It’s the third data-driven investigation based on records Spotlight PA obtained through successful litigation with free legal ...

Opportunities at the Reporters Committee include full-time positions, legal and policy fellowships, internships, and other openings as they are available. Please note application and deadline ...

A law enacted by Alameda County, California, criminalizes the act of reporting on street races and other reckless driving ...

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 ...

AP Photo/South Bend Tribune James Bosher U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts appeared critical of both sides during oral… When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its unanimous decision in ...

The fair report privilege may not be the best legal approach in defending journalists from defamation suits. From the Summer… The fair report privilege may not be the best legal approach in defending ...

From the Winter 2011 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 27. Avi Adelman considers himself a journalist.… From the Winter 2011 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 27. Avi Adelman considers ...

With the 2024 election behind us, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is looking ahead to Donald Trump’s second term as president and how it will impact press freedom and the public’s ...

The Rolling Stone article. As controversy swirled around Rolling Stone in the wake of its story about rape at the… ...

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 ...

One question that has troubled members of the legal community for decades is how the law should treat one who… One question that has troubled members of the legal community for decades is how the law ...

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 ...