The Online News Association Board of Directors collaborates with media law experts to formulate positions on legal issues that impact our members and other digital journalists. We focus on championing … Read more.
Legal affairs at ONA: 2021 Year in Review
Championing access to information, government transparency and journalists' safety and security
The Online News Association’s Board of Directors collaborates with media law experts to formulate positions on legal issues that impact our members and other digital journalists. We focus on championing … Read more.
Championing access to information and government transparency: 2020 legal affairs in review
Updates from the Online News Association's Legal Affairs Committee
In 2020, the Online News Association (ONA) pressed for access to records and proceedings in the U.S. that would help the public understand stories of local and national importance. We … Read more.
Legal affairs at ONA: 2019 Year in Review
Updates from the Online News Association's Legal Affairs Committee
The Online News Association (ONA) collaborated with press organizations and publishers throughout 2019 to help support digital journalists telling stories of public importance. Here is a snapshot of some of … Read more.
Statement of the American Society of News Editors, the Associated Press Media Editors and the Online News Association on the revocation of Jim Acosta’s White House press pass
On Wednesday afternoon, the President of the United States engaged in another unprovoked verbal attack on the news media during a post-election press conference. Wednesday night, the White House took … Read more.
Recap: Here’s how we advocated for press freedom in 2017
The Legal Affairs Committee joined over 22 amicus efforts in state and federal courts in 2017, protecting the ability of digital journalists to inform the public and continue to create … Read more.
ONA urges FCC to preserve an open internet
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Online News Association and five journalism and transparency organizations urge the Federal Communications Commission to halt its push to end net neutrality and hold hearings to … Read more.
Press organizations pledge to strengthen journalism community in World Press Freedom Day statement
World Press Freedom Day 2017 arrives at a time when press institutions worldwide are under siege from forces that are both political and economic. Combined, these forces threaten democratic society … Read more.
Legal updates: July–Dec 2016
Below is a summary of legal updates from the second half of 2016: Nov. 16, 2016 ONA joined a coalition of media organizations in a letter to President-elect Trump requesting … Read more.
Legal updates: Jan–June 2016
Below is a summary of legal updates from the first half of 2016: June 27, 2016 ONA joined a challenge to Idaho’s “ag gag” law, which restricts a broad range … Read more.