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Month: June 2013

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Inmate Letter to the Editor Details “FOIA Woes” at Dixon Prison

June 2, 2013 FOIA Illinois 0

Sauk Valley Media ran a letter to the editor this week that offers an interesting perspective into the FOIA system from a non-journalist applicant: Tyberius Mays, an inmate at Dixon Correctional Center in Dixon, Ill. The newspaper has for months been covering a series of transparency road blocks encountered by its […]

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SPJ Calls on Attorney General to Uphold Government’s Media Guidelines

June 7, 2013 FOIA Illinois 2

The Society of Professional Journalists went on the offensive Friday over “the possible weakening of existing Department of Justice guidelines governing investigations that involve the news media.” SPJ President Sonny Albarado sent letter to Attorney General Eric Holder in response to the “off the record” meeting Holder offered journalists to […]

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Commentary on “SPJ Calls on Attorney General To Uphold Government’s Media Guidelines”

June 19, 2013 FOIA Illinois 0

Bruce Ruston of the Illinois Times commented on our post “SPJ Calls on Attorney General To Uphold Government’s Media Guidelines.” We wanted to share his thoughts with our readers: Friends, I have been invited to start blogging here, and so I will. My purpose is to prod the SPJ into […]

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