When we at the Committee to Protect Journalists set up our Emergency Response Team last year, we thought we would be helping journalists working in conflict zones such as Myanmar and Syria. Twelve months later, that has proved to be the case with one addition: the United States.

The land of the First Amendment is obviously not Syria. However, during the past year, journalists working in the U.S. and foreign journalists visiting the U.S. have had to learn how to better protect themselves, whether in the field or online.