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4 days ago · The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press provides free legal guides and resources to help reporters understand their rights.
RCFP tipsheet helps journalists access immigration records
3 days ago · The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has published a new tipsheet to help journalists access public records while reporting on immigration and deportation.. The tipsheet — available in English and Spanish — comes as President Donald Trump has signed a flurry of immigration-related executive orders, including measures declaring a “national emergency” to potentially deploy ...
RCFP’s 2024 year in review
Dec 12, 2024 · The Reporters Committee, joined by more than 100 media organizations, continued to urge Congress to pass the PRESS Act, a bipartisan shield bill that would establish robust federal protections for the newsgathering rights of journalists.. In letters sent to lawmakers in June and October, the Reporters Committee emphasized the need for legislation that would bar the federal government from ...
What We Do - The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press provides pro bono legal representation, amicus curiae support, and other legal resources to protect First Amendment freedoms and the newsgathering rights of journalists. The Reporters Committee serves news organizations, reporters, editors, documentary filmmakers, media lawyers, and …
Pam Bondi’s record on newsgathering, First Amendment issues
3 days ago · Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.
RCFP’s 2023 year in review - The Reporters Committee for …
Dec 8, 2023 · Clockwise from top left: RCFP Executive Director Bruce D. Brown moderating a panel discussion at the National Constitution Center’s First Amendment Summit (Courtesy of the National Constitution Center); the Marion County Record (AP photo/John Hanna); Jeff German (Photo by K.M. Cannon, Las Vegas Review-Journal); Glenn Cook, executive editor, and Rachel Aston, photographer, for the Las Vegas ...
Reporters Committee urges Congress to pass PRESS Act
Oct 8, 2024 · The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is once again urging members of Congress to pass a bipartisan shield bill that would establish robust federal protections for the newsgathering rights of journalists.
Reporters Committee welcomes new legal and support staff
Oct 18, 2024 · The Reporters Committee regularly files friend-of-the-court briefs and its attorneys represent journalists and news organizations pro bono in court cases that involve First Amendment freedoms, the newsgathering rights of journalists and access to public information. Stay up-to-date on our work by signing up for our newsletters and following us on Bluesky, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and X.
RCFP announces 2024 Freedom of the Press Award honorees
May 9, 2024 · Hinojosa is the Pulitzer Prize-winning founder of Futuro Media, an independent, nonprofit organization based in New York City committed to uplifting voices, stories, and perspectives that have been historically overlooked in the world of audio and multimedia journalism. Futuro Media produces beautiful storytelling and vital reporting that centers Latino and Latina, Black, Indigenous, and ...
Covering the 2024 elections? RCFP’s free legal resources can help.
Feb 29, 2024 · The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today announced the release of its updated Election Legal Guide, which provides an overview of legal issues that journalists may face while reporting on the 2024 election cycle.The guide is one of many free legal resources from the Reporters Committee that journalists can turn to while reporting on this year’s primaries, political conventions ...