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    Everything online journalists need to protect their legal rights. This free resource culls from all Reporters Committee resources and includes exclusive content on digital media law issues.

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    For journalists, STOCK Act could lead down troubling path
    The News Media & The Law
    February 1, 2013
    AP Photo by J. Scott Applewhite Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley A recent law banning insider trading by members of Congress and other government employees could affect journalists in a roundabout way....
    Secret Courts
    "Central Park Five" subpoena quashed after filmmakers prove their independence
    The News Media & The Law
    February 1, 2013
    AP Photo by Francois Mori From left, co-directors Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon debut their documentary in Cannes, France in May. Sarah Burns considers herself a journalist.
    Reporter's Privilege
    Deciding when to publish
    The News Media & The Law
    February 1, 2013
    AP Photo by Dennis Cook George Freeman, a former New York Times attorney, confers with journalist Judith Miller in 2005 prior to her testifying in favor of reporters’ privilege legislation on...
    Leaks, Reporter's Privilege
    Governments continue to come up with new ways to prevent access to records
    The News Media & The Law
    February 1, 2013
    AP Photos by Mike Groll, Kevin Wolf Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Lisa Jackson If the back and forth between public records requesters and government officials can be likened to a game, a series of recent...
    E-mail, Freedom of Information, Text messaging
    For journalists, life in the cloud means greater legal risk
    The News Media & The Law
    November 1, 2012
    Our cover story in this issue highlights two aspects of the important issue of electronic monitoring. One concern is that such electronic snooping by law enforcement authorities is widespread, and...
    Newsgathering
    Re-examining access to personal digital data
    The News Media & The Law
    November 1, 2012
    AP Photo by Stephanie Keith New York police arrest protesters during an Occupy Wall Street march on Oct. 1, 2011. Twitter had to release almost three months’ worth of one protester’s...
    Reporter's Privilege
    Confronting the electronic surveillance 'legal void'
    The News Media & The Law
    November 1, 2012
    Stephen W. Smith, a federal magistrate judge in Houston, regularly hears government requests for electronic surveillance, including access to cellular telephone and email records.
    Reporter's Privilege
    Asked and Answered
    The News Media & The Law
    November 1, 2012
    Answers are not meant to be relied upon as legal advice specific to any reader’s situation, but are for informational purposes to help journalists understand how the law affects their work. Q:...
    The fast, the furious, and the executive privilege
    The News Media & The Law
    November 1, 2012
    AP Photo/Stephan Savoia Attorney General Eric Holder speaks in Boston on June 26 while a vote loomed to hold him in contempt of Congress for withholding records of Operation Fast and Furious.
    Freedom of Information
    Assertions of Executive Privilege from Kennedy to Obama
    The News Media & The Law
    November 1, 2012
    President Controversy
    Freedom of Information