A rule blocks remote public access to records filed in immigration cases, complicating journalists’ efforts to cover ...

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The ruling is the latest victory RCFP attorneys have won on behalf of news outlets challenging the constitutionality of ...

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Policing and corrections Reporters Committee attorneys provide free legal support to journalists who cover policing and corrections. Across the country, our attorneys have successfully fought to ...

Background: In June 2025, a 15-year-old girl was charged with first-degree murder after she allegedly fatally shot a man in Meigs County, Tennessee. The Meigs County Juvenile Court held a detention ...

In a disappointing ruling today, the Washington Supreme Court struck down the state’s anti-SLAPP law in its entirety, holding that it violates the right to trial by jury under the Washington ...

Together, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Microsoft Corp., the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Davis Wright Tremaine — four leaders in their respective fields — are ...

The PRESS Act, which now heads to the Senate, is the strongest federal shield legislation proposed to date.

A screen capture from Josie Huang's cellphone recording shows sheriff's deputies moments after they tackled the journalist to the ground on Sept. 12, 2020. (Courtesy of Josie Huang) Josie Huang, a ...