Feder will oversee RCFP’s growing program to provide free legal support to local journalists and newsrooms, which is now ...

T]he right and ability of the press to document law enforcement ... activity safely and effectively is foundational to ...

Closing courtroom doors to a journalist attending a public immigration proceeding is unlawful and damaging to public transparency.” ...

KUSA-9 News sued the police department for access to unedited bodycam videos with free legal support from an RCFP attorney.

Background: In April 2025, Ashlynd Huffman, a reporter for The Frontier, submitted an open records request to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections seeking reports on the death of an inmate and other ...

The settlement comes after Spotlight PA filed an open meetings lawsuit against Penn State’s governing body with free legal support from RCFP attorneys.

This guide helps journalists understand their rights at protests and how to avoid arrest when reporting on these events. Note: This guide was published in 2018 and most recently updated in March 2024.

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Courthouse News Service (CNS) has asked the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to grant a motion… Courthouse News Service (CNS) has asked the U.S. District Court for the ...

From the Spring 2008 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 10. Kathleen McLaughlin, who covers China for… From the Spring 2008 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 10. Kathleen McLaughlin, who ...

This guide was authored by Zivile Raskauskaite, Skye Lucas, and Sara George, working with Professor Jared Schroeder at the Missouri School of Journalism. Grant support for this project was provided by ...