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Reporters Committee magazine explains why journalists’ sources may not be as confidential as they think
Journalists who confer with confidential sources via electronic communications may find that law enforcement authorities are privy to those conversations,…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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Reporters Committee magazine explains why journalists' sources may not be as confidential as they think
Journalists who confer with confidential sources via electronic communications may find that law enforcement authorities are privy to those conversations,…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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Journalists now allowed to tweet, live blog from Utah courtrooms
The Utah Supreme Court on Monday approved a rule that will allow journalists to tweet, live stream and blog from…Categorized in Court access -
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Google's latest transparency report shows government surveillance on the rise in U.S.
Paula Broadwell isn’t the only person whose Gmail messages were read by government officials – Google received almost 8,000 e-mail…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Chicago officials violate strict eavesdropping law
Chicago City Hall officials violated Illinois' strict eavesdropping law when they ‘inadvertently’ recorded conversations with Chicago Tribune reporters without their…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Kansas Supreme Court allows live streaming, tweeting from state courtrooms
An amendment to Kansas court rules now lets journalists use laptops and cell phones to report from the courtroom. Reporters…Categorized in Court access -
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Federal court decides to grant witnesses full access to executions
A federal judge in Harrisburg, Pa., ruled Tuesday that a protocol limiting the ability of witnesses to see and hear…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Judge orders unsealing of Watergate documents
A history professor hopes that a federal court's recent order to release long-sealed Watergate documents will shed light on the…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Reporters Committee urges court to quash blogger’s subpoena in Duke lacrosse cases
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed a friend-of-the-court brief with several Maine news organizations in U.S. District…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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Reporters Committee urges court to quash blogger's subpoena in Duke lacrosse cases
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed a friend-of-the-court brief with several Maine news organizations in U.S. District…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials