
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

Guide responds to confusion (at best) among law enforcement and judges evidenced by recent raids of newsrooms and journalists' homes in Kansas and Florida

FPF spoke with the Lawfare podcast about the police raid on the Marion County Record and protections for journalists

Journalists and the public need to know officers’ identities to hold them accountable for their official actions

People often ask us how they can help advance press freedom and push back against censorship, seizures of reporter’s equipment, and other violations. Some options include reaching out directly to lawmakers and public officials, amplifying social media content, and donating to press freedom organizations like Freedom of the Press Foundation …

The raid in Kansas was uniquely egregious but it was far from the only newsworthy recent attack on the press

Three ways you can support the Marion County Record and press freedom

Authorities finally did the right thing, but the Record never should have been raided in the first place

Newsrooms must adapt to the new reality that police might ignore the law and Constitution and seize their equipment

Federal courts should continue remote audio access to trials and hearings for public and press

Equipment seizures could stop local paper from publishing