trump's second term.

Former Minneapolis police chief explains why he wanted National Guard assistance in 2020 – and why 2025 is different.

NYU professor Stephen Solomon advises journalists on how to avoid arrest while covering protests, ICE raids and police activity.

Former judges express concern over ICE intimidation for immigrants in court and violations of due process.

Stacey Young, Tom Fahy, Erik Hooks and Tim Quinn say the mass exodus of federal workers will have implications at the local level.

Michael Fanone and Harry Dunn, former officers who were attacked during the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, denounced Trump's National Guard deployment in Washington.

Chuck Rosenberg has served at virtually every level of both Republican and Democratic administrations. This is like nothing he's ever seen.

Justice Department watchdog Michael Horowitz, one of the few who wasn't fired by Trump, talks political pressure.

A homeland security adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence shares what reporters covering the Department of Homeland Security, ICE and the border should know.

Transparency and accountability key to credibility of inspectors general across government.

Newsroom leaders: Ask your people how you’ll know they need help. It’s better than waiting and assuming, psychologist Gretchen Schmelzer says.

Reporter Meribah Knight did a deep dive into Tennessee’s fractured juvenile justice system, which ensnares many youth for far too long for minor offenses.

A system ‘inherently biased against people of color’: Criminal justice reporting must include critical analysis, says Alanah Odoms, executive director, ACLU of Louisiana.

Violence ‘interrupters’ hitting streets in New Orleans to cut gun deaths, says Ernest Johnson, director and co-founder of Ubuntu Village NOLA.

Media’s portrayal of juveniles in court system ‘very important’ to outcomes, says Ranord Darensburg, chief judge of Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.

Finding the truth requires testing initial police accounts, says Tony Plohetski, investigative reporter at Austin American Statesman and KVUE.

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick says, “there is no such thing as no comment.”

‘We are met with silence’: Natalie Wilson, co-founder of Black & Missing Foundation, describes common response from news outlets.

Kristen Johanson, veteran crime reporter at Philadelphia’s KYW News Radio told journalists: “It's very different than what we all probably signed up to do in the first place.”

Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales believes the criminal justice system will prevail in the face of Donald Trump’s 91 felony counts.

Prosecuting children as adults discounts future development, says Bianca van Heydoorn, executive director Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project.

Reporters are too quick to accept police narratives reinforcing racial bias, says AP reporter Gary Fields.

Gun violence reporting can expose victims to additional trauma, says trauma surgeon Jessica Beard.

Improving press-law enforcement dealings requires commitment to availability, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner says.

Journalists are key to expanding justice to low income, communities of color, says Justice Department Access to Justice Director Rachel Rossi.

Lina Alathari, director of U.S. Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center, tells journalists that public reporting of threatening behavior is key to curbing mass violence.

Comey explains why he’s still “optimistic about America” and what he would've done differently after Mar-a-Lago.

For Rachel Dissell of the Marshall Project and Signal Cleveland, reporting on kids in the system must include why and how they got there.

These are the questions to ask when trying to assess an investigation into a politician, Protect Democracy experts say.

Ruth Rosenthal and Christina Quaranta have studied the effects of over-policing youth. They want journalists to communicate more effective solutions.

How to FOIA the FBI, get records from state police and do it at a cost that won’t bankrupt the newsroom, according to Mark Walker of The New York Times.

Journalism needs emotionally intelligent leaders to help reporters deal with acute and repeated trauma.

Austin American-Statesman Editor Manny García believes communities deserve reporting that doesn’t just focus on trauma and violence but empowers them to act.

The First Amendment protects free speech, but there are limitations. Here’s what you need to know from lawyer and photojournalist Mickey Osterreicher.

How to get away from “one-off incidents that often dominate the nightly news and headlines, and actually look to the systems behind it.”

The Jail Data Initiative enables journalists to analyze demographic trends in jails county-by-county.

Journalists still prioritize white victims of crime, The Trace reporter Alain Stephens said. Stanford’s Cheryl Phillips shared how to use data to dig into disparities.

CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz has covered mass shootings from Pulse nightclub to Uvalde elementary school. These are the hard lessons he’s learned.