Accessing the black hole of the CIA
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I am a reporter, and I have a question re: FOIA requests for CIA files. Specifically, I would like the…
I am looking for the penal code in California for my right to cross a police line for news photography.…
Is it legal for schools to restrict newspaper photographers from shooting students whose parents have filled out forms stating that…
We have been having difficulty getting access to photographing firefighting efforts on a National Forest within the state for a…
Do reporters have to sign in to interview students/teachers on public school campuses?
I freelance for a community newspaper and I cover anything that goes on in one city. I have been trying…
Does Penal Code section 632 (a) include a speakerphone conversation in the definition of “electronic amplifying”? I use speakerphone while…
Our station has created a series vignettes. These are interviews (in Spanish) with people in all walks of life who…
There is an arraignment to be held later today in a hospital room. I’m a reporter and I anticipate barriers…
I am reporting a story on law enforcement agencies encoding police dispatch calls and rendering useless police scanners used by…