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Reporters Committee releases guide to legal issues in covering Ohio school shooting

Press Release | March 5, 2012
March 5, 2012

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has put together a guide on some of the legal issues that journalists covering the Ohio school shooting may encounter. The guide is available on the Reporters Committee web site, and covers primarily freedom-of-information and court-access issues.

Pa. coroners not required to immediately release records

Stephen Miller | Freedom of Information | Feature | November 18, 2010
Feature
November 18, 2010

County coroner offices are not required to immediately release manner-of-death reports under the state Right-to-Know Law, according to a Tuesday ruling in Hearst Television v. Michael Norris by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.