The recordings helped dispel rumors about the police response to a mass shooting in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, last year.

In response to the decision by the U.S. Department of Justice to withdraw subpoenas issued to New York Times reporters after a hearing today, Reporters Committee President Bruce D. Brown made the ...

Changing the terms of foreign journalists' visas might appear subtle, but it can have profound implications for press freedom ...

The First Circuit, which is comprised of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island, recognizes a qualified privilege for reporters. Application of the privilege is determined ...

On Saturday, The New York Times reported that several of its journalists had received subpoenas seeking their testimony before a grand jury in Manhattan, issued by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern ...

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.

Records in the case were made public after a yearslong legal battle RCFP attorneys waged on behalf of three newsrooms. Reporters Committee Staff Attorney Grayson Clary argues before the U.S. Court of ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals in New York (2nd Cir.) vacated Tuesday a $1.2 million indecency fine the Federal Communications Commission levied against ABC for nudity in a 2003 episode of “NYPD Blue.” In ...

Today, the U.S. Department of Justice released the findings from its Inspector General investigation into the use of subpoenas and other legal authorities in leak investigations to obtain ...

Reporters Committee Vice President of Policy Gabe Rottman (L) speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Feb. 23, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) An attorney from the ...