Journalist Maya Lau, co-represented by RCFP attorneys, sued LA County for unlawfully investigating her in retaliation for her reporting. Journalist Maya Lau. (Photo by Kira Bayankina) A federal judge ...

Anti-SLAPP laws provide defendants a way to quickly dismiss meritless lawsuits — known as SLAPPs or strategic lawsuits against public participation — filed against them for exercising speech, press, ...

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press recognizes journalism and media law leaders at its annual Freedom of the Press Awards. The event is a highlight of our year where friends, honorees, ...

“I am looking forward to closing the door on this chapter in my life and beginning a new one," Kesha said after the settlement. (Photo by Anthony Quintano) Pop star Kesha and music producer Dr. Luke ...

Background: In 2017, the Los Angeles Times published an investigation by Maya Lau and two of her colleagues uncovering a list of hundreds of Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies with histories of ...

Background: In 2021, one of two announcers used a racist slur during a livestream broadcast of a high school girls basketball game. The Oklahoman published an online article about the incident and the ...

A decade after the last FOIA reform, RCFP shares its wishlist for improving the well-intended but deeply flawed law.

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 ...

The 2025 Freedom of the Press Awards were held on Oct. 15, 2025, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York. The cocktail reception was at 6:00 p.m., and dinner and program began at 7:00 p.m. Judy Woodruff, ...

Journalist Michael Balter had been covering the Croton-Harmon Union Free School District for several months when school officials went silent in the spring of 2024. The school district in Westchester ...

A reporter covering the flood in Des Moines was arrested Saturday morning on charges of trespassing and interference with official acts. Todd E. Erzen, a six-year veteran of The Des Moines Register, ...

Adam A. Marshall is the director of national litigation at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. His work includes litigation in federal and state courts and training journalists on ...