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Police, Protesters, and the Press
This guide helps journalists understand their rights at protests and how to avoid arrest when reporting on these events.
December 20, 2024
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Access to police body-worn camera video
This map shows current state legislation status and police department policies regarding public access to police worn body camera footage.
August 10, 2024
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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 protester
July 13, 2020
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Reporters Committee letter urges immediate repeal of Section 50-a of the New York Civil Rights Law
In a June 7 letter to New York officials, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press strongly urged the…
June 7, 2020
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Basey v. Alaska
Update: On April 24, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that state trooper disciplinary records are confidential as a matter of law, based…
June 4, 2019
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Frasier v. Evans
Update: On March 29, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed the district court's decision, ruling…
May 6, 2019
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Fields v. City of Philadelphia
The Reporters Committee, joined by 31 news organizations, filed a brief in the Third Circuit in support of two individuals…
December 13, 2016
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Jenn Topper
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Resources for journalists covering events in Ferguson, Mo.
AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, J.B. Forbes Getty Images photographer Scott Olson is arrested in Ferguson in August 2014. Update: Journalists…
August 18, 2014
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