Legal Affairs

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.