The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today announced the recipients of the 2026 Freedom of the Press Awards, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Journalists who lie on employment applications to gain access to private facilities for newsgathering activities are not protected by… Journalists who lie on employment applications to gain access to ...

Freedom of information The federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and similar state laws give the public the right to obtain records from certain government entities. Journalists use these laws, ...

The Supreme Court recognized a First Amendment presumption of access to voir dire in Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court (“ Press-Enterprise I ”), 464 U.S. 501 (1984). Despite the agreement of the ...

The First Amendment right of access only protects physical access, not cameras or other recording equipment. See Westmoreland v. CBS, Inc., 752 F.2d 16 (2d Cir. l984). Furthermore, the Second Circuit ...

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 ...

From the Summer 2008 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 9. Tim Russert, who died of a… From the Summer 2008 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 9. Tim Russert, who died of a heart attack at ...