Catsambas will oversee the Reporters Committee’s work building broad coalitions to support journalists’ rights in state and federal courts. Marietta Catsambas has joined the Reporters Committee as a ...

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 ...

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

Background: On Jan. 14, 2026, the FBI executed a search warrant at the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson as part of an investigation into a government contractor charged with illegally ...

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 ...

The Supreme Court and Tenth Circuit have consistently recognized that the public and press have a presumptive First Amendment right of access to judicial proceedings in criminal cases. See Richmond ...

Pre-publication review, or “vetting,” is the process of reviewing news articles, scripts, and footage to address legal concerns. Pre-publication review, or “vetting,” is the process of reviewing news ...

District of Columbia Although the Open Meetings Act does not specifically address meetings conducted by text message, it applies to meetings held by any "means of communication." D.C. Code Ann. § ...

According to two amateur runners from Massachusetts, it took only a picture and two words published on the… According to two amateur runners from Massachusetts, it took only a picture and two words ...

When criminal cases gets media attention, trial courts may curtail the amount of pretrial publicity by imposing gag orders, restricting media reporting or closing courtrooms entirely. The tension ...