Use state law to shield newsrooms and reporters from police raids
Federal law limits searches and seizures of journalistic materials, but state law can give even greater protections.
New guide helps journalists know their rights when police come knocking
Guide responds to confusion (at best) among law enforcement and judges evidenced by recent raids of newsrooms and journalists' homes in Kansas and Florida
Press freedom after Marion
FPF spoke with the Lawfare podcast about the police raid on the Marion County Record and protections for journalists
Police use victims’ rights law to hide from scrutiny
Journalists and the public need to know officers’ identities to hold them accountable for their official actions
All eyes are rightfully on Marion, but these ten other press freedom violations also deserve attention
The raid in Kansas was uniquely egregious but it was far from the only newsworthy recent attack on the press
Now is the time to stand with the Marion County Record. Here's how.
Three ways you can support the Marion County Record and press freedom
Outrageous raid in Kansas underscores need for newsroom encryption
Newsrooms must adapt to the new reality that police might ignore the law and Constitution and seize their equipment
Press coalition to courts: Don’t walk back pandemic-era access
Federal courts should continue remote audio access to trials and hearings for public and press
Source protection must survive journalist’s death
The Nevada Supreme Court should bar the search of murdered reporter’s devices
Police dodge journalists by encrypting radio
The NYPD is the latest force to join this anti-transparency trend
