It’s the latest victory in an RCFP attorney’s efforts to enforce the state’s landmark police accountability law.

Oklahoma Watch, represented by an RCFP attorney, seeks “black box” data from a law enforcement vehicle that was involved in a ...

WHQR reported the new details using public records obtained with free legal support from an attorney at the Reporters ...

Journalists who lie on employment applications to gain access to private facilities for newsgathering activities are not protected by the First Amendment and may be liable for trespass or other ...

A rule blocks remote public access to records filed in immigration cases, complicating journalists’ efforts to cover ...

A growing consensus of courts have recognized a constitutional right to record government officials engaged in their duties in a public place. This First Amendment right to record generally ...

This guide helps journalists understand their rights and avoid arrest when reporting at protests by summarizing the legal landscape.

AS 12.65.020 provides that the state medical examiner may perform a post-mortem examination, including an autopsy, necessary to make a proper determination of the cause of death and to complete the ...

This RCFP guide helps journalists understand legal issues they may encounter while reporting on immigration enforcement and deportation.

Instead of receiving responses to their requests for government records under the California Public Records Act, some journalists and news outlets have been served with lawsuits seeking to keep ...

Since before the nation’s founding, the idea that the identities of jurors would be known not just to the parties before a court but also to the community at large has been a fundamental principle of ...

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 ...