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At any given time several distinct crawls are running, some for months, and some every day or longer.
View the web archive through the Wayback Machine.
This year has been a time of particular turmoil for the news media, economically and in threats to the press freedom this nation is founded upon. Both of these factors have had a significant impact on the Reporters Committee, and we need your help.
The OGG is a comprehensive overview of open records and open meetings laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Users can cross-reference and compare the laws in different states or simply get an in-depth analysis of one state.
A U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. has ruled that while a federal agency must conduct an adequate search for records when responding to a federal Freedom of Information Act request, the agency is not necessarily required to search every...
The maker of the iPhone and iPad failed to convince a federal judge in California that court documents in its lawsuit against a maker of Mac computer clones should remain shielded from public view.
Nearly all the court documents related to a Pennsylvania health insurer’s agreement to take over a hospital network will soon be released, after a federal judge in Pittsburgh recently ruled that the claimed “highly confidential”...
The court could have compelled a reporter to testify as a witness in a patient's lawsuit against her plastic surgeons who handed over her partially nude photographs to a Missouri newspaper, a federal court of appeals has ruled.
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has written to the U.S. Marshals Service asking it to clarify its position on the release of federal booking photographs under the federal Freedom of Information Act. Specifically, the Reporters...
The Place to Start
The Digital Journalist's Legal Guide has the answers and links to Reporters Committee resources for all your questions about the legal issues involved in gathering and disseminating news.
FOIA Services
Find everything you need to file a public record request, including the Reporters Committtee Automatic FOIA Letter Generator and links to our federal and state Open Government Guides.
Our Mission
To protect the right to gather and distribute news; to keep government accountable by ensuring access to public records, meetings and courtrooms; and to preserve the principles of free speech and unfettered press, as guaranteed by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
