Cara Smith, the new Illinois Public Access Counselor, received more than 4,100 calls for help during the first 10 months of her job, which started Jan. 1 when the FOIA took effect.
Many of the issues could have been resolved without contacting her office, Smith said, simply with better communication between…
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Our letter also got a mention from Robert Feder here:
http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/10/editor-calls-damage-to-tribune-reputation-‘shameful’/39987
Oct. 15, 2010
Federal Bankruptcy Court
Creditors Committee
Tribune Co. Board of Directors
Tribune Co. Executive Management
The board of directors of the Chicago Headline Club, the local chapter of the nationwide Society of Professional Journalists, strongly objects to the culture of offensiveness that has marginalized…
Smith said it has taken intense negotiation to get the Obama Administration and the Justice Department behind the proposed legislation, and said Republican senators remain “in lockstep” on national security concerns voiced most prominently by U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.)., even though Smith considers such concerns to be a “red…
Police Credentials -New rules that don’t include fingerprints and do include freelancers have been passed in Chicago. However, they won’t start taking effect until the end of this month or beginning of next month, according to Maribel Hernandez at police news affairs. She says technical problems have to be dealt…
FOIA in 2010
Illinois Public Access Counselor Cara Smith will talk about the new law and its challenges.
5 p.m. Thurs. Oct. 14
at
IIT-Chicago Kent College of Law
565 W. Adams St.
Everyone welcome Free No RