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, but they must not face these threats alone. We ...

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 ...

In 2009, President Obama promised to create a more transparent, whistleblower-friendly government. But the reality is that federal employees who have given government secrets to news media ...

A decade after the last FOIA reform, RCFP shares its wishlist for improving the well-intended but deeply flawed law.

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 ...

From the Fall 2000 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 37. From the Fall 2000 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 37. One of two television reporters who sued their former employer won a ...

This map shows current state legislation status and police department policies regarding public access to police worn body camera footage. This map shows the current status of state legislation ...

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 ...

Investigatory records themselves are exempt from disclosure under Section 7923.600 of the Government Code. Cal. Gov’t Code § 7923.600. The exemption for investigatory records under Section 7923.600 is ...

Special thanks to the original authors of this chapter, Jeremy Feigelson, James C. Goodale, Rosa Castello, Susan A. McMahon, and Julie S. Suh at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. When the information sought ...

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 ...