The legal fellow works directly with journalists and others to help them access public records and government meetings, while also contributing to a range of First Amendment and open-government litigation.
An overview of censorship, defamation and reporter shield laws.
A recap of our live panel discussion about media leak investigations and press freedom.
Honking a car horn as part of a political protest is expressive speech protected by the First Amendment, FAC lawyers tell the Ninth Circuit.
Update: Watch the video on demand. Earlier this month, reports emerged that, under the Trump administration, the U.S. Justice Department sought the phone and email records of several reporters. The record seizures did not contain the content of the messages, but showed who contacted whom and when. None of the reporters who were targeted knew that the government had taken their information, let alone why. Those that knew about the record seizures were forced to
