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Journalists who lie on employment applications to gain access to private facilities for newsgathering activities are not protected by… Journalists who lie on employment applications to gain access to ...

From the Summer 2009 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 4. Compared with the rest of the… From the Summer 2009 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 4. Compared with the rest of the American ...

The Reporter’s Recording Guide provides a summary of the recording laws (which restrict the recording and dissemination of phone calls and in-person conversations) and hidden camera laws (which ...

Short for strategic lawsuits against public participation, SLAPPs have become an all-too-common tool for intimidating and silencing criticism through expensive, baseless legal proceedings. Anti-SLAPP ...

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 ...

President Barack Obama’s recent assertion of executive privilege in the investigation into Operation Fast and Furious highlights the difficulty journalists can face when invocation of the ...

Adam A. Marshall is a senior staff attorney at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. His work includes litigation in federal and state courts and training journalists on government ...

From the Winter 2003 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 10. From the Winter 2003 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 10. At first glance, the British photographer may have appeared as just ...

With the 2024 election behind us, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is looking ahead to Donald Trump’s second term as president and how it will impact press freedom and the public’s ...

The fair report privilege may not be the best legal approach in defending journalists from defamation suits. From the Summer… The fair report privilege may not be the best legal approach in defending ...