Police bodycams were meant to deliver transparency, but in Pennsylvania, Act 22 makes that promise harder to keep.

Proposed changes to Puerto Rico’s public records law “would significantly diminish government transparency,” RCFP argues.

This is an important win not just for LNP but for the promise of transparency in the Commonwealth,” said RCFP Staff Attorney ...

When freedom of the press in the U.S. is under threat, journalists know that they have one place to go — the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. When they reach out to our free legal hotline ...

When freedom of the press in the U.S. is under threat, journalists know that they have one place to go — the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. When they reach out to our free legal hotline ...

Allowing clawbacks of records released during public records litigation would disincentivize pre-litigation compliance with ...

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 ...

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Local Legal Initiative Attorney Paul McAdoo is representing a Tennessee news media coalition in a new lawsuit challenging access restrictions to certain ...

The legislation was introduced after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a roundtable discussion on defamation law. (AP photo by Wilfredo Lee) Update: After the defamation legislation failed to pass, ...

On May 23, 2019, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned a superseding indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The indictment adds 17 counts under the Espionage ...

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today announced the recipients of this year’s Freedom of the Press Awards, which recognize the accomplishments of leaders in the news media and legal ...

Instead of receiving responses to their requests for government records under the California Public Records Act, some journalists and news outlets have been served with lawsuits seeking to keep ...