News/Media Alliance Joins 30 Groups on Letter in Support of Strengthening New York’s Freedom of Information Law
As part of Sunshine week, on March 11, 2024, the Alliance joined a letter with a coalition of groups urging the New York legislature and Governor Hochul to pass a package of legislation that would strengthen New York’s Freedom of ... Read More
Journalists’ Rights Still Hang in the Balance as We Observe Another Sunshine in Government Week
This Sunshine in Government Week, journalists’ rights still hang in the balance. The News/Media Alliance continues to support journalist efforts to increase government transparency and protections for journalists ... Read More
Celebrating 60 Years of Free Speech Thanks to This One Pivotal Supreme Court Case
This month, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of one of the most important Supreme Court cases – New York Times v. Sullivan – that significantly shaped free speech protections for the press and the public at large ... Read More
Alliance Joins Brief Supporting NPR’s Request for Access to Prison Execution Tapes
On February 1, 2024, the Alliance joined a brief in National Public Radio (“NPR”) v. Virginia Department of Corrections (“Va. Doc”), filed in the Virginia Court of Appeals in support of NPR’s attempt to obtain audio tapes of former executions ... Read More
