Attorneys from RCFP and Yale's MFIA Clinic helped journalist Brittany Hailer reach a settlement with Allegheny County.

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has been used in the past to collect information on journalists.

RCFP submitted testimony urging Ohio lawmakers to pass a bill that would allow courts to quickly dismiss frivolous lawsuits ...

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Access to public records held by private contractors is necessary to safeguard the public’s right to know, RCFP argues in a brief filed in the New Mexico Court of Appeals.

The Reporters Committee filed a brief in a FOIA case concerning prison records. Prison Legal News requested from the Federal… The Reporters Committee filed a brief in a FOIA case concerning prison ...

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If you like this post, sign up to get The Nuance newsletter delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday night! In a 66-page decision last week, a two-judge panel of the High Court in the United ...

Background: In 2021, Mauro Glorioso, a former executive of the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board, filed a defamation lawsuit against the Chicago Sun-Times and investigative reporter Tim Novak over ...

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 ...

This guide helps journalists understand their rights at protests and how to avoid arrest when reporting on these events. Note: This guide was published in 2018 and most recently updated in March 2024.