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.

During Trump's first term, DHS monitored journalists covering the border and attempted to obtain the identity of reporters’ ...

This year marks the 85th anniversary of Near v. Minnesota, the milestone U.S. Supreme Court decision that created the presumption that prior restraints — government restriction of speech prior to ...

RCFP is urging the full D.C. Court of Appeals to reconsider a panel decision concerning the use of white noise machines ...

The DOJ has used delay tactics to avoid promptly disclosing records related to its prosecution of Volkswagen for cheating on ...

Journalists who lie on employment applications to gain access to private facilities for newsgathering activities are not protected by… Journalists who lie on employment applications to gain access to ...

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 ...

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 31, 2024 Background: In May 2024, ...

The video starts silently, with white text on a black screen providing context to its depiction of the killing of 12 people in an Iraqi suburb by the American military. The haunting video was the ...

Bruce D. Brown, a former journalist and partner in the Washington office of Baker & Hostetler, became executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in September 2012. He is a ...

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 ...