The repeal of Section 50-a provides the press and public access to police misconduct records, regardless of when those ...

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press provides pro bono legal representation, amicus curiae support, and other legal resources to protect First Amendment freedoms and the newsgathering ...

RCFP is supporting the Nashville Banner’s effort to unseal documents related to a trial judge’s decision to recuse herself from a criminal case.

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We won’t mince words—the years ahead pose a grave threat to press freedom. Journalists will be on the frontlines as they work to inform the public on matters ranging from government corruption and ...

Background: A trial court in the District of Columbia used a “husher” to prevent the public from hearing any of the answers that prospective jurors gave to questions posed to them during jury ...

Background: In 2018, professor Lawrence Kalbers filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking access to records from the U.S. Department of Justice concerning its high-profile prosecution of ...

The word “drone” conjures up visions of huge military aircraft dropping bombs overseas, or of tiny machines flitting through buildings, spying on the occupants inside. Imagining a time when more than ...

Clients: Deep South Today, d/b/a Verite News, TEGNA Inc., Scripps Media Inc., Nexstar Media Inc., Gray Local Media, Inc., and Gannett Co., Inc. Complaint Filed: July ...

Balloons descend after Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's acceptance speech during the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) The Reporters ...

News Media & The Law photo by Jamie Schuman Spectators line up outside the Supreme Court hoping to get one… It was pouring rain the last day the Supreme Court heard oral argument this spring, but that ...