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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.

    Journalists covering Arkansas oil spill threatened with arrest
    04/09/2013
    Journalists covering an Arkansas oil spill in a suburban neighborhood said they were threatened...
    Judge delays deciding if Fox News reporter must testify
    04/09/2013
    Fox News reporter Jana Winter won't have to testify about her confidential sources regarding...
    Order prohibiting journalist from ever writing about Haitian prime minister dismissed; but PM can refile complaint
    04/09/2013
    A federal judge in Miami today dismissed the defamation suit against a U.S.-based Haitian...
    Judge unseals records in Holmes case; hearing Wed. will determine if reporter must testify about source
    04/05/2013
    The new judge presiding over the James Holmes trial unsealed the highly coveted search and arrest...
    Requestors can immediately sue agencies that fail to provide timely responses, court finds
    04/04/2013
    Individuals seeking records under the federal Freedom of Information Act can immediately sue...
    Fox News reporter may return to Colo. courtroom to defend confidential sources
    04/03/2013
    Subpoenaed Fox News journalist Jana Winter will have to return to a Colorado courtroom to possibly...
    D.C. appeals court to consider issuing redacted opinion in high-profile sealed case
    03/29/2013
    In response to a letter from the Reporters Committee, a federal appeals court has taken a critical...
    Fox News reporter scheduled to appear in Colo. courtroom Monday in James Holmes case
    03/29/2013
    A Fox News reporter is scheduled to appear before a Colorado judge on Monday to testify about who...
    U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Texas Open Meetings Act, sealed records challenge
    03/26/2013
    The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear arguments about the constitutionality of the criminal...
    New York judge says I.D. law used to arrest photographers is unconstitutional
    03/25/2013
    A federal judge ruled that a New York City police officer was wrong when he demanded identification...
    Judge rules news clipping service infringed Associated Press' copyright
    03/22/2013
    Online news aggregation websites that compile and resell news stories without the publisher's...
    Steven Tyler Act stalls in Hawaii legislature
    03/21/2013
    AP Photo Steven Tyler, left, and Mick Fleetwood, right, testify about an anti-paparazzi bill....
    Filmmaker cannot obtain trial recording, Mass. high court rules
    03/20/2013
    Massachusetts’ highest court ruled Monday that a documentary filmmaker cannot access an audio...
    CIA must acknowledge records of drone strike program, appellate court rules
    03/19/2013
    The CIA cannot refuse to search for records about U.S. drone strikes on the grounds that...
    Photographers associations admonish Biden's office for ordering deletion of journalist's photos
    03/15/2013
    Despite the prompt apology issued by the Vice President's press office to the University of...