In March 2026, Summers submitted a request to West Baton Rouge’s fire district for public records related to its response to ...

Journalist David Cantor, represented by RCFP attorneys, is suing the VA Department of Corrections for taser logs.

The Army and NORTHCOM violated FOIA by failing to disclose records concerning First Amendment-related training provided to ...

The excessive or indiscriminate use of force against journalists can chill news reporting on matters of public concern, RCFP argues.

The Local Legal Initiative provides local news organizations with the direct legal services they need to pursue enterprise and investigative stories in their communities. If you’re a journalist that ...

The FAA dropped the drone restrictions after RCFP attorneys sued the agency on behalf of photojournalist Rob Levine.

Publishers' right to report defamatory documents from judicial proceedings strengthened by federal appellate court ruling From the Winter 2004 issue… Publishers’ right to report defamatory documents ...

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As we’ve written time and again, every federal court of appeals to address the question agrees: The First Amendment protects your right to film police officers engaged in the performance of their ...

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to provide a documentary film company with a recording of Elon Musk’s 2018 testimony before the agency as part of its securities ...

This March 19, 1975, file photo shows the Hughes Glomar Explorer, a 618-foot-long salvage ship built by the eccentric industrialist Howard Hughes, at the Long Beach harbor dock in Los Angeles, Calif.

Earlier this month, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press created a visualization of the uptick over the last decade in news media “leak” prosecutions — that is, criminal cases against ...