« See current First Amendment Releases
2022
- SABEW calls on Twitter to restore freedom of speech to its platform
- SABEW expresses concern over FOIA compliance
- SABEW marks Labor Day with a call to protect access to employment data
- Statement on threat to free speech this Independence Day
- SABEW’s statement on #WorldPressFreedomDay
- SABEW supports Sunshine Week, denounces Russia’s new censorship law
- SABEW condemns attacks on journalists, offers virtual training on covering the economic impact of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine
- SABEW condemns the treatment of journalists covering the protests in Canada
- Attacks on journalists remain a problem one-year after Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection
2021
- SABEW Calls on Biden Administration to Safeguard Afghan Journalists
- SABEW celebrates Independence Day by championing press freedom
- SABW celebrates World Press Freedom Day
- SABEW calls on public officials to improve dissemination of pandemic information
- SABEW calls for the extradition of the murderer of WSJ reporter Daniel Pearl
- SABEW calls on the President-elect to protect the First Amendment
- SABEW condemns the attacks on journalists during the insurrection at the Capitol
2020
- SABEW calls on Chinese authorities for details about a detained member of Bloomberg News’ Beijing Bureau
- SABEW’s statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding President Trump’s financial records
- SABEW calls on the SBA and Treasury to publicly release PPP loan recipients
- SABEW stands in support of our colleagues and condemns violence against members of the media who are doing essential work in support of our constitutional democracy.
- SABEW urges the Trump Administration to rethink economic reporting policies
- SABEW supports World Press Freedom Day
- SABEW statement on data releases and coronavirus
- BLS delays implementation of the proposed changes to lock-up policy
- SABEW supports Sunshine week
- SABEW calls on the Trump administration to provide the public with timely, accurate information about the coronavirus
- SABEW calls on the Trump administration to share its rationale behind the change to the BLS lockups process
2019
- SABEW advocates for access to government experts, records
- SABEW statement on the role of the financial press
- Maintaining the quality and integrity of US Government Data
- SABEW calls on the Trump administration and Congress to commit to providing adequate funds for statistical agencies
- SABEW welcomes the release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo
- SABEW joins Reuters in calling for imprisoned journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo to be freed
- SABEW expresses outrage over the arrest of two SABEW members covering a CA protest
- SABEW supports open government and Sunshine Week, March 10-16
- SABEW again urges all parties to end the government shutdown so journalists have access to data
- SABEW urges all parties to end the government shutdown so journalists have access to data
2018
- SABEW is alarmed by the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi
- SABEW stands with Reuters in condemning the sentencing of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo in Myanmar
- SABEW supports August 16 campaign defending press freedom
- Maintaining the quality and integrity of US government data: Discussion and Mixer
- SABEW offers condolences to the Capital Gazette newsroom
- SABEW along with journalism organizations decry seizure of NYT reporter’s records in a joint statement
- SABEW takes exception to Tesla’s Elon Musk accusations
- SABEW stands with Reuters in condemning the detentions of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo
- SABEW urges the president and his administration to respect the First Amendment
2017
- SABEW condemns Trump’s recent tweet on revoking broadcasting licenses
- SABEW protests Trump’s verbal assault on journalists
- Maintaining the Quality and Integrity of US Government Data Discussion
- FOIA at 51: Still going strong, but real improvements are needed
- SABEW stands with CNN in condemning violence against reporters
- First Amendment Statement from Mark Hamrick, president, SABEW, Washington Bureau Chief for Bankrate.com (regarding the attack on a reporter by Montana’s then-congressional candidate Greg Gianforte)
- World Press Freedom Day 2017
