The Second Circuit should reverse a lower court’s decision that contradicts the well-established First Amendment right to ...

An RCFP attorney is representing the news outlet in its effort to access a list of nearly 600,000 Indiana voters sent to U.S.

RCFP argues that the government’s arguments opposing Öztürk’s habeas petition threaten to chill news reporting by noncitizen ...

When retaliatory investigations burden the press, RCFP argues, the First Amendment requires prompt access to federal courts.

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 ...

This guide was authored in 2025 by Reporters Committee Senior Staff Attorney Jennifer Nelson, Staff Attorney Renee Griffin, Staff Attorney Gunita Singh, Media Litigation Fellow Allyson Veile, Media ...

AS 12.65.020 provides that the state medical examiner may perform a post-mortem examination, including an autopsy, necessary to make a proper determination of the cause of death and to complete the ...

Pre-publication review, or “vetting,” is the process of reviewing news articles, scripts, and footage to address legal concerns. Pre-publication review, or “vetting,” is the process of reviewing news ...

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 ...

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 ...

RCFP attorneys are representing the newspaper in its fight to access bodycam and dashcam videos showing the police response ...

Anti-SLAPP laws provide defendants a way to quickly dismiss meritless lawsuits — known as SLAPPs or strategic lawsuits against public participation — filed against them for exercising speech, press, ...