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Federal judge restores Voice of America’s broadcast operations, orders 1,000 employees back to work

Last year, RCFP urged courts to block the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle VOA and other federally funded international broadcasters.
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ICE arrest of non-citizen journalist in Tennessee raises serious First Amendment concerns

The arrest and detention of non-citizen reporters can serve as a potent means of suppressing newsgathering and reporting.
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Levine v. Federal Aviation Administration

RCFP attorneys are representing photojournalist Rob Levine in challenging the no fly zone, arguing that it violates the First Amendment.
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Photojournalist challenges FAA’s ban on drone flights near DHS vehicles

Represented by Reporters Committee attorneys Grayson Clary and Adam A. Marshall, Levine argues that there is no means of verifying in advance whether DHS vehicles — such as unmarked cars driven by U.S ...
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Journalist Marisa Kabas discusses her successful fight for bodycam videos of DOGE raid at US Institute of Peace

Through a lawsuit, RCFP attorneys helped Kabas obtain hours of police bodycam footage of the raid. Here’s what it shows. A screen capture from bodycam footage shows two Trump administration officials ...
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Indiana unlawfully withheld execution drug purchasing records, judge rules

An Indiana judge has ruled that the Indiana Department of Correction violated the state public records law when it refused to disclose to the Indiana Capital Chronicle how much it paid for a new ...
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RCFP statement on FBI’s newly unsealed justification for seizing reporter’s electronic devices

A person walks into the One Franklin Square Building, home of The Washington Post newspaper, June 21, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) On Friday night, a federal court in Virginia ...
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RCFP statement on arrests of journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort

Journalist Don Lemon conducts an interview inside a church in Minnesota during a broadcast of his YouTube show. (The Don Lemon Show) Federal agents arrested independent journalists Don Lemon and ...
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Unsealed records shed light on Trump administration’s targeting of noncitizen students, faculty for protected speech

RCFP attorneys co-represented The Intercept and The Center for Investigative Reporting in a successful effort to make the records public. Students at the University of Oregon protest the Trump ...
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Photographer who took photos of neighbors wins legal battle in New York Supreme Court

A New York City family had no basis to sue a photographer who surreptitiously captured images of his neighbors from his own apartment window and later displayed and sold the same images at a public ...
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Breaking down the Gray Lady’s lawsuit against the Pentagon

If you like this post, sign up to get The Nuance newsletter delivered straight to your inbox every month! It’s been two months since virtually the entire Pentagon press corps were forced to turn in ...
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Los Angeles County must face journalist’s challenge to retaliatory investigation, court rules

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 ...