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FAC Receives James Madison Freedom of Information Award from SPJ NorCal

[…] strategic litigation in Northern California and beyond that led to greater access to government records. From SPJ NorCal's announcement: When San Francisco police raided freelance journalist Bryan Carmody’s home and office and seized his notes, records and professional equipment, FAC jumped in immediately and led a legal fight to unseal the affidavits used to […]

February 7, 2020
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Howey v. City of Fresno

FAC represented Brian Howey, an investigative journalist who was denied police use-of-force records while researching a story about police misconduct. CLOSED
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 16, 2023
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FAC, Committee to Protect Journalists ask San Francisco mayor to protect press freedoms

[…] to ensure press freedom. The letter asked Breed to address police officers' use of five warrants to search the home, office and electronics of freelance journalist Bryan Carmody as part of an investigation into how he obtained a police report. Noting that the mayor in May said that the city should adopt a protocol […]
- Press Freedom
January 21, 2020
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Free Speech And A Free Press Were Under Attack in 2019. But You Made A Difference.

[…] executive director 2019 was a year of grave threats to First Amendment rights. In San Francisco, police raided the home and office of a freelance journalist, Bryan Carmody, seizing his entire newsroom. In Washington, D.C., the Department of Justice blocked efforts to shed light on their seizure of phone and email records from a […]
- Press Freedom
November 18, 2019
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FAC Receives $100k Gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies

[…] seminars for lawyers and journalists on how to respond to civil and criminal subpoenas to journalists. Most recently, FAC arranged for counsel to represent freelance journalist Bryan Carmody, who was subject to illegal search warrants, executed by San Francisco police officers, sparking national outrage from press advocates and others. FAC has also filed a […]
- Free Expression
- Press Freedom
June 20, 2019
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“The Alabama Solution,” The Oaklandside, and Mississippi Today/New York Times/Reveal Honored for Outstanding Contributions to Free Speech and Open Government

[…] Award. They are Ashley McBride and Callie Rhoades of The Oaklandside; Robert Earl Council, Melvin Ray, and Ricardo "Raoul" Poole of "The Alabama Solution" documentary film; and Brian Howey, Jerry Mitchell, Mukta Joshi, Nate Rosenfield, Najib Aminy, and Steph Quinn of Mississippi Today in collaboration with The New York Times' Local Investigations Fellowship and […]

March 2, 2026
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Media Lawyer Aaron Field Joins FAC as Senior Staff Attorney

[…] the Press and the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter (SPJ NorCal) — in moving to unseal search warrant materials in the case of journalist Bryan Carmody, whose apartment was raided by San Francisco Police Department officers in 2019. In Sacramento Bee and Los Angeles Times v. Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, Field brought […]

May 5, 2025
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Wanted by the FBI: Journalists’ phone records showing calls to and from confidential sources.

[…] whom they had called and who had called them—in order to identify a confidential source as part of an apparent leak investigation. Neither ABC nor the reporters, Brian Ross and Richard Esposito, had an opportunity to go to court and try to block the government’s access to the phone records—by the time they found […]
- Press Freedom
June 2, 2009
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Transcript: Protest & Pushback

[…] Code Black Media. The project was directed by Ginny LaRoe of the First Amendment Coalition. For Code Black Media, Giuliana Mayo narrated and produced. Dana Amihere narrated and developed the online presentation. Additional thanks to Brian Skipworth for production assistance and sound design, and to First Amendment Coalition intern Cricket X. Bidleman for her contributions.
- Free Expression
December 6, 2021