An Indiana judge has ruled that the Indiana Department of Correction violated the state public records law when it refused to ...

Indiana’s public records law does not apply to federal agencies. So if you’re searching for records about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or the U.S. Department of Education, for instance, ...

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 ...

The court “made the right call — and the constitutionally appropriate one — by taking it upon itself to review the material,” ...

RCFP attorneys are representing ProPublica in its effort to access records filed under seal in a now-settled class action ...

The data, which The Guardian obtained with free legal support from RCFP attorneys, undercuts the government’s claim that it is targeting “dangerous criminals.” ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will tackle the issue of prisoners' First Amendment rights, and the news media's ability to gather… The U.S. Supreme Court will tackle the issue of prisoners’ First Amendment ...

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 ...

Journalist Don Lemon conducts an interview inside a church in Minnesota during a broadcast of his YouTube show. (The Don Lemon Show) Federal agents arrested independent journalists Don Lemon and ...

This March 19, 1975, file photo shows the Hughes Glomar Explorer, a 618-foot-long salvage ship built by the eccentric industrialist Howard Hughes, at the Long Beach harbor dock in Los Angeles, Calif.

In a concerning ruling this month, a California Superior Court judge allowed the city of Los Angeles to move forward with a lawsuit seeking to claw back police personnel records that the city itself ...