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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.

    Reno promises 'complete review' of FOI policy
    09/14/1993
    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Attorney General Janet Reno, noting her commitment to open government dating...
    5 Virginia political candidates participate in closed debate
    09/14/1993
    VIRGINIA -- Five of the six candidates for three top statewide offices debated behind closed...
    Connecticut high court limits disclosure of arrest records
    09/14/1993
    CONNECTICUT -- The state Freedom of Information Act limits the disclosure of arrest records to...
    Appeals court holds that Air Force cannot selectively withhold poll results
    09/14/1993
    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Air Force cannot routinely withhold poll results from a survey of the...
    Judge orders ABC to give state unaired tape
    09/14/1993
    CALIFORNIA -- A state judge in Riverside ordered ABC News in late August to give prosecutors...
    Stations forced to broadcast gun-control ad
    09/14/1993
    NEW JERSEY -- With the onset of another political campaign season, ABC affiliates in New York...
    Maine experiment with cameras in courts ends
    09/14/1993
    MAINE -- The future of cameras and broadcast equipment in Maine's trial courts will remain...
    Eye clinic sues NBC over report on surgery
    09/14/1993
    NORTH CAROLINA -- A Greensboro eye clinic filed a defamation lawsuit in federal district court in...