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Covering the 2024 elections? RCFP’s free legal resources can help.
Journalists reporting on the 2024 election cycle have access to RCFP’s free legal resources, including our Election Legal Guide. -
On the Docket: A guide to RCFP’s legal guides for journalists
RCFP's Paul McAdoo discusses the Reporters Committee's free legal guides.By Paul McAdooCategorized in Local Legal Initiative -
Reporters Committee legal hotline available for inauguration coverage
The free hotline will work with criminal defense attorneys in D.C. and 10 states in preparation for armed protests. -
Reporters Committee legal hotline available for journalists covering 2020 election
The hotline will be staffed by RCFP attorneys in Washington, D.C., and 12 battleground states until polls close. -
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 -
Reporters Committee supports challenge to NYPD effort to delay public access to bodycam footage
Media coalition argues that ‘unreasonable burden’ isn’t enough to deny the release of NYPD bodycam footage under FOIL.By Emily GaytonCategorized in Freedom of Information -
Reporters Committee: Disclosure of police misconduct records serves public interest
The Reporters Committee and other media organizations argue that public access to police misconduct records is crucial. -
RCFP, media coalition support efforts to gain access to police use of force reports
New Jersey police reports that detail use of force against minors should be disclosed, Trentonian and RCFP argue.By Basma HumadiCategorized in Freedom of Information -
Photographic metadata helps convict officer over arrest of journalist
Photographic evidence recently helped a New York trial judge find a New York City police officer guilty of fabricating a… -
New D.C. bodycam policies too restrictive, critics testify
Open-government advocates warned District of Columbia officials last week that exemption of all police body-worn camera footage showing "assaults" will…