An Indiana judge has ruled that the Indiana Department of Correction violated the state public records law when it refused to ...

The Local Legal Initiative provides local news organizations with the direct legal services they need to pursue enterprise and investigative stories in their communities. If you’re a journalist that ...

Bruce D. Brown, president of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, joined the organization in 2012. Before that, he was a journalist and served as partner in the Washington office of Baker ...

RCFP attorneys are representing ProPublica in its effort to access records filed under seal in a now-settled class action ...

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 ...

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 ...

Relying on the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Branzburg v. Hayes, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals offers journalists a relatively broad qualified privilege from compelled disclosure. The ...

Pre-publication review, or “vetting,” is the process of reviewing news articles, scripts, and footage to address legal concerns. Pre-publication review, or “vetting,” is the process of reviewing news ...

The roots of public access to court proceedings and records lie in “democratic values of accountability and openness.” In re Globe Newspaper, 920 F.2d 88, 98 (1st Cir. 1990) (“ [T]he prospect of ...

While immigration has been a contested public policy issue at various points in U.S. history, recent changes to immigration policy have heightened public attention on the subject. As a result, many ...

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 ...