The White House’s expulsion of The Associated Press violated the First Amendment, RCFP argues in a friend-of-the-court brief.

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press raised more than $2 million to support its mission to provide free legal ...

The newspaper, represented by an RCFP attorney, seeks access to recordings capturing an ICE enforcement action that resulted ...

The Reporters Committee Legal Hotline is available to journalists and media lawyers during normal business hours (Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. ET) using the form below. Outside normal business ...

Gabe Rottman is the Reporters Committee's vice president of policy, leading the organization's work to advance key policy priorities like the PRESS Act and the Department of Justice news media ...

AS 12.65.020 provides that the state medical examiner may perform a post-mortem examination, including an autopsy, necessary to make a proper determination of the cause of death and to complete the ...

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.

A growing consensus of courts have recognized a constitutional right to record government officials engaged in their duties in a public place. This First Amendment right to record generally ...

The Reporter’s Privilege Compendium, first posted online in 2002, is the most detailed examination available of the reporter’s privilege — the right not to be compelled to reveal sources or materials ...

Alaska Although compliance by law enforcement agencies is uneven, 911 tapes should be presumptively disclosable under the Public Records Act. The Legislature has considered a bill that would exempt ...

In the lawsuit on behalf of PennLive, an RCFP attorney argues that the township cannot shield settlement records held by its ...

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 ...