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Mississippi State Department of Health policy discriminates against freelance journalists
The department’s new policy restricting freelance journalists from accessing information is unconstitutional. It’s also bad policy.view more
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Stonewalled by Osage Nation officials, Osage News contacts RCFP attorney for help accessing public records
The newspaper's editor says RCFP's local attorney in Oklahoma is like "a human shield and spear.”By Chris YoungCategorized in Freedom of Informationview more
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New York wades into social media regulation waters with ‘hateful conduct’ law
New York is the latest state to attempt to control how social media platforms moderate content.view more
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Federal judge orders Commerce Department to turn over travel records
RCFP attorneys spent six years representing journalist David Yanofsky in his effort to obtain foreign travel data.By Ceoli JacobyCategorized in Freedom of Informationview more
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Four years after US Supreme Court’s decision in Carpenter, a Fourth Amendment in disarray?
RCFP examines how lower courts have implemented the Supreme Court's 2018 decision in a case concerning location surveillance.view more
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NBCUniversal News Group supports Reporters Committee to sustain and grow pro bono legal support for journalists of color
The support will power the continuation of the Race Equity in Journalism Fellowship at RCFP.view more
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Troubling interference with media in Uvalde
Some public officials and private individuals in Uvalde, Texas, have been improperly preventing journalists from doing their job.By Gabe RottmanCategorized in Newsgatheringview more
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Philadelphia Inquirer investigation reveals PR effort to spin pension fund’s accounting error
RCFP attorneys represented the newspaper in its successful effort to obtain emails from executives of Pennsylvania’s largest pension fund.By Chris YoungCategorized in Freedom of Informationview more
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Reporters Committee announces 2022 Freedom of the Press Award honorees
RCFP to present awards to Baine, Khan, Thomas, Woodruff and the Sahan Journal on October 11.view more
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A close look at Justice Alito’s dissent as Supreme Court blocks Texas social media law
Alito drew criticism for raising the state's argument that platforms’ exercise of editorial discretion was in tension with Section 230.view more