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Immigration · Gaza

4th Circuit lifts court access restrictions in high-profile immigration case

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

A federal appeals court has agreed to lift restrictions that prevent the press and public from accessing electronic court records filed in a high-profile immigration case. In an order issued on Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted a motion The Intercept filed earlier this week with free legal support from attorneys at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. The news outlet’s motion had asked the appeals co…Read Article

Immigration crackdown reveals grave threat to press freedom

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

If you like this post, sign up to get The Nuance newsletter delivered straight to your inbox every month! Headlines abound about the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown against students alleged to have engaged in speech or protest activity regarding Israel and Gaza. Such cases include Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts graduate student who was taken into immigration custody after co-writing an op-ed criticizing the university’s policies on Israel,…Gaza · Gaza Read Article

Judge rules Aurora Police violated state law by not releasing unaltered body camera footage of fatal shooting

100% Center coverage: 5 sources

An Aurora Police officer shot and killed Kylin Lewis in May 2024. The department has not released the full body camera footage from the officers involved.Mike Coffman · Aurora See the Story

Penn State, Spotlight PA Settle Lawsuit in ‘Important Win for Transparency’

100% Center coverage: 7 sources

Penn State University’s Board of Trustees will complete a training on the state’s open meetings law and disclose more information about its closed-door gatherings as part of a settlement with Spotlight PA. The agreement, signed last week, ends a case the newsroom, in partnership with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, brought against the board in December 2023 for alleged violations of the Sunshine Act, the state law mandating tra…Basketball · Pennsylvania See the Story

Paula Knudsen Burke: Tireless champion for press freedom, transparency in Pennsylvania

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Paula Knudsen Burke, attorney for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, is on the frontlines of the battle for government transparency and accountability in Pennsylvania. Local journalists, newsrooms, and the Pennsylvanians they inform are all better for it. Last year alone, Burke represented local media in lawsuits that shook loose public records about oversight of the state’s medical marijuana program, a prison contractor’s wrongf…Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia Read Article

TMJ4 pursues legal action after St. Francis superintendent blocks reporter from filming public meeting

50% Center coverage: 4 sources

TMJ4 is taking legal action after the St. Francis School District superintendent, Deborah Kerr, prevented TMJ4 from filming a public school board meeting Monday evening.See the Story

RCFP announces 2025 Freedom of the Press Award recipients

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Today, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press announced the recipients of the 2025 Freedom of the Press Awards, hosted this year by Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent and the former anchor and managing editor of the PBS News Hour. The Freedom of the Press Awards recognize the accomplishments of leaders in the news media and legal fields whose work embodies the values of the First Amendment. The 2025 honorees are: Amanda Bennett, form…New York State · New York Read Article

Former L.A. Times Reporter Sues County, Alleges Retaliation by LASD

75% Center coverage: 4 sources

A former Los Angeles Times reporter is suing Los Angeles County, former Sheriff Alex Villanueva and others for allegedly violating her First Amendment rights as a journalist by subjecting her to retaliatory investigations. In 2017, Maya Lau and two of her colleagues published a story about the Brady List, a secret list of approximately 300 deputies accused of misconduct. "At a time of widespread debate around police misconduct, Ms. Lau’s coverag…Journalism · Los Angeles See the Story

Records Shed Light on Questionable Spending at Memphis Transit Agency

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Memphis Area Transit Authority executives spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on travel, hotels, and dinners while the agency battled financial issues that culminated in the announcement of a $60 million deficit last year, according to new reporting from WREG Memphis. Public records that WREG investigative reporter Jessica Gertler obtained with free legal support from an attorney at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press s…Mississippi · Mississippi See the Story

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