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State of the Free Press 2026: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

$19.95

(Please note that books will ship out in mid-November, 2025)

“There’s no power for the people without journalism by and for the people,” assert Maya Schenwar and Lara Witt of the Movement Media Alliance, in Project Censored’s State of the Free Press 2026—an apt summary of the new yearbook’s focus. The 2026 yearbook celebrates Project Censored’s fiftieth anniversary, while tracking emerging threats to press freedom.

Highlighting the year’s most significant independent journalism—including original, investigative reports on ICE surveillance, Meta censorship, and police violence—State of the Free Press 2026 illuminates issues that the establishment press have obscured and raises voices that corporate media have throttled.

Balancing critical analysis with optimistic vision, the volume’s diverse contributors champion press freedom and critical media literacy to empower individuals and unite communities in the battles to hold the powerful accountable and defend democracy from authoritarian assaults. 

“If knowledge is power, then this book will make you strong.”

—NORMAN STOCKWELL, publisher, The Progressive

(Please note that books will ship out in mid-November, 2025)

“There’s no power for the people without journalism by and for the people,” assert Maya Schenwar and Lara Witt of the Movement Media Alliance, in Project Censored’s State of the Free Press 2026—an apt summary of the new yearbook’s focus. The 2026 yearbook celebrates Project Censored’s fiftieth anniversary, while tracking emerging threats to press freedom.

Highlighting the year’s most significant independent journalism—including original, investigative reports on ICE surveillance, Meta censorship, and police violence—State of the Free Press 2026 illuminates issues that the establishment press have obscured and raises voices that corporate media have throttled.

Balancing critical analysis with optimistic vision, the volume’s diverse contributors champion press freedom and critical media literacy to empower individuals and unite communities in the battles to hold the powerful accountable and defend democracy from authoritarian assaults. 

“If knowledge is power, then this book will make you strong.”

—NORMAN STOCKWELL, publisher, The Progressive

Advance Praise for State of the Free Press 2026

“Every year, I crack open the State of the Free Press and learn something I didn't know but won't forget. Project Censored’s work is a glimpse at the media system we should have.”

—CRAIG AARON, President, Free Press

“This book is essential reading for anyone who values an independent press, an educated public, and a free society.”

—LEE ROWLAND, Executive Director, National Coalition Against Censorship

“For fifty years, Project Censored has highlighted vital truth-telling by intrepid investigative reporters covering stories that some of the nation's most powerful special interests wish would stay hidden.”

—LISA GRAVES, Executive Director, True North Research

“State of the Free Press 2026 exposes the stories the corporate media ignored, censored, or distorted. It’s more than a book. It’s a public service.”

—JOHN KIRIAKOU, CIA Whistleblower

“Fifty years of the Project’s research continues to prove deliberate media bias in our nation’s news system.”

—PETER PHILLIPS, Director, Project Censored, 1996–2010

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