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Tuesday, December 12, 2006 4:26 PM

SPJ FOI training PowerPoint files now available online

Want to have a quick brown-bag lunch with your news organization on FOI? Check out the FOI training PowerPoint presentations developed by Charles Davis, Joel Campbell and David Cuillier, posted today at http://www.spj.org/foiddnr.asp. The presentations
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006 2:10 PM

Oklahoma State U. students find police records access poor

Matt BarnardStaff WriterThe Oklahoma State University Daily O'Collegian, Published Nov. 30Reprinted with permission Payne County law enforcement agencies are locking up more than just inmates.An investigation by The Daily O’Collegian found multiple
posted by JoelCampbell | 1 Comments
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 12:20 PM

Massachusetts journalists generate document-driven story ideas

Reporters and editors from Eagle-Tribune Publishing papers in suburban Boston gathered Dec. 5 to talk about building document-driven newsrooms as part of an SPJ training program. About 25 journalists discussed records they could pursue to tackle important
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006 11:32 AM

Open records reform: Pa. in a crisis of access

By Teri HenningHenning is general counsel for Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. Reprinted with permission from the Meadville (Pa.) Tribune    MEADVILLE, Pa.— It is well understood that Pennsylvania has one of the worst open records
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006 11:24 AM

Column: Delaware residents need access to Legislative Hall records

Jean P. Skibinski, a member of (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal Community Advisory Board writes: We have created a dictatorship in Delaware, where one individual becomes the decision maker for the entire populace, without our voices ever being heard.
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006 11:17 AM

Oregon Supreme Court ruling needs lawmakers fix

     Bert Teamey, the retired dentist who wanted to know how the Klamath County School District was spending his taxes, has had the door slammed in his face again.     This time, the rebuff came from the
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:35 AM

Federal shield bills ready to expire

Don Meyers, SPJ Stalwart and Editorial Page Editor of the Provo (Utah) Daily Herald wrote the following editorial published Dec. 12. Utah's fourth congressional seat was not the only business Congress left unfinished as it adjourned for the year.
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