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How a steady stream of laws, regulations
and judicial decisions have eroded
reporting on important issues

By Jennifer LaFleur
The Reporters Committee
for Freedom of the Press

Contents:

• Introduction: Are we losing our best stories?

• Driver records

• Medical Privacy

• Homeland security and the critical infrastructure

• Overzealous administrators and bureaucrats

• Looking to the courts for relief

• What to do when you still need to do the story?

• For more information

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