Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Levine v. Federal Aviation Administration

RCFP attorneys are representing photojournalist Rob Levine in challenging the no fly zone, arguing that it violates the First Amendment.
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Photojournalist challenges FAA’s ban on drone flights near DHS vehicles

Represented by Reporters Committee attorneys Grayson Clary and Adam A. Marshall, Levine argues that there is no means of ...
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Journalist Marisa Kabas discusses her successful fight for bodycam videos of DOGE raid at US Institute of Peace

Through a lawsuit, RCFP attorneys helped Kabas obtain hours of police bodycam footage of the raid. Here’s what it shows. A screen capture from bodycam footage shows two Trump administration officials ...
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Indiana unlawfully withheld execution drug purchasing records, judge rules

An Indiana judge has ruled that the Indiana Department of Correction violated the state public records law when it refused to ...
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5 tips for making the most out of Indiana’s public records law

Indiana’s public records law does not apply to federal agencies. So if you’re searching for records about the U.S. Department ...
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RCFP statement on FBI’s newly unsealed justification for seizing reporter’s electronic devices

A person walks into the One Franklin Square Building, home of The Washington Post newspaper, June 21, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) On Friday night, a federal court in Virginia ...
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RCFP statement on arrests of journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort

Journalist Don Lemon conducts an interview inside a church in Minnesota during a broadcast of his YouTube show. (The Don Lemon Show) Federal agents arrested independent journalists Don Lemon and ...
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Photographer who took photos of neighbors wins legal battle in New York Supreme Court

A New York City family had no basis to sue a photographer who surreptitiously captured images of his neighbors from his own apartment window and later displayed and sold the same images at a public ...
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Los Angeles County must face journalist’s challenge to retaliatory investigation, court rules

Journalist Maya Lau, co-represented by RCFP attorneys, sued LA County for unlawfully investigating her in retaliation for her reporting. Journalist Maya Lau. (Photo by Kira Bayankina) A federal judge ...
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RCFP’s national litigation program is growing. Meet the longtime RCFP attorney promoted to lead it.

When Adam Marshall joined the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in 2014, the organization was the epitome of a small nonprofit: The team consisted of an executive director, two permanent ...
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Media coalition urges Department of Homeland Security to abandon proposed changes to foreign journalist visas

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 26 media organizations are urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to scrap, or at least revise, a proposed policy that would limit the ...
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RCFP pushes back against Pentagon policy restricting press access

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is pushing back against a new Pentagon policy that threatens to revoke press passes from journalists covering the Pentagon if they attempt to report ...