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The News Media and The Law, Summer '12

The new issue examines the transparency records of the presidential candidates.

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Federal FOIA Appeals Guide now online

The Reporters Committee introduces a comprehensive, online guide to appealing federal Freedom of Information Act requests to help journalists navigate the administrative process.

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Photos, speeches from the Reporters Committee 2012 First Amendment Awards Dinner are now online.
Chicago officials violate strict eavesdropping law
11/13/2012
Chicago City Hall officials violated Illinois' strict eavesdropping law when they ‘inadvertently’ recorded conversations with Chicago Tribune reporters without their consent. The Tribune sent the city a letter Friday demanding that...
Kansas Supreme Court allows live streaming, tweeting from state courtrooms
11/08/2012
An amendment to Kansas court rules now lets journalists use laptops and cell phones to report from the courtroom. Reporters still need permission from the presiding judge, but the recent amendment to Rule 1001 clarifies that such devices may be used...
Judge orders unsealing of Watergate documents
11/07/2012
A history professor hopes that a federal court's recent order to release long-sealed Watergate documents will shed light on the motivations behind the infamous 1972 scandal and help set an example for how to unseal court records.
Federal court decides to grant witnesses full access to executions
11/07/2012
A federal judge in Harrisburg, Pa., ruled Tuesday that a protocol limiting the ability of witnesses to see and hear all phases of an execution violates the First Amendment-based right of public access to judicial proceedings. The court in...
Reporters Committee urges court to quash blogger's subpoena in Duke lacrosse cases
11/06/2012
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed a friend-of-the-court brief with several Maine news organizations in U.S. District Court in Maine, seeking a reaffirmation of a journalist’s right to protect his confidential sources in...

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