With the 2024 election behind us, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is looking ahead to Donald Trump’s second term as president and how it will impact press freedom and the public’s ...

Today, the U.S. Department of Justice released the findings from its Inspector General investigation into the use of subpoenas and other legal authorities in leak investigations to obtain ...

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Background: During a Juvenile Court proceeding in 2019, Adam Montgomery was granted custody of his four-year-old daughter, Harmony. Later that year, Harmony disappeared, but her disappearance went ...

From the Fall 2004 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 21. From the Fall 2004 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 21. Satire, caricature and parody are forms of art that rely on blurring the ...

In 2009, President Obama promised to create a more transparent, whistleblower-friendly government. But the reality is that federal employees who have given government secrets to news media ...

The Reporter’s Recording Guide provides a summary of the recording laws (which restrict the recording and dissemination of phone calls and in-person conversations) and hidden camera laws (which ...

Opportunities at the Reporters Committee include full-time positions, legal and policy fellowships, internships, and other openings as they are available. Please note application and deadline ...

On the final day of its term, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an attempt to carve out another category of speech from First Amendment protection, striking down a California restriction on the sale or ...

Josh Gerstein is a White House reporter for POLITICO, specializing in legal and national security issues. Gerstein joined the pathbreaking political news outlet just before President Barack Obama’s ...

Police departments across the nation are implementing body-worn camera programs in an effort to create a more objective record of officers’ activities. As recent news events have proved, these videos ...

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