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🎉 We're excited to announce the recipients of the 2024 Freedom of the Press Awards!
For their commitment and contributions to
#pressfreedom
,
@rcfp
will recognize
@SteveEngelberg
,
@Maria_Hinojosa
,
@josie_huang
,
@mazsidahmed
,
@sisiwei
, and
@CovingtonLLP
!
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UPDATE: Tonight a New York appellate court vacated the restraining order against Simon & Schuster, publisher of the forthcoming book written by the president's niece. Read the decision here:
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We condemn the president's statement depicting physical violence against the press. Statement from RCFP's Brown:
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Attn journos covering Capitol Hill protests: Law enforcement cannot make you delete footage. Call our Legal Defense Hotline: 800-336-4243
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The LA County Sheriff's Department's announcement that it has launched a criminal investigation into a journalist because of her reporting is appalling. This blatantly retaliatory conduct aimed at
@latimes
&
@AleneTchek
violates the First Amendment.
@katie_rcfp
's full statement:
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To all journalists working around the clock to keep the public informed and communities safer during
#Harvey
: thank you.
As their TV station flooded,
@BrandiKHOU
&
@KHOU_MSandoval
stayed on air—and helped deputies rescue a driver
@KHOU
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Today's comments are beneath the office of the presidency and threaten
#FirstAmendment
freedoms:
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Last night’s assault on a
@BBC
cameraman is an assault on our shared First Amendment values, & sadly it’s not the first.
This troubling trend of physical & verbal attacks on our free press must end. No journalist should face violence for doing their job.
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It’s because of his determination to support journalists, like Jim Acosta and Brian Karem, and media organizations facing a wide array of First Amendment matters that we’re proud to honor
@BoutrousTed
with a Freedom of the Press Award this May.
#RCFP50
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.
@katie_rcfp
spoke to
@maddow
about the LA County Sheriff's Dept.'s purported investigation into reporter
@AleneTchek
.
"The public needs that kind of reporting to hold law enforcement accountable. The public should be outraged by the [dept.'s] attempt to silence that reporting."
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Today, in a unanimous decision, a panel of judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled for
@BrianKarem
in his challenge to White House credentialing policies: . The decision upholds the rights of press covering the White House.
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We are deeply honored to be recognized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and beyond grateful for this truly transformative gift!
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BREAKING:
@rcfp
files motion in the Eastern District of Virginia to unseal the U.S. government's criminal charges against Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange after the existence of a criminal complaint was revealed in a separate court filing:
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We're thrilled to announce the 2020 Freedom of the Press Award recipients... 🥁
@rcfp
will recognize Amal Clooney,
@NewYorker
's
@JaneMayerNYer
,
@gibsondunn
's
@BoutrousTed
,
@miamiherald
's
@jkbjournalist
, and Rising Star
@LauraC_Moscoso
of
@cpipr
.
#RCFP50
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We sent a letter to a Texas prison today urging it to allow journalists to interview Reality Winner, the first person under the current administration to be sentenced to prison under the Espionage Act for leaking classified information to a news outlet.
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Breaking news:
@LAist
's
@josie_huang
, represented by attorneys from
@rcfp
and
@gibsondunn
, reached a settlement with LA County and the LA County Sheriff’s Department that sets a new benchmark for journalists whose rights are violated by law enforcement.
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Today, a state court in New York entered a
#priorrestraint
against
@nytimes
ordering it to restrain from "further disseminating or publishing any of Project Veritas' 'privileged materials'" in its possession, pending a court hearing next week.
Full statement from Bruce Brown:
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#WithoutFOIA
from
@Fahrenthold
, you wouldn’t know the Secret Service was charged as much as $650/night for rooms at Trump properties. Or that
@Oversightdems
asked Secret Service to hand over accounts of payments to Trump’s company. (via
@washingtonpost
)
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"Once the White House decides to let reporters in, it has to have fair processes in place."
Read more from
@rcfp
's
@gabe_rottman
and Jordan Murov-Goodman about the D.C. District Court's decision to reinstate
@BrianKarem
's security credentials.
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"Jane is possessed of a drive to know the truth and to not take a half an answer for an answer," said
@NewYorker
Editor David Remnick.
We’re thrilled to honor
@JaneMayerNYer
at this year’s Freedom of the Press Awards.
#RCFP50
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Today,
@rcfp
filed a brief in support of
@BrianKarem
, arguing that the White House must provide meaningful due process before denying, suspending, or revoking a journalist's security credentials, and failure to do so in this case violates settled law:
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Reporters Committee and 34 news media organizations just sent a letter to Marion Chief of Police Gideon Cody following the Aug. 11 raid of the Marion County Record newsroom and publisher's home:
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.
