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, ...

The court granted a motion RCFP attorneys filed on behalf of The Intercept seeking access to records filed in the case of ...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has outlined recommendations for journalists, legislators, and courts to ensure the press and public’s right of ...

The state police denied Simeon’s request, claiming the footage contains potential evidence related to a criminal ...

The chart below visualizes the increase in the number of Espionage Act cases against media sources, or “leakers,” and how punishments have increased dramatically over time. It is based on the ...

Department policies Because only a few states have passed state-wide rules regarding public access to BWC footage, most police departments are left to determine their own rules. As more states pass ...

What is Anti-SLAPP? Short for strategic lawsuits against public participation, SLAPPs have become an all-too-common tool for intimidating and silencing criticism through expensive, baseless legal ...

Guardian U.S., represented by RCFP attorneys, argues that ICE violated FOIA by failing to turn over deportation records.

This guide provides a primer on press freedom issues on tribal lands located within the United States. Tribal law varies widely across the hundreds of Indigenous nations. Rather than address each ...

In May 2025, an attorney for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press submitted a Freedom of Information Act request ...

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 ...

The Reporters Committee regularly submits amicus, or “friend-of-the-court,” briefs in state, federal, and U.S. Supreme Court cases where the news media brings an important perspective. Known for ...