ProPublica reported last month that a middleman firm helped private investors with addresses in China, Hong Kong, and Russia buy stakes in Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX, including a businessman ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Background: In May 2025, Gov. Bill Lee signed into law SB 30, which makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet of a law enforcement officer after being told to stay back in certain situations. The ...

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, ...