Background: In early June 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement led a series of immigration enforcement raids that sparked protests in downtown Los Angeles. Lauren Tomasi, a U.S.-based ...
The Reporters Committee’s work on behalf of journalists spans a variety of issues, from education to immigration to tech, as well as free press topics, such as freedom of information and court access.
Background: In May 2024, a police officer in Aurora, Colorado, fatally shot 37-year-old Kilyn Lewis as law enforcement was taking him into custody in connection with an attempted homicide. Lewis, who ...
Reporters Committee President Bruce D. Brown called the investigation “another and even more brazen attempt to try to ...
The Reporters Committee recognizes journalism and media law leaders at our annual Freedom of the Press Awards. The event is a highlight of our year where friends, honorees, and partners gather with us ...
Garrett Yalch, a reporter for The Frontier, submitted a request under Oklahoma’s Open Records Act seeking a variety of public ...
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 ...
When criminal cases gets media attention, trial courts may curtail the amount of pretrial publicity by imposing gag orders, restricting media reporting or closing courtrooms entirely. The tension ...
In a new First Amendment lawsuit, the AP is challenging a rule that makes it harder for journalists to report on a matter of intense public interest.
President Barack Obama’s recent assertion of executive privilege in the investigation into Operation Fast and Furious highlights the difficulty journalists can face when invocation of the ...
A comprehensive and comparable list of federal cases involving the leakage of classified information to the news media. The chart below visualizes the increase in the number of Espionage Act cases ...
This guide provides a primer on press freedom issues on tribal lands located within the United States. This guide provides a primer on press freedom issues on tribal lands located within the United ...
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