Police bodycams were meant to deliver transparency, but in Pennsylvania, Act 22 makes that promise harder to keep.

This is an important win not just for LNP but for the promise of transparency in the Commonwealth,” said RCFP Staff Attorney ...

Proposed changes to Puerto Rico’s public records law “would significantly diminish government transparency,” RCFP argues.

When freedom of the press in the U.S. is under threat, journalists know that they have one place to go — the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. When they reach out to our free legal hotline ...

Allowing clawbacks of records released during public records litigation would disincentivize pre-litigation compliance with ...

Author’s Note: The author gratefully acknowledges Ryan R. Relyea (the current and some prior editions) and Azeezat Adeleke, Brian C. Earl, Daniel Heng, Aaron Johansen and John F. Blevins (prior ...

Reform legislation aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the Freedom of Information Act is beginning to look a lot like many FOIA requests: it sits in a queue waiting for official ...

Two years ago, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press launched its Local Legal Initiative, an ambitious effort to expand free legal support for local enterprise and investigative journalism.

Editor’s note: This analysis was updated on May 2 to reflect the Justice Department’s revised regulation published on May 1. On April 25, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memorandum to all U.S.

Police aggressions against journalists covering the protests have proved to be an inflection point for violence against the news media. Ignited by the May 26 police killing of George Floyd, the 2020 ...

On May 23, 2019, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned a superseding indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The indictment adds 17 counts under the Espionage ...

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today announced the recipients of this year’s Freedom of the Press Awards, which recognize the accomplishments of leaders in the news media and legal ...