The excessive or indiscriminate use of force against journalists can chill news reporting on matters of public concern, RCFP argues.

Emilio Garcia-Ruiz is the editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Chronicle. Garcia-Ruiz joined the Chronicle in September 2020 after spending the previous 19 years at The Washington Post. His final role ...

Stephen J. Adler, former editor-in-chief of Reuters, is chairman of the Steering Committee of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. A global advocate for free speech and journalism ethics, ...

Adam Symson is president and CEO of The E.W. Scripps Company. Prior to becoming CEO in August 2017, Adam was Scripps’ chief operating officer, overseeing the company’s broadcast TV, radio and digital ...

Karen Kaiser was named Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for The Associated Press in February, 2014. In her role as General Counsel, Kaiser is responsible for overseeing ...

Almost 10 years after Edward Snowden shed light on the vast scope of the National Security Agency’s internet surveillance activities, it remains exceptionally difficult for anyone challenging those ...

Today, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press announced the recipients of the 2025 Freedom of the Press Awards, hosted this year by Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent and the former anchor ...

This March 19, 1975, file photo shows the Hughes Glomar Explorer, a 618-foot-long salvage ship built by the eccentric industrialist Howard Hughes, at the Long Beach harbor dock in Los Angeles, Calif.

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is expanding its Local Legal Initiative to Louisiana, Mississippi, Minnesota, and Michigan — nearly doubling the size of the program and adding four ...

In a concerning ruling this month, a California Superior Court judge allowed the city of Los Angeles to move forward with a lawsuit seeking to claw back police personnel records that the city itself ...

Police aggressions against journalists covering the protests have proved to be an inflection point for violence against the news media. Ignited by the May 26 police killing of George Floyd, the 2020 ...

Updates: Following the settlement reached between The Oregonian and the city of The Dalles, a Google spokesperson told the Associated Press that the tech company would no longer seek to protect its ...