@rcfp
is thrilled to honor White House correspondent
@AprilDRyan
at
#RCFPAwards19
for her ability to "ask the questions that need to be asked and to hold accountable the people who need to give we the people the information that we deserve."
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BREAKING: D.C. Circuit has reversed the D.C. District Court decision in
@rcfp
&
@jasonleopold
’s lawsuit to increase public access to electronic surveillance court records. The case will be sent back to lower court for further consideration.
Full opinion:
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Today Reporters Committee and 20+ partners launched the
@uspresstracker
to document threats to press freedom. MORE:
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As DOJ considers action against leaks, it's important to remember public has right to know what government is doing:
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Journalists covering protests across the country have been deliberately shot at with rubber bullets, tear gassed, pepper sprayed, detained, and arrested by law enforcement officers, and attacked and harassed by protestors.
Statement from
@rcfp
executive director Bruce Brown:
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No journalist should be harassed or attacked for doing their job and bringing us the news.
Report incidents you see to
@rcfp
hotline +
@uspresstracker
.
I was pepper sprayed in the eye while photographing the scene at the Brooklyn Center Police Department. I had cameras & my press credentials clearly in view. It came from the side w/o warning I was shooting so I didn’t even see it coming. This is a GoPro version of the incident.
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Julie K. Brown's award-winning investigative work exposed Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking & revealed abusive conditions in Florida prisons. On Sept. 28,
@rcfp
will proudly recognize
@jkbjournalist
at the 2021 Freedom of the Press Awards.
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“Receiving this award is truly a privilege and an honor, and I will work as hard I can to help keep our press as strong, truthful and free as possible because it is not an exaggeration to say our future depends on it.” Congrats,
@JaneMayerNYer
!
Tune in to the awards at 8 p.m. ET
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Arresting journalists to prevent reporting on a public demonstration is not acceptable.
The press and public have a First Amendment right to record and document police activities, and no journalist should be detained, arrested or charged for doing so.
In my 25 years as a reporter I have NEVER heard police in America actually say “journalists will be arrested” during a protests. But that happened in
#BrooklynCenter
last night. We stayed. The citizens are why we stay. I took this moments aft the announcement
#DaunteWright
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.
@rcfp
is thrilled to be honoring
@newyorker
’s
@JaneMayerNYer
for her accountability journalism and her ability to expose the underpinnings of powerful institutions at this year's Freedom of the Press awards!
#RCFP50
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“When April is asking questions, often times she can cut right through the B.S. of any press secretary or president,” said
@CNN
’s
@Acosta
. More about
@AprilDRyan
's dedication to
#pressfreedom
& why we're honoring her with a
#RCFPAward19
next week!
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that will protect journalists covering protests from arrest or violence.
In a letter to Newsom,
@rcfp
urged the governor to sign the measure.
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The Reporters Committee condemns all of these attacks on reporters by police and protestors. No reporter should be harassed for doing their job and bringing us the news.
Report incidents you see to
@rcfp
hotline +
@uspresstracker
. ⚡️
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BREAKING: Documents obtained by
@rcfp
show that San Francisco police were told not to wear body-worn cameras during last year’s high-profile raid of journalist
@bryanccarmody
’s home.
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Today,
@rcfp
attorneys filed a motion to unseal the search warrant application, supporting affidavit, and other judicial documents related to the Nov. 6 search conducted by federal law enforcement at the home of James O'Keefe, founder of Project Veritas:
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NEW: Today,
@TheJusticeDept
announced historic changes to its news media guidelines prohibiting subpoenas and other types of legal process against the press in all but narrow circumstances.
Full statement from Executive Director Bruce D. Brown:
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Experts say precedent from Robert Sherrill's case in the 1970s — which laid out a series of steps administrations should take to guarantee reporters’ First Amendment rights — could help CNN's Jim Acosta, who was banned from the briefing room last week.
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NEW:
@rcfp
& 115 local, state, national media & news organizations sent a letter urging Minnesota officials to take immediate, concrete steps to end the series of police arrests and attacks on clearly identifiable members of the news media.
Full letter:
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“My heart is so full tonight,” said
@AprilDRyan
#RCFPAwards19
while accepting her award. April also highlighted the importance of press freedom around the world.
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.
@rcfp
mourns the death of Las Vegas
@reviewjournal
reporter Jeff German and sends our deepest condolences to his family and his colleagues for this unfathomable loss.
Statement from Executive Director Bruce D. Brown:
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NEW:
@washingtonpost
reported that the Justice Department under former President Donald Trump secretly obtained the phone records of Post journalists and also tried to obtain journalists' email records.
@rcfp
Executive Director Bruce Brown's statement:
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As
@rcfp
's Bruce Brown and
@gabe_rottman
write for
@lawfare
, "there are decisions
#Garland
can make immediately in pending cases and proactively as well that would help bolster newsgathering protections at a time when they are sorely needed."
