Ending endless police seizures of journalists’ equipment
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In defense of aggressive small-town newspapers
The decline of local news may be causing small-town officials to forget the role of the Fourth Estate
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Finders keepers? Police illegally seize and refuse to return journalists’ equipment
Police seizure of journalists’ equipment outside the newsroom should draw just as much outrage as the raid on the Marion County Record
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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.
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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
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Press freedom after Marion
FPF spoke with the Lawfare podcast about the police raid on the Marion County Record and protections for journalists
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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
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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
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FPF statement on withdrawal of Kansas search warrant
Authorities finally did the right thing, but the Record never should have been raided in the first place
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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
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FPF statement on alarming police raid of Kansas newspaper
Equipment seizures could stop local paper from publishing
