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    Digital Journalist's Legal Guide
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    Everything online journalists need to protect their legal rights. This free resource culls from all Reporters Committee resources and includes exclusive content on digital media law issues.

    Fourth Circuit to close portions of oral argument in Sterling case to the public
    04/19/2012
    Classified portions of oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va. (4th Cir.)...
    Reporter's tweeted photo of juror leads judge to declare mistrial in murder prosecution
    04/16/2012
    A Kansas judge declared a mistrial in a murder case after a reporter tweeted a photograph...
    Former CIA agent John Kiriakou pleads not guilty to leaking secrets to journalists
    04/13/2012
    A former CIA intelligence officer pleaded not guilty this morning to federal charges that he...
    Judge delays ruling on press access to Guantanamo trials
    04/13/2012
    A military judge avoided ruling on whether members of the news media and the public will have...
    Photographer files civil rights suit against Suffolk County police for arrest while filming in public
    04/12/2012
    A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed in New York yesterday on behalf of a video journalist...
    Minneapolis police chief admits officer's wrongdoing in roughing up TV photojournalist during Occupy march
    04/11/2012
    A cameraman in Minneapolis became a part of the story during an Occupy demonstration Saturday night...
    Former CIA operative John Kiriakou indicted by grand jury for leaking confidential information to journalists
    04/09/2012
    A federal grand jury handed down a five-count criminal indictment against former CIA intelligence...
    Attorney arrested for recording officers in public receives $170,000 in settlement with City of Boston
    03/27/2012
    A Massachusetts attorney arrested for using his cellphone to record police officers while they...
    Philadelphia police arrest Temple student photographing them while making an unrelated traffic stop
    03/26/2012
    A photojournalism student was charged with obstruction of justice and resisting arrest after...
    Bill to rescind penalty for taping police officers fails, while state seeks to withdraw appeal in recording case
    03/22/2012
    A bill in the Illinois House of Representatives that would have created an exemption from criminal...
    Chicago police detained journalists covering girl's murder
    03/20/2012
    Two journalists were handcuffed and detained by Chicago police outside a hospital over the weekend...
    Calif. photographer faces felony conspiracy, misdemeanor trespass charges for "Occupy" coverage
    03/19/2012
    A California judge refused to dismiss a felony conspiracy and two misdemeanor trespassing charges...
    Ill. judge declares eavesdropping law unconstitutional
    03/07/2012
    A Cook County judge declared the Illinois eavesdropping statute unconstitutional last week in the...
    Trespassing charges against Vt. editor will go to trial
    03/06/2012
    A Vermont judge declined to dismiss charges against a newspaper publisher who was charged with...
    Mass. extends journalists electronic access in courts
    03/06/2012
    Journalists will soon be able to use laptop computers and other mobile electronic devices in...