"The government seizure of reporters’ records hurts the public and raises serious First Amendment concerns," said RCFP ...

Perhaps most importantly, follow dispersal orders and other police directives. If the police do stop you, try to record your ...

LNP Media Group, represented by an RCFP attorney, seeks to unseal the autopsy report related to the mysterious 2003 death of ...

We may have finally found a way to force agencies to stop preventing employees from speaking with the news media.

Police departments across the nation are implementing body-worn camera programs in an effort to create a more objective record of officers’ activities. As recent news events have proved, these videos ...

RCFP and the Knight Institute argue that warrantless searches of electronic devices at the border violate the First and ...

The repeal of Section 50-a provides the press and public access to police misconduct records, regardless of when those ...

Answers are not meant to be relied upon as legal advice specific to any reader’s situation, but are for informational… Answers are not meant to be relied upon as legal advice specific to any reader’s ...

President Barack Obama’s recent assertion of executive privilege in the investigation into Operation Fast and Furious highlights the difficulty journalists can face when invocation of the ...

AP Photo The privacy suit brought by wrestler Hulk Hogan against Gawker will examine whether a videotape was newsworthy. What… When deciding whether to publish certain content, members of the news ...

The Reporter’s Recording Guide provides a summary of the recording laws (which restrict the recording and dissemination of phone calls and in-person conversations) and hidden camera laws (which ...

From the Spring 2001 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 4. From the Spring 2001 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 4. Over the past several months, the Orlando Sentinel weathered criticism ...