The ‘Free State of Florida’ is watching — and withholding
Domestic ‘terror’ legislation compounds Florida’s free speech backslide
US Virgin Islands need transparency to weed out corruption
Use our action center to tell officials there to fix the territory’s archaic public records laws
FPF urges Congress not to rubber-stamp Pentagon secrecy
Blanket FOIA exemption would hide unclassified records from the public. That’s dangerous and unnecessary
Jay Clayton is a threat to press freedom
Plus: How attacks on radical outlets endanger all journalism
Now confirmed as DNI, Jay Clayton is threat to press freedom
If Clayton is willing to break DOJ policy at Donald Trump’s request and then lie about it, what will he do now that he’s in charge of an incredibly powerful surveillance apparatus?
It sure looks like Jay Clayton lied to Congress about the NYT subpoenas
Clayton may be the next DNI. But his willingness to disregard press freedom rules to appease the president makes him unfit to serve in the role
New prize rewards making public records truly public
Plus: DOJ’s losing streak continues
MSG revives legal theory that once haunted ‘60 Minutes’
Journalists don’t lose First Amendment protections just because a source signed an NDA
House subpoena of BreakThrough News threatens press freedom
Abusing congressional subpoena power to target a news outlet whose coverage a committee chair doesn’t like undermines core press freedom guarantees.
New $25K ‘Penlight’ journalism award honors paywall-free FOIA reporting
The Penlight Prize celebrates paywall-free reporting based on records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act or state public records laws.
