Local Legal Initiative

Local 3 News seeks records about the shooting that killed five service members.

The Weakley County Examiner is suing a Tennessee school district for settlement records.

The actions “constituted an egregious affront to the First Amendment right of the press and public to access court proceedings.”

When news media organizations band together, they can wage powerful fights for transparency.

In a letter, the coalition argues the Public Access Counselor’s office is violating state transparency laws.

The recordings helped dispel rumors about the police response to a mass shooting in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, last year.

The judge sided with a news media coalition represented by an RCFP attorney.

Reporters Committee attorneys are helping journalists challenge these obstructive policies.

An RCFP attorney is representing Mississippi Today in its fight for public access to the judicial records.

An RCFP attorney represented PennLive in opposing a coroner's effort to seal autopsy records.