The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today announced the recipients of the 2026 Freedom of the Press Awards, ...

Today, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press announced the recipients of the 2025 Freedom of the Press Awards, hosted this year by Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent and the former anchor ...

The Freedom of the Press Awards return Oct. 14 to celebrate leaders in journalism and media law. The 2026 Freedom of the Press Awards will be held on Oct. 14, 2026, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New ...

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is urging the Federal Communications Commission to find that interviews on ABC’s daytime talk show “The View” are exempt from an agency rule that ...

Background: In a notice issued on Jan. 16, 2026, the Federal Aviation Administration imposed sweeping, nationwide flight restrictions that bar drones from flying within 3,000 lateral feet and 1,000 ...

A person walks into the One Franklin Square Building, home of The Washington Post newspaper, June 21, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) On Friday night, a federal court in Virginia ...

This guide helps journalists understand their rights at protests and how to avoid arrest when reporting on these events. Note: This guide was published in 2018 and most recently updated in December ...

Recent legislation has trended toward more robust protections for defendants in SLAPP suits. South Dakota became the sixteenth state to enact a version of the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act ...

Background: In 2005, 15-year-old King Young Brown Jr. was convicted in connection with the 2002 killing of a 6-year-old girl in Greenville, Mississippi, after two mistrials resulted in hung juries.

Georgia Broad, vague or burdensome requests may trigger certain of the Act’s fee provisions. As amended in 2012, the Act now provides that, “In any instance in which an agency will seek costs in ...

For more than 15 years, Jim Scott, a retired Navy public relations official and son of columnist Paul J. Scott, has been seeking details on “Project Mockingbird,” a CIA wiretapping operation in the ...