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07/09/2012
Three outstanding journalists and a distinguished media lawyer will be honored by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in September for their efforts on behalf of press freedom and government transparency.
06/28/2012
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press lauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today striking down the Stolen Valor Act as unconstitutional. Ruling in U.S. v. Alvarez, the Court found that the Act – which makes it a criminal...
06/22/2012
  The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press sent a letter to Department of Justice officials today urging them to immediately abandon an apparent internal policy of ordering journalists not to record or quote its attorneys’...
06/20/2012
The Reporters Committee has hired three attorneys to serve as legal fellows for the 2012-2013 term.
06/15/2012
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today submitted a letter to Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, urging him to sign into law a bill amending the state Access to Public Records Act that would increase public access to a number of...