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Wednesday, January 31, 2007 11:22 AM

Sarah Olson subpeona dropped

See story at Concord Monitor    A San Francisco-based reporter is no longer facing the difficult choice of testifying against a source or going to jail. SPJ  had sent a letter calling for the army to abandon the subpeona.   
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Monday, January 22, 2007 9:32 PM

National FOI Day Conference -- March 16

2007 National FOI Day Conference            The 2007 National FOI Day Conference will be held as usual this year on March 16. The venue for this year’s event will change, however, from the rooftop
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Saturday, January 20, 2007 12:11 AM

Armenian journalists ciritical of three-year-old FOI law

Read more at Armenia NowThe Freedom of Information Law of Armenia adopted in 2003 is good, but its application is not good enough. This opinion dominated the “Freedom of Information” workshop in Tsaghkadzor on January 17-18 attended by more
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Saturday, January 20, 2007 12:06 AM

A public meeting by any other name is still a public meeting

Read more at the Flint JournalGENESEE COUNTY, Mich. - Members of the county Board of Commissioners will stop "leadership" meetings held behind closed doors, ending a long-standing practice that shut the public out of discussions on sometimes controversial
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Saturday, January 20, 2007 12:01 AM

Judge: allow reporter into future news conferences

Associated Press via First Amendment Center TOLEDO, Ohio — A federal judge has told the mayor’s office that a radio reporter who was barred from attending a news conference must be allowed into future news events. U.S. District Judge James Carr
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Friday, January 19, 2007 11:55 PM

Is it really the Sunshine State?

TALLAHASSEE - As Florida legislators complimented each other for what they considered unprecedented bipartisan openness as they hash out insurance reform, a panel of House members met quietly Thursday to discuss education policy in a meeting
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Friday, January 19, 2007 11:40 PM

Online audio -- Experts speak about shield laws and Sarah Olson case

Women's Radio Editor-In-Chief Pat Lynch speaks with David Greene of The First Amendment Project and Rick Knee with the National Writers Union's Bay Area chapter and  Northern Calilfornia SPJ Sunshine Chair.  David and
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Friday, January 19, 2007 11:29 PM

Sunshine Week to expand reach to Hispanic Community

WASHINGTON— Eight leading journalists from across the country have joined the Sunshine Week 2007 Spanish Language Working Group to promote the importance of open government in the Hispanic community. "As Sunshine Week continues to expand its connections,
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Friday, January 19, 2007 11:22 PM

Big journalism names to lead Sunshine Week, March 11-17

  BEN BRADLEE, TOM BROKAW AND JUDY WOODRUFF ARE HONORARY CHAIRS FOR SUNSHINE WEEK 2007 OPEN GOVT. INITIATIVE   Leading journalists join nationwide effort against unwarranted secrecy; Will participate in Sunshine Week programs March 11-17,
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Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:26 AM

FBI says it will no longer seek Jack Anderson's papers

Associated Press at Editor and PublisherWASHINGTON The FBI has abandoned its effort to recover government documents leaked to Jack Anderson, a longtime investigative reporter who died in December 2005. The documents, which some officials said might
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Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:19 AM

Appeals court: Wisconsin cities violated records laws

Read the full story at WISN-TVMADISON, Wis. -- Three southeastern Wisconsin municipalities violated the state's open records law by handing off requests for property assessment databases to the contractors who compiled them, a state appeals court
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Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:16 AM

S.D. media organizations join records appeal to state Supreme Court

Read the full story in the Argus LeaderSouth Dakota media organizations will take part in an Argus Leader lawsuit that seeks the names of people invited to the governor's annual pheasant hunt.The South Dakota Newspaper Association, The Associated
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007 2:01 AM

Maine's FOI Coalition reports 2006 accomplishments

Mal Leary, Maine SPJ Project Sunshine Chair and Maine FOI Coalition president, reports the work of the Maine FOI Coalition during 2006:►Audits: The Coalition conducted a follow-up to its 2002 public access audit, with mixed findings. We surveyed 89
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007 1:50 AM

Open Meetings Act reform will continue in 2007 Utah Legislature

By Joel Campbell               While advocates for open government and a free press are likely to breathe a little easier this legislative session, there are still some issues
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