April 15, 2011
January 26, 2011
NY Times Mulls Creating 'EZ Pass Lane for Leakers'
January 26, 2011–Despite consternation about Wikileaks' massive dump of State Department memos, most leaks are still legal — and the New York Times apparently thinks such unauthorized disclosures from whistleblowers inside the government may be essential to journalism and democracy.January 12, 2011
Sunshine Week Coming March 13-19, 2011
January 12, 2011–Many publications and groups schedule special stories, reports, panels, or events during this week to promote freedom of information and to exercise their First Amendment rights. Find suggestions at the American Society of News Editors' official Sunshine Week website.November 17, 2010
Journo Groups File Brief in Corporate Privacy Case
November 17, 2010–The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 22 other news media groups intervened in a case where AT&T had challenged the Federal Communications Commission's ruling that exemption 7c of the Freedom of Information Act did not apply to AT&T.October 20, 2010
Feds: People Can Take Photos Outside Court Houses
October 20, 2010–Photojournalists doing environmental stories have been harassed and blocked by federal police for a decade or more when they try to take pictures of federal facilities from public spaces. Now, under a court settlement, the federal government is publicly acknowledging that it is acting illegally when it does this.MSHA Watchdog Journalist Gets FOIA Records After 7 Years
October 20, 2010–Is the federal government covering up mine disasters? The Mine Safety and Health Administration was certainly not going out of its way to dispel that impression when it waited seven years to produce records sought by Ellen Smith, editor of Mine Safety and Health News.October 15, 2010
Book Shelf, Book 1 — How Risky Is It, Really?
October 15, 2010–
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