Digital Journalist's Legal Guide

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.

Briefs & Comments

Amicus brief in James Sanders v. U.S.

November 20, 2000

Arguing that a journalist's conviction under a crash scene law did not include a weighing against First Amendment interests at stake.
Albuquerque Journal v. Jewell

November 17, 2000

Asking the New Mexico Supreme Court to find that a trial judge improperly excluded the media during a hearing involving the removal of an obese child from her parents.
Amicus brief in Hill v. Ohio

October 25, 2000

Arguing that the Ohio Supreme Court should find a county rule requiring anonymous juries unconstitutional.
Testimony Regarding Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1333, Access to Public Information

October 4, 2000

Testifying in support of a bill reforming Pennsylvania's open records laws
Amicus brief in United States v. Matthews

September 11, 2000

Asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the conviction of a journalist who was barred from presenting a First Amendment defense to a technical violation of the law.
Letter to California Gov. Gray Davis concerning prison access.

August 29, 2000

The Reporters Committee urged the California governor to sign a bill (which he vetoed last year) that will allow greater news media access to prisoners.
Amicus brief in ETW Corp. v. Jireh Publishing

August 23, 2000

The Reporters Committee urged a federal appellate court to uphold a decision that Tiger Woods' "right of publicity" does not allow him to keep an artist from selling works with the golfer's image.
Amicus brief in Underwood v. Azula

June 28, 2000

Arguing that the State of Washington should recognize a qualified reporter's privilege for non-confidential-source information.
Amicus brief in Colorado v. Lewis

June 20, 2000

Arguing that applying a vague commercial bribery statute to journalists engaged in newsgathering is unconstitutional.
Testimony at congressional E-FOIA Hearings

June 14, 2000

Testimony on the status of federal agency compliance with the Electronic Freedom of Information Act of 1996
Amicus brief in Ford v. City of Huntsville

June 13, 2000

The Reporters Committee argued that courts cannot issue confidentiality orders restricting access to otherwise public information.
Re: PG Publishing Co. v. City of Pittsburgh

June 8, 2000

A letter urging a federal judge to find that government settlements should not subvert mandatory disclosure provisions of public records laws.
Letter encouraging reduced sentence for convicted freelance journalist

June 5, 2000

The Reporters Committee urged a California judge to reconsider his harsh sentence imposed on a journalist who was convicted of interfering with police at a crime scene.
Letter protesting requested restriction on posting of probationers' photos

April 18, 2000

The Reporters Committee argued that enjoining the Florida Department of Corrections from posting photographs on the Internet frustrates the purposes of the open records act.
Letter protesting prior restraint against AP

April 12, 2000

The Reporters Committee urged a Texas court to rescind its restraining order keeping the Associated Press from publishing information in public records.

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