Police arrest a protester outside the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Convention Hotlines

Every four years since the 1972 conventions, the Reporters Committee has operated special convention hotlines for reporters who face legal hurdles, arrest or detention while covering the conventions or the protests surrounding them.

Democratic National Convention

Denver, Aug. 25-28

For the Democratic National Convention in Denver, the hotline will be staffed by attorneys with the law firm of Levine, Sullivan, Koch & Schulz LLP.

View the flier. The flier describes the arrest and hearing procedures that will be in place during the convention. It should be printed out and carried with you, so you have the information available if you are detained.

Hotline: (303) 376-2404

Republican National Convention

St. Paul, Sept. 1-4

During the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, attorneys Paul Hannah of Kelly & Berens and Bill Tilton and George Dunn of Tilton & Dunn will handle the hotline calls.

View the flier. The flier describes the arrest and hearing procedures that will be in place during the convention. It should be printed out and carried with you, so you have the information available if you are detained.

Hotline: (651) 238-1884

The Reporters Committee’s regular legal defense hotline will also be available during the conventions. Callers with convention arrest problems will be directed to the lawyers in the convention cities.

Reporters Committee Hotline: (800) 336-4243

Hotline web page (this page): www.rcfp.org/conventions