The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

In 2023, the police raid on the Marion County Record made national headlines. Reporters from across the country converged on the rural town of Marion, Kansas, to report on the seizure of the newsroom’s electronic devices, as well...

Attorneys from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press are representing three news outlets in a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Pennsylvania State University policy that censors the speech of the school’s trustees, making it harder for journalists to report news about the state’s largest university.

In a

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and its Journalist Assistance Network partners condemn the Russian Ministry of Justice for labeling the Committee to Protect Journalists as an 

Illinois lawmakers have passed a first-of-its-kind bill intended to insulate non-student public media organizations run by public universities from undue political influence or pressure.

Approved by the Illinois Senate on Wednesday, the

On May 11, The Wall Street Journal reported that federal prosecutors subpoenaed its journalists as part of a federal leak investigation in connection with its reporting on U.S. m...