The recordings helped dispel rumors about the police response to a mass shooting in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, last year.

Several New York Times journalists received subpoenas seeking their testimony before a grand jury.

Changing the terms of foreign journalists' visas might appear subtle, but it can have profound implications for press freedom ...

Background: In April 2026, The Morning Call reporter Lindsay Weber filed a request under Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law ...

A Tennessee judge has blocked the juvenile court in Memphis, Tennessee, from enforcing a policy that unlawfully shuts journalists out of juvenile delinquency proceedings, a decision that could result ...

Background: The West Baton Rouge Independent is a small news outlet in Louisiana. John Summers is the publisher, editor, and sole reporter for the outlet, which he started in May 2025. In March 2026, ...

District of Columbia Although the Open Meetings Act does not specifically address meetings conducted by text message, it applies to meetings held by any "means of communication." D.C. Code Ann. § ...

Although media access to federal and state prisons and the inmates they house may not be constitutionally guaranteed, state law… Although media access to federal and state prisons and the inmates they ...

Arkansas Death certificates are exempt from the FOIA. They can only be disclosed for research purposes, and the disclosure of information that would identify a person or an institution can only be ...