On behalf of BusinessDen, Reporters Committee Colorado-based attorney Rachael Johnson sued the town clerk for access to the ...

Documents obtained by The Guardian and The Associated Press indicate that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lied to Congress when he said ...

On behalf of journalist Jackie Botts, Reporters Committee attorneys argue that ICE and other agencies violated the Freedom of ...

The Freedom of Information Act is an invaluable tool for reporters to access public records from federal agencies. But government officials frequently exploit FOIA’s flaws to keep records secret, ...

If the charges are upheld, federal officials would gain a powerful tool to suppress news reporting in the public interest. Minnesota-based independent journalist Georgia Fort speaks to reporters and ...

Evan Osnos, left, a Livingston Awards national judge and staff writer at The New Yorker, presents the 2026 Livingston Award for local reporting to William Skipworth, a reporter for the New Hampshire ...

Background: In February 2026, journalist Marc Perrusquia, director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis, submitted a public records request to the Tennessee ...

A Reporters Committee attorney helped Blue Surveillance obtain video documenting an officer holding a gun to an unarmed man’s head. A screen grab from police bodycam footage obtained by Blue ...

Background: In May 2026, reporter Delaney Nolan of the nonprofit news outlet The Lens submitted a public records request to the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency ...

The actions “constituted an egregious affront to the First Amendment right of the press and public to access court proceedings.” The Reporters Committee is condemning both a Louisiana judge’s decision ...

Background: Following their coverage of an immigration enforcement protest at a Minnesota church in January 2026, independent journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon were arrested by federal ...