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• Will the news media make the same mistake this election? (Rahm Emanuel is a former Chicago mayor, White House chief of staff and Democratic congressman from Illinois — published in The Washington Post)
• Being the only Black woman journalist in the room is a privilege and a prison (Queen Muse, for The Philadelphia Inquirer)
• Celebrate your freedoms this July 4 (Joyanna Love, The Clanton Advertiser)
• When it comes to masks, the truth will do just fine (Laura Elder, The Daily News, Galveston)
• Don't judge good journalists by a few bad apples (Santana Wood, The Outlook, Alexander City)
• Journalists are members of the community, too (Taylor Six, Richmond Register)
• An urgency to complete emancipation of Juneteenth (Editorial Board, San Antonio Express-News)
• Journalists, just people you know championing truth (Jim Zachary, Valdosta Daily Times)
• Honor journalism heroes like Maria Ressa by embracing the right of freedom of the press (David Plazas, The Tennessean)
• America's cops must stop attacking journalists (Courtney C. Radsch, Committee to Protect Journalists)
• We will defend our First Amendment rights. We ask law enforcement to respect them. (USA TODAY NETWORK ATLANTIC Editorial Board)
• Connecticut must make clear who should get a coronavirus test (Hearst Connecticut Media Editorial Board)
• Are you black first or are you a journalist first? (Byron McCauley, Cincinnati Enquirer)
• What's a journalist supposed to be now — an activist? A stenographer? You're asking the wrong question. (Margaret Sullivan, The Washington Post)
• Letter from the Editor: Protests on top of pandemic stretch newsroom (Therese Bottomly, The Oregonian)
• An open letter to my fellow white Christians (Margaret Renkl, The New York Times)
• After George Floyd's killing, make America a better place (The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune)
• First Amendment must be both supported and protected (Jim Fogler, Florida Press Association)
• Philadelphia Inquirer journalists call out sick after paper publishes the headline: 'Buildings Matter, Too' (Philadelphia Inquirer)
• My Take: Stop blaming 'the media' for everything (Len Niehoff, University of Michigan Law School)
• Roughed up journalists and a threat to the First Amendment  (Leonard Pitts Jr., The Baltimore Sun)
• The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press sent a letter to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Dermot F. Shea, calling for law enforcement officers to stop attacking and arresting credentialed journalists covering protests that began after a white police officer killed George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis on May 25. The letter was co-signed by 122 media and press freedom organizations, including America's Newspapers.