Military Reporters and Editors urges reporters not to sign the Pentagon’s new restrictive press policy, which seeks to inhibit journalists’ First Amendment rights. We stand with the news outlets that have already made the decision not to sign. More: www.militaryreporters.org/2025/10/mre-...

Statement: MRE Remains Opposed to Pentagon Pledge www.militaryreporters.org/2025/10/mre-...

MRE condemns in the strongest possible terms any attempt by this Pentagon or any other entity to curb press freedoms and leave the American public in the dark on what its military is doing at home and abroad. www.militaryreporters.org/2025/09/mili...

Military Reporters & Editors (MRE) has significant concerns regarding the Pentagon’s unprecedented attempt to limit reporters’ access by seemingly requiring them to pledge they will not release information not previously approved by government officials. www.militaryreporters.org/2025/09/mili...

Statement from Military Reporters & Editors (MRE) on the Killings of 5 Al Jazeera Journalists in Gaza by an Israeli Air Strike www.militaryreporters.org/2025/08/stat...

Last call! The deadline for submissions for this year’s Military Reporters & Editors Journalism Contest is Friday, Aug. 1. MRE honors excellence in reporting on military, defense, and national security issues. Submit your best work here: mrecontest.org

D.C. area friends of MRE, join us tomorrow Wednesday, March 12 for a happy hour at Nighthawk Brewery & Pizza in Pentagon City (1201 S. Joyce Street, Arlington, VA 22202) at 5:30 p.m. We’d love to have you. More details here: www.militaryreporters.org/2025/03/join...

We at MRE are thrilled to announce that @CNN.com reporter and producer @halbritz.bsky.social has joined our board of directors. Amazingly talented and highly regarded, Haley will make a great team even better as we continue advocating for journalists at this critical juncture.

"No one will work harder, no one's going to … attempt to be more transparent with the American people and with you,” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said before the Pentagon ended its broadcast of an ongoing town hall as the Q and A session started.

MRE offers hearty congratulations to our member Caitlin Doornbos for winning the Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence from the Newswomen’s Club of New York. Caitlin was honored for her coverage of Ukrainian troops while embedded for The New York Post.

MRE calls for news outlets to remain in dedicated spaces.

Military Reporters & Editors supports accommodating more media in the Pentagon, but not at the expense of others.
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