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Reporters Committee welcomes Lisa Zycherman as organization’s first Deputy Legal Director and Policy Counsel
In her new role, Lisa Zycherman helps manage RCFP’s legal portfolio and advances the organization's public policy priorities.
September 14, 2021
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DC Circuit issues two notable FOIA decisions
One case involved records related to the Intelligence Community’s duty to warn Jamal Khashoggi about impending threats to his life.
August 30, 2021
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Gabe Rottman
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Freedom of Information
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Media coalition urges US Supreme Court to recognize the right to record
RCFP filed a brief arguing that a meaningful right to document policing is of exceptional importance to the public.
August 23, 2021
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Grayson Clary
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Cruise ships, COVID, TikTok and the First Amendment
A federal judge's recent decision is a pretty by-the-book application of First Amendment doctrine.
August 16, 2021
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Gabe Rottman
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Courts in a deepening muddle over location surveillance
RCFP has weighed in on these debates because location tracking can burden important First Amendment interests.
August 9, 2021
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Grayson Clary
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Q&A discusses RCFP’s role in bringing transparency to Purdue Pharma bankruptcy proceedings
RCFP Legal Fellow Madeline Lamo talks about new outlets’ successful effort to unseal records in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case.
August 6, 2021
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Daniel Hale sentenced to 45 months in leak prosecution
Hale’s sentence is the fourth-longest sentence handed down by a court for violations of the Espionage Act.
August 2, 2021
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Mailyn Fidler
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Protecting Sources and Materials
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Oregon newspaper challenges police department’s refusal to release bodycam footage
RCFP attorneys are representing Eugene Weekly in its effort to access bodycam videos documenting an arrest.
July 30, 2021
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Mia Speier
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Freedom of Information
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Reporters Committee announces 2021 Freedom of the Press Award honorees
RCFP to present awards virtually to Applewhite, Boutrous, Brown, Clooney, Mayer, and Moscoso on September 28.
July 27, 2021
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D.C. Circuit: FOIA’s ‘foreseeable harm’ standard has teeth
The court's ruling sets a high bar for the government to withhold records under FOIA's “deliberative process” privilege.
July 26, 2021
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Adam A. Marshall
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