Interesting read... Trump’s attacks on the press may have inadvertently strengthened protections for US journalists. As Lawfare writes: “Executive overreach sometimes leads to improvements in the law.”
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Today we highlight
@AprilDRyan
— White House Correspondent, Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks and political analyst for
@CNN
— as one of our
#JournoHeroes
. 📺 She covers racism, equitable opportunities, intersectionality and more ⚖
#badassfemalejourno
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There were at least nine physical assaults against journalists covering the insurrection at the Capitol and related rallies across the country on Wednesday, according to
@uspresstracker
managing editor Kirstin McCudden (
@TrackerKK
).
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James Madison wrote that the “censorial power is in the people over the government, and not in the government over the people.”
@rcfp
executive director Bruce Brown says the new administration has the opportunity to reassert this fundamental principle.
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We’re thrilled to honor
@MiamiHerald
’s
@jkbjournalist
at
#RCFP50
for her dedication to uncovering injustice in the criminal justice system, including breaking stories about abuses in Florida’s prisons, and exposing Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking.
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🎉We are delighted to announce the recipients of
@rcfp
's Freedom of the Press Awards for 2019: David G. Bradley,
@JohnCarreyrou
,
@mitchellreports
,
@AprilDRyan
, and the founders of City Bureau —
@bechang8
,
@d_holli
,
@lenifaye
&
@hdbacklund
.
#RCFPAwards19
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We are proud to honor
@jkbjournalist
at this year’s Freedom of the Press Awards for her work that exposed Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking.
Register now so you can hear directly from this year’s incredible honorees during our free virtual event!
#RCFP50
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"The climate is increasingly dangerous for journalists working to keep us all informed."
@rcfp
Executive Director Bruce Brown's statement on an animated video depicting President Trump physically attacking members of the news media:
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#ICYMI
: Yesterday,
@rcfp
,
@ACLU
&
@knightcolumbia
urged a U.S. judge to dismiss a
@DNC
lawsuit filed against WikiLeaks over the disclosure of private info., arguing that published material — even if acquired illegally — is protected by the
#FirstAmendment
.
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DOJ's announcement on leaks investigations is deeply troubling. Our statement:
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Journalists' ability to protect their sources is essential to bringing important and newsworthy information to light & keeping the public informed.
Tonight, I introduced a bipartisan bill w/
@Jim_Jordan
to protect journalists from being forced to disclose confidential sources.
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The right of the press to freely record and report on the activities of police as racial justice protests continue must be respected.
Journalists should not be arrested for doing their jobs.
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Reporter arrested covering HHS Sec. Price. We're looking into it.
My colleague Dan Heyman
@PNS_WV
was arrested today for trying to ask Tom Price questions about the Republican health-care bill. 1/3
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On Jan. 4, a district judge in the UK, will decide whether to grant the DOJ request for Assange’s extradition to the US for trial. More on what that could mean for journalists reporting on national security in the US:
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Update: We have not received a response to the letter we sent in May that urges a Texas prison to allow interviews by journalists with
#RealityWinner
.
Today, we sent a follow-up letter reiterating the public's benefit in hearing directly from Winner:
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BREAKING: Charges dropped in D.C. "riot" cases against Matthew Hopard, John Keller, and Alexander Rubinstein.
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Today,
@rcfp
+ 64 organizations called on the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to drop all charges against Josie Huang, who was violently arrested over the weekend.
Read the full letter and statement from Executive Director Bruce Brown:
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If we listed every reason why this situation is problematic and outrageous, we'd run out of characters.
It's a clear violation of the First Amendment to arrest and criminally charge a journalist for publishing information lawfully obtained from a source.
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.
@rcfp
announced today that it will launch its Local Legal Initiative this year in Colorado, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania & Tennessee to provide pro bono legal support to local journalists & news outlets pursuing enterprise & investigative journalism.
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We owe a particular debt of gratitude to the professional and brave journalists and photojournalists who risked their safety to document the events as they unfolded.
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“Freedoms are challenged. The challenge of equality and freedom for the press we ever challenged. There needs to be black media in high places asking about the black community.” —
#RCFPAwards19
@AprilDRyan
“My heart is so full tonight,” said
@AprilDRyan
#RCFPAwards19
while accepting her award. April also highlighted the importance of press freedom around the world.
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Updated link:
@rcfp
files motion in the Eastern District of Virginia to unseal the U.S. government's criminal charges against Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange after the existence of a criminal complaint was revealed in a separate court filing.
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We are heartbroken by the tragic news of today's shooting at the Capital Gazette. Our thoughts are with the entire newsroom, the families, friends, colleagues, and communities of the reporters who were killed while doing their jobs.
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A free press informs, opens dialogue, & holds those in power accountable. Visit to learn more about how you can protect your right to know. Because to remain free, we must be informed.
#ProtectPressFreedom
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BREAKING: Following a
#FOIA
lawsuit brought by
@rcfp
, Customs & Border Protection has released records about its demand that Twitter turn over information about the individuals behind the anonymous
@ALT_uscis
account. Read them here:
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In his dismissal of Sarah Palin lawsuit against the
@nytimes
, federal judge stands up for
#pressfreedom
.
A federal judge has dismissed Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against the New York Times
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.
@cpipr
’s
@LauraC_Moscoso
shed light on the death toll discrepancy after Hurricane Maria, among other investigations. We’re proud to recognize her with
@rcfp
’s Rising Star Award at the 2021 Freedom of the Press Awards and 50th anniversary celebration this September!
#RCFP50
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We're thrilled to be honoring
@NBCNews
' Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent
@mitchellreports
for her extensive journalism career and work advocating for the First Amendment rights of journalists at this year's Freedom of the Press awards!
#RCFPAwards19
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@RCFP
Steering Committee Member
@alexgibneyfilm
stopped by
@TheDailyShow
to talk about his new investigative series, "Dirty Money," now available on
@netflix
.
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#NEW
: The federal district court for the Southern District of New York denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s request to seal jury selection records in her criminal case.
Read full the update ⬇️
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We’re thrilled to honor
@MiamiHerald
’s
@jkbjournalist
at
#RCFP50
for her ability to uncover injustice in the criminal justice system, including breaking stories about abuses in Florida’s prisons, and exposing Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking.
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"This settlement upholds the rights of journalists and helps ensure that what happened to me won’t happen to other reporters," said Huang. "My arrest was traumatic, but I hope that some good can still come of this experience."
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BREAKING:
@rcfp
has asked the federal district court for the District of Columbia to authorize the release of grand jury materials "cited, quoted, or referenced" in the report submitted to Attorney General William Barr by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
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These assaults make it harder for reporters to keep the country informed during this period of civil unrest.
🗣️ No reporter should be harassed for doing their job. 🗣️
OUR LATEST DATA:
*192 total press freedom violations*
—31+ arrests
—131 assaults (108 by police, 23 by others)
—30 equipment or newsroom damage.
Assault category breakdown:
45 physical attacks (30 by police)
30 tear gassings
17 pepper sprayings
46 rubber bullet/projectiles
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The Founding Fathers believed in
#pressfreedom
and wrote the First Amendment to guard against tyrants who would attempt to silence speech.
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"An attack on our press is an attack on all of us. I will fight with everything I've got. I've got your back. Ladies & gentlemen, I don't believe in fake news. We can't allow fake information to become the norm." —
@OversightDems
Chairman
@RepCummings
.
#SunshineWeek
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Huang was unlawfully arrested and injured by sheriff’s deputies while covering a 2020 protest in Lynwood, CA—even though she ID'd herself as a journalist and video evidence later showed that she did not interfere in any way.
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The resulting settlement is notable not only because of the amount—$700,000—but because the agreement also imposes training requirements intended to help prevent local law enforcement officials from unlawfully arresting and assaulting journalists in the future.
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Today,
@knightfdn
announced a $10 million investment in
@rcfp
that will enable us to expand the number of staff attorneys working on local issues & grow our network of lawyers providing free legal support. We're grateful for this transformative investment:
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While
@rcfp
is disappointed the court did not reach the merits of our motion, Legal Director
@katie_rcfp
said the court rightly recognized there is a
#FirstAmendment
and common law right of access to the types of court records at issue here.
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We filed an amicus brief today with
@ACLU
and
@knightcolumbia
in DNC v. Russian Federation, urging the court to uphold a core First Amendment protection that is critical to press freedom. Read more about our brief:
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"Seizing a journalist's records sends a terrible message to the public & should never be considered except as the last resort in a truly essential investigation."
Statement from
@rcfp
's Bruce Brown on the DOJ's seizure of journalist Ali Watkins' records:
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📰 In today's
@washingtonpost
, readers will see an ad from Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (
@rcfp
) as part of the
#PressFreedomPartnership
.
Press freedom is at risk in the U.S. Show your support for
#pressfreedom
and the right to know:
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“This is a profession that kind of kicks your ass,” said Freedom of the Press Award Winner
@jkbjournalist
. “These rewards sort of make me feel like it’s a little like getting a hug after getting beat up for so long.” Congratulations, Julie!
Tune in to the awards at 8 p.m. ET.
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.
@rcfp
strongly condemns the Minnesota State Patrol’s arrest of the
@CNN
crew covering the protests in Minneapolis, who responded professionally and appropriately to the situation. The First Amendment protects newsgathering.
Full statement from Executive Director Bruce Brown:
Minnesota police arrest CNN reporter and camera crew as they report from protests in Minneapolis
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