A decade after the last FOIA reform, RCFP shares its wishlist for improving the well-intended but deeply flawed law.
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today announced the recipients of the 2026 Freedom of the Press Awards, ...
Journalist Michael Balter had been covering the Croton-Harmon Union Free School District for several months when school officials went silent in the spring of 2024. The school district in Westchester ...
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 ...
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is urging the Federal Communications Commission to find that interviews on ABC’s daytime talk show “The View” are exempt from an agency rule that ...
A reporter covering the flood in Des Moines was arrested Saturday morning on charges of trespassing and interference with official acts. Todd E. Erzen, a six-year veteran of The Des Moines Register, ...
A person walks into the One Franklin Square Building, home of The Washington Post newspaper, June 21, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) On Friday night, a federal court in Virginia ...
The Freedom of the Press Awards return Oct. 14 to celebrate leaders in journalism and media law. The 2026 Freedom of the Press Awards will be held on Oct. 14, 2026, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New ...
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 December ...
Recent legislation has trended toward more robust protections for defendants in SLAPP suits. South Dakota became the sixteenth state to enact a version of the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act ...
Georgia Broad, vague or burdensome requests may trigger certain of the Act’s fee provisions. As amended in 2012, the Act now provides that, “In any instance in which an agency will seek costs in ...
A federal judge ruled on Friday that the Pentagon’s media access policy violated the Constitution, concluding in part that it was intended “to weed out disfavored journalists” and replace them with ...