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12/20/2012
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme court arguing that two Boston College researchers should be allowed to challenge federal government subpoenas seeking confidential...
12/18/2012
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press expressed grave concern over the news that the U.S. Senate could vote before Christmas on an intelligence authorization bill that contains unprecedented anti-leaks proposals that could significantly...
12/13/2012
Margaret Low Smith, NPR senior vice president for news, has been elected to the Steering Committee of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. “We enthusiastically welcome Margaret as a new member of our Steering Committee. Her...
11/26/2012
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in an effort to quash a New York City subpoena seeking audio and video materials featuring interviews with the subjects of a documentary by Ken Burns about five...
11/21/2012
Journalists who confer with confidential sources via electronic communications may find that law enforcement authorities are privy to those conversations, thanks to outdated laws developed long before the current wave to digital media was invented,...