RCFP attorneys are representing a TV journalist who was shot by a police officer with a rubber bullet while reporting on anti ...
Background: In March 2026, the coroner in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, filed three petitions that asked a Susquehanna County Court of Common Pleas to seal the autopsy records of Lori Wasko, ...
A New York Times investigative reporter will not have to reveal the identity of his confidential source when he testifies… A New York Times investigative reporter will not have to reveal the identity ...
If you like this post, sign up to get The Nuance newsletter delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday night! On Feb. 1, a federal judge sentenced former CIA programmer Joshua Schulte to 40 years ...
In 2023, the police raid on the Marion County Record made national headlines. Reporters from across the country converged on the rural town of Marion, Kansas, to report on the seizure of the ...
With free legal support from an attorney at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, WKBN recently obtained police recordings that shed new light on what led to a fatal police shooting in ...
Update: On Aug. 4, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed X’s appeal of the district court’s order, holding that the company could not justify resealing a document that “has ...
The Reporter’s Recording Guide provides a summary of the recording laws (which restrict the recording and dissemination of phone calls and in-person conversations) and hidden camera laws (which ...
In November 2020, New York significantly expanded its anti-SLAPP law, which the state had first adopted in 1992. The law protects defendants in legal actions “involving public petition and ...
The Reporters Committee regularly submits amicus, or “friend-of-the-court,” briefs in state, federal, and U.S. Supreme Court cases where the news media brings an important perspective. Known for ...
Tension between the White House and Fox News continued to mount this week after broadcast bureau chiefs in Washington refused to go along with the Obama’s administration’s attempt to squeeze Fox News ...
Journalist Don Lemon conducts an interview inside a church in Minnesota during a broadcast of his YouTube show. (The Don Lemon Show) Federal agents arrested independent journalists Don Lemon and ...