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News/Media Alliance Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Expanded Access to Police Personnel Records

On November 15, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 26 media organizations in an amicus brief in the New York Court of Appeals in NYP Holdings v. NYPD in support of the lower court’s holding that the repeal of New York Civil Rights Law Section 50-a allows for access to police personnel records regardless of when those records were made.

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News/Media Alliance Joins Coalition Letter Calling for Charges Against Journalist Covering Demonstration to be Dropped

On October 22, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined a coalition of media organizations in a letter, led by Freedom of the Press Foundation, to New York District Attorney Gary Pasqua urging him to drop all charges against Indian Time reporter Isaac White, who was arrested at a land claim demonstration in New York on May 21, 2024.

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ITC Approves Tariffs on Aluminum Printing Plates

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) determined on October 22 that a U.S. industry is materially injured by imports of aluminum lithographic printing plates from China and Japan that the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) established are sold at less than fair value and subsidized by the government of China.

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News/Media Alliance Joins Coalition Letter Urging Administration to Prioritize Drone Rulemaking

On October 3, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined a coalition of news media organizations in a letter to senior policymakers urging the Administration to prioritize the publication of a proposed rulemaking to enable routine unmanned aircraft system (“drones”) beyond visual line of sight (“BVLOS”) operations in the U.S. national airspace system.

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News/Media Alliance and 100+ Media and Press Rights Organizations Call on Congress to Advance the PRESS Act

On October 8, 2024, the News/Media Alliance joined letters of support for the ‘Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act’ (PRESS Act), led by Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and joined by 107 news media and press rights organizations, including almost every state press association across the country.

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