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Death penalty case renews scrutiny of Georgia secrecy law
A Georgia law prohibiting the release of information about the drugs used to execute the state's death row inmates may…Categorized in Court access -
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Secret surveillance court's ruling paves the way for public disclosure of Yahoo's 2008 fight against PRISM
An order Monday from the United States’ secret surveillance court has brought several documents a step closer to being made…Categorized in Court access -
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Texas state appeals court dismisses defamation suit against television news station
A Texas state appeals court has concluded that a trial court wrongly denied a local television news station’s attempt to…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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FISA Court must be accountable, even broadly, to the public, Reporters Committee brief argues
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, joined by 14 media organizations, has filed a friend-of-the-court brief arguing that…Categorized in Court access -
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FISA Court cases
The ACLU, the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School, Google and Microsoft filed three separate cases before…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Paragliding journalist arrested after photographing Kansas feedlot
An award-winning photojournalist faces trespassing charges in Kansas after paragliding over a cattle-filled feedlot on a freelance assignment last month.…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Attorney General Holder's report to President adopts stronger protection for news media
Attorney General Eric Holder today submitted a 7-page report to President Obama listing recommendations for revisions to guidelines on subpoenas…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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Statement by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press on DOJ News Media Policies Report
The Reporters Committee, which organized a media coalition of more than 50 organizations in suggesting changes to the Department of…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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New York appeals division orders dismissal of school teacher's "slush fund" defamation suit
A New York appeals court has ruled that a local newspaper and its reporter were not liable for defamation despite…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Strengthening and preserving the attorney general guidelines for media subpoenas
Since 2013, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has led a group of media organizations — known as…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials