The Reporters Committee is about to start suing people to help journalists September 16, 2014 By Jonathan Peters Katie Townsend joins the organization as its first litigation director
Reporter faces jail time for scoop in gruesome murder case August 14, 2014 By Rui Kaneya A sensational homicide trial in Illinois tests the boundary of the state’s shield law
How the First Amendment challenge to lethal-injection secrecy came together May 16, 2014 By Deron Lee Media organizations take the transparency fight to court in Missouri
What can we do when a state FOI law takes a hit? April 30, 2014 By Corey Hutchins West Virginia media are struggling to figure that out after a court ruling that a dissenting justice called "a step backward"
Strange bedfellows: Climate change deniers, newspapers partner in a FOIA fight March 17, 2014 By Alexis Sobel Fitts Public information laws have forged an unlikely team in Penn State climate scientist Michael Mann’s quest to keep his emails private
