Applications are now being accepted from law school graduates for the paid, yearlong McCormick Foundation Legal Fellowship at the Reporters Committee. Deadline is March 1. Look in the "About Us" section for details.
The Reporters Committee joins the American Society of News Editors as a national co-sponsor of Sunshine Week 2012, March 11-17, which will celebrate the importance of open government. Awards will be presented to the "Local Heroes" who have fought for access to information in their communities.
The OGG is a comprehensive overview of open records and open meetings laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Users can cross-reference and compare the laws in different states or simply get an in-depth analysis of one state.
A federal judge dismissed a $5 million libel lawsuit by a former tax preparer against a Virginia television station that allegedly referred to him as “unscrupulous.”
A Washington Times reporter was arrested while covering the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. and said she was struck by police, but declined to disclose whether she will file a formal complaint.
A trial court erred when it did not weigh the First Amendment rights of a photojournalist trying to photograph a roundup of wild horses against the government’s interest in restricting her access and newsgathering rights, a federal appeals...
New York courts do not have jurisdiction to hear a lawsuit over allegedly defamatory online statements about a rescue group's treatment of dogs that were written in Vermont by another dog welfare group, the New York Court of Appeals ruled last...
The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco (9th Cir.) has ordered a trial court to reconsider its decision that a photographer’s First Amendment rights were not violated when she was prohibited from photographing the roundup of wild horses on...
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