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 ...

Crediting the government’s theory in Rümeysa Öztürk's case would chill an enormous amount of reporting in the public interest ...

This dangerous new policy could be wielded to silence independent reporting in the public interest about the Pentagon and our ...

Access to information about execution proceedings is not only in the public interest — it is constitutionally required.

The Reporters Committee regularly submits amicus, or “friend-of-the-court,” briefs in state, federal, and U.S. Supreme Court cases where the news media brings an important perspective. Known for ...

Updates: Following the settlement reached between The Oregonian and the city of The Dalles, a Google spokesperson told the Associated Press that the tech company would no longer seek to protect its ...

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, joined by more than 30 news media organizations, is asking the White House to restore the Associated Press’s pool participation and ensure that future ...

Editor’s note: This analysis was updated on May 2 to reflect the Justice Department’s revised regulation published on May 1. On April 25, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memorandum to all U.S.

If you like this post, sign up to get The Nuance newsletter delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday night! For the second time in as many Congresses, the House of Representatives passed last ...

The debate over police radio encryption shows how technology is relevant to First Amendment questions even at the local level. Local governments are starting to encrypt routine police radio ...

The legislation was introduced after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a roundtable discussion on defamation law. (AP photo by Wilfredo Lee) Update: After the defamation legislation failed to pass, ...

On May 23, 2019, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned a superseding indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The indictment adds 17 counts under the Espionage ...