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Media organizations are because of the fact that they are worried about being a legal and political attack against the new administration.

By David Enrich and Katie Robertson

David Enrich’s newest book, due out in March, considers the crusade to restrict press freedoms. Katie Robertson covers the media industry.

The journalists and editors of national newspapers depend on their dependence on encrypted communications to help themselves and their resources of possible federal research and citations.

Multiple media organizations are evaluating whether they have enough insurance coverage to absorb a potential wave of libel and other litigation from officials who have already shown an inclination to file such suits.

And an exit from nonprofit investigative journalism is the option for the government to investigate issues, such as whether its use of freelancers complies with hard-work regulations.

With the president -elect Donald J. Trump returning to the White House, the large and small media take measures to prepare for what worries them to be a legal and political attack that opposes the new administration and the allies of Marray.

For nearly a decade, Mr. Trump has demonized and tried to delegitimize the media. He has attacked reporters as “the enemy of the people.” He has repeatedly sued news organizations. In his first administration, the White House at times barred out-of-favor journalists from attending events.

But the first indications are that your new administration would possibly be more hostile to the press. For example, Trump’s team to manage F. B. I. , Kash Patel, said before the new Trump management “comes after the media people. ” Brendan Carr, the expected president of the Federal Communications Commission, recently raised the possibility of revoking federal transmission licenses for television stations that he perceived as biases opposed to conservatives.

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