Policy

A decade after the last FOIA reform, RCFP shares its wishlist for improving the well-intended but deeply flawed law.

RCFP had urged lawmakers to pass the bill, arguing that it would insulate non-student public media outlets from political interference.

RCFP filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of The New York Times's lawsuit against the Pentagon.

“Bipartisan efforts are needed to counter these threats,” RCFP Vice President of Policy Gabe Rottman testified.

The bill would allow courts to quickly weed out meritless lawsuits intended to chill speech about matters of public interest.

Unlawful policy “gives government officials unchecked power over who gets a credential and who doesn’t"

In Senate testimony, RCFP highlights several incidents in which journalists were arrested or injured while covering DHS operations.

"The First Amendment means that the government doesn’t get to decide what information a journalist can or can’t publish.”

The move by Attorney General Pam Bondi could pose a threat to public interest newsgathering.

An RCFP analysis shows that individual Texans rely on the Texas anti-SLAPP law's protections the most.