Within hours, RCFP attorneys filed in federal court seeking records on the government’s justification for the raid.

The government cannot justify wholesale secrecy here, where the public’s ability to understand a search with serious ...

T]his is a tremendous escalation in the administration’s intrusions into the independence of the press,” said RCFP President ...

Represented by RCFP attorneys, the news outlet alleges that the Federal Bureau of Prisons violated FOIA by unlawfully ...

In a brief, RCFP supports The New York Times’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Pentagon’s new press rules.

Tanvi Valsangikar, RCFP’s inaugural Abrams Legal Fellow, provides free legal services to FRONTLINE and other documentary ...

The bill would protect the editorial autonomy of non-student public media stations affiliated with public universities.

The government cannot justify wholesale secrecy here, where the public’s ability to understand a search with serious ...

RCFP attorneys have spent years representing the Bucks County Courier Times in its fight to unseal the records.

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 ...

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, ...

With little public fanfare, seven federal agencies have announced a controversial trial program of publishing documents responsive to most Freedom of Information Act requests online. Under the program ...