The organization, who named Ryan the Journalist of the Year in 2017 and Alcindor the Emerging Journalist of the Year in 2013, also demanded “an end to hostilities against the journalism community and to the continuous string of untruths and misinformation that have become staples of the Trump administration's dialogue with the press. Trump's dismissive personal and demeaning attacks on the press are a disgrace to the presidency. The suspension of Acosta's credentials because the president did not like the line of questioning reeks of government behavior in countries that do not support freedom of the press.”