Protect The Press
@protect-the-press.bsky.social
Hostile Environment Training, safety tips and resources for journalists, by journalists. Banner photo of Leah Millis on J6 by Pete Kiehart
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February 13, 2026 at 4:56 AM
I made a couple of stickers. One of the jokes is incredibly niche, but those in the know, know. This is our little Etsy shop, proceeds go towards our mission of protecting the press. Democracy Dies... www.etsy.com/listing/4456...
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Highly recommended boxing.
I really try to keep an even keel, and self-regulate because it’s the only way to be in this for the long haul, but sometimes the fury overtakes you for a bit.
January 30, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Highly recommended boxing.
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
Journalism is not a crime. Protect the press.
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Journalism is not a crime. Protect the press.
Challenging to ID while incapacitated… but great for before if you can get a glimpse before it’s tossed, or after once you can see and breathe again.
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 27, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Challenging to ID while incapacitated… but great for before if you can get a glimpse before it’s tossed, or after once you can see and breathe again.
January 14, 2026 at 12:24 AM
ASMR what’s in my Individual First Aid Kit?
Sharing what I like to keep in my IFAK. (This sits on my belt for easy access) #protectthepress #protest #journalism #IFAK
Sharing what I like to keep in my IFAK. (This sits on my belt for easy access) #protectthepress #protest #journalism #IFAK
January 8, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Leah Millis’ perspective from Jan 6, including some details about what kind of threats/violence media faced that day.
I intended on posting about Jan 6 earlier, but I spent the day covering pardoned January 6 defendants, Proud Boys, supporters, family and friends of Ashli Babbitt as they gathered at the Ellipse and marched to the U.S. Capitol to mark the 5 year anniversary of January 6, 2021. So here's the thread:
January 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Leah Millis’ perspective from Jan 6, including some details about what kind of threats/violence media faced that day.
As we enter into the new year, we are thinking a lot about what “protect the press” means. The obvious is PPE, training, education, safety advisors. Not so obvious: uplifting each other online. Sharing stories about our amazing colleagues while they are still alive. Not tearing each other down.
January 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
As we enter into the new year, we are thinking a lot about what “protect the press” means. The obvious is PPE, training, education, safety advisors. Not so obvious: uplifting each other online. Sharing stories about our amazing colleagues while they are still alive. Not tearing each other down.
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In tumultuous times, we believe in being prepared, not scared.
We’ve distilled the advice our trainers have shared with thousands of journalists over the years into the actionable, concrete steps in our 2026 journalist’s digital security checklist:
We’ve distilled the advice our trainers have shared with thousands of journalists over the years into the actionable, concrete steps in our 2026 journalist’s digital security checklist:
The 2026 journalist’s digital security checklist
Our digital security training team's checklist to help journalists secure their digital life.
freedom.press
January 1, 2026 at 2:02 PM
In tumultuous times, we believe in being prepared, not scared.
We’ve distilled the advice our trainers have shared with thousands of journalists over the years into the actionable, concrete steps in our 2026 journalist’s digital security checklist:
We’ve distilled the advice our trainers have shared with thousands of journalists over the years into the actionable, concrete steps in our 2026 journalist’s digital security checklist:
Merry Holidays and a Jolly New Year to you all. We have big hopes & dreams for the future of PTP in 2026. Also, we are full time freelance journos who suck at capitalism! As is evidenced by this promo waaay too late for Xmas gifts. Check out our store, $$ go towards our mission of protecting press:
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December 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Merry Holidays and a Jolly New Year to you all. We have big hopes & dreams for the future of PTP in 2026. Also, we are full time freelance journos who suck at capitalism! As is evidenced by this promo waaay too late for Xmas gifts. Check out our store, $$ go towards our mission of protecting press:
No journalist should have to be taken away from an assignment on a gurney. This is the second such recent incident we’ve seen wherein the photographer has been covering immigration enforcement actions & is injured & taken away by EMS. Wishing @keremyucel.bsky.social a full and swift recovery.
Infuriating to see reporters attacked. Here's @mpr.org photojournalist Kerem Yücel on a gurney in an ambulance. Caption: came "in contact with tear gas" and was hit with a projectile.
Translation: cops/agents sprayed @keremyucel.bsky.social with OC and shot him with a less lethal. 📸:Leila Navidi
Translation: cops/agents sprayed @keremyucel.bsky.social with OC and shot him with a less lethal. 📸:Leila Navidi
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
No journalist should have to be taken away from an assignment on a gurney. This is the second such recent incident we’ve seen wherein the photographer has been covering immigration enforcement actions & is injured & taken away by EMS. Wishing @keremyucel.bsky.social a full and swift recovery.
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Update: Appeals court Wednesday suspends preliminary injunction won by Chicago journalists and press groups that restricted federal agents’ violent tactics at immigration protests there; judges call injunction “overbroad,” put it on hold while government appeals.
Journalist shot with pepper balls at Illinois ICE facility protest
Journalist Raven Geary was shot in the face and shoulder with pepper balls by federal officers while reporting on protests …
pressfreedomtracker.us
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Update: Appeals court Wednesday suspends preliminary injunction won by Chicago journalists and press groups that restricted federal agents’ violent tactics at immigration protests there; judges call injunction “overbroad,” put it on hold while government appeals.
Sharing attributed media only when you’re mad (especially when it’s a major outlet) doesn’t help keep us safe.
The free press, reporting the facts, capturing history. Real people. Real images. #ThisIsJournalism 👇👇📸
Y’all. This photograph was taken by Andy Harnik of Getty Images. Include his name and Getty so the that people know this is real.
November 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Sharing attributed media only when you’re mad (especially when it’s a major outlet) doesn’t help keep us safe.
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“They said I was an illegal alien — I have a work permit for the last 20 years.”
In an exclusive with @pressfreedomtracker.us, journalist Mario Guevara recounts his June arrest at a “No Kings” protest in DeKalb County, GA, and his eventual deportation after spending over 100 days in ICE custody.
In an exclusive with @pressfreedomtracker.us, journalist Mario Guevara recounts his June arrest at a “No Kings” protest in DeKalb County, GA, and his eventual deportation after spending over 100 days in ICE custody.
Journalist Mario Guevara discusses deportation and ICE detention
YouTube video by Freedom of the Press Foundation
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October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“They said I was an illegal alien — I have a work permit for the last 20 years.”
In an exclusive with @pressfreedomtracker.us, journalist Mario Guevara recounts his June arrest at a “No Kings” protest in DeKalb County, GA, and his eventual deportation after spending over 100 days in ICE custody.
In an exclusive with @pressfreedomtracker.us, journalist Mario Guevara recounts his June arrest at a “No Kings” protest in DeKalb County, GA, and his eventual deportation after spending over 100 days in ICE custody.
Take care of each other out there today! #pressfreedom #protectthepress
ASMR what’s in my Individual First Aid Kit?
Sharing what I like to keep in my IFAK. (This sits on my belt for easy access) #protectthepress #protest #journalism #IFAK
Sharing what I like to keep in my IFAK. (This sits on my belt for easy access) #protectthepress #protest #journalism #IFAK
October 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Take care of each other out there today! #pressfreedom #protectthepress
ASMR what’s in my Individual First Aid Kit?
Sharing what I like to keep in my IFAK. (This sits on my belt for easy access) #protectthepress #protest #journalism #IFAK
Sharing what I like to keep in my IFAK. (This sits on my belt for easy access) #protectthepress #protest #journalism #IFAK
October 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
ASMR what’s in my Individual First Aid Kit?
Sharing what I like to keep in my IFAK. (This sits on my belt for easy access) #protectthepress #protest #journalism #IFAK
Sharing what I like to keep in my IFAK. (This sits on my belt for easy access) #protectthepress #protest #journalism #IFAK
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Federal judge denies LAPD emergency motion to let officers to use force against press during #NoKings protest on Saturday.
I’m hearing, unconfirmed, City Council unanimously ordered City Attorney to withdraw motion anyway. Thank you! Much needed oversight!
drive.google.com/file/d/1tVyi...
I’m hearing, unconfirmed, City Council unanimously ordered City Attorney to withdraw motion anyway. Thank you! Much needed oversight!
drive.google.com/file/d/1tVyi...
![Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER RE DEFENDANTS’ EX PARTE APPLICATION
FOR STAY PENDING APPEAL [98]
On September 10, 2025, the Court granted Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction.
[Dkt. 83]. Defendants filed a Notice of Appeal nearly a month later. [Dkt. 89]. The instant Ex
Parte Application for Stay of the Preliminary Injunction Pending Appeal (“Application”) was
filed on October 15. [Dkt. 98].
Defendants contend that immediate, ex parte relief is required in light of the “No Kings”
rally scheduled to take place in Los Angeles (and across the country) on October 18. Application
at 2. They also assert various “workability” concerns and other substantive arguments largely
mirroring those raised and addressed in prior briefing. Id. at 12–31.
To justify ex parte relief, the moving party must show that its “cause will be irreparably
prejudiced if the underlying motion is heard according to regular noticed motion procedures,”
and that it is “without fault in creating the crisis that requires ex parte relief, or that the crisis
occurred as a result of excusable neglect.” Mission Power Eng’g Co. v. Cont’l Cas. Co., 883 F.
Supp. 488, 492 (C.D. Cal. 1995).
Here, Defendants waited five weeks after the Court issued its injunction to file their
Application, during which time the Court presumes Defendants complied with its order to
disseminate the injunction. Furthermore, they waited almost three weeks from when they first
indicated to Plaintiffs that they would be seeking a stay. Declaration of Peter Bibring in
Opposition to Application ¶ 2 [Dkt. 100-1] (noting that Defendants notified Plaintiffs of their
intent to move for a stay pending appeal on September 26, 2025). And Defendants waited over a](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6oexpvmrh6pxfay73gheefhm/bafkreiauxjjqvnm4lwc5guxf2rnogylkjblqtu2gkroojbdcewsxkl4rnm@jpeg)
October 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Federal judge denies LAPD emergency motion to let officers to use force against press during #NoKings protest on Saturday.
I’m hearing, unconfirmed, City Council unanimously ordered City Attorney to withdraw motion anyway. Thank you! Much needed oversight!
drive.google.com/file/d/1tVyi...
I’m hearing, unconfirmed, City Council unanimously ordered City Attorney to withdraw motion anyway. Thank you! Much needed oversight!
drive.google.com/file/d/1tVyi...
If there is even a one percent chance that you will want to or be asked to cover a protest/civil unrest, you need to take stock of your PPE now.
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We will post more about IFAKs, etc. soon.
Photo by @leahmillis.bsky.social of protesters getting tear gassed in LA during anti-ICE protests in June.
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We will post more about IFAKs, etc. soon.
Photo by @leahmillis.bsky.social of protesters getting tear gassed in LA during anti-ICE protests in June.
October 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
If there is even a one percent chance that you will want to or be asked to cover a protest/civil unrest, you need to take stock of your PPE now.
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We will post more about IFAKs, etc. soon.
Photo by @leahmillis.bsky.social of protesters getting tear gassed in LA during anti-ICE protests in June.
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We will post more about IFAKs, etc. soon.
Photo by @leahmillis.bsky.social of protesters getting tear gassed in LA during anti-ICE protests in June.
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Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.
Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd
The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.
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And if you DO want to go, boy do I have a video for you!
IFAK coming soon. ASMR: what’s in my protest bag.
IFAK coming soon. ASMR: what’s in my protest bag.
October 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
And if you DO want to go, boy do I have a video for you!
IFAK coming soon. ASMR: what’s in my protest bag.
IFAK coming soon. ASMR: what’s in my protest bag.