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Reporters Committee supports New Jersey bill to improve police transparency, accountability
On July 14, 2020, the Reporters Committee urged the New Jersey Senate’s Law and Public Safety Committee to pass S.…Categorized in Policy -
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Letter to New Jersey prosecutor concerning arrest of journalist at protest
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has asked the Monmouth County, New Jersey, prosecutor’s office to update its…Categorized in Newsgathering -
Emails show border agent who investigated journalist and her sources in contact with FBI
Customs and Border Protection released the heavily redacted emails in response to a FOIA lawsuit filed by RCFP, CPJ.Categorized in Protecting sources and materials
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Prosecutor’s office must correct investigative findings on Asbury Park officers’ arrest of journalist
Reporters Committee resources do not support conclusion that officers couldn’t reasonably know reporter wasn’t a protesterCategorized in Announcements
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This Week in Technology + Press Freedom: July 12, 2020
Here’s what the staff of the Technology and Press Freedom Project at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press…Categorized in Policy
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Media coalition urges Supreme Court to narrow scope of federal hacking law to protect newsgathering
A lower court’s broad interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act could chill newsgathering.By Sasha PetersCategorized in Newsgathering
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Van Buren v. United States
Amicus brief filed by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 41 media organizations Court: U.S. Supreme Court…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Reporters Committee letter to California governor denounces police attacks on journalists
On July 8, 2020, the Reporters Committee urged California's governor to take immediate steps to end police attacks on journalists…Categorized in First Amendment -
DC Circuit reverses district court ruling on unsealing electronic surveillance records
RCFP, BuzzFeed’s Jason Leopold have been fighting for years for greater public access to electronic surveillance court records.Categorized in Court access
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FBI failed to follow Justice Department’s news media guidelines when agents questioned San Francisco freelancer
It is ‘deeply troubling’ that FBI agents who questioned Bryan Carmody did not abide by rules intended to protect journalists.Categorized in Protecting sources and materials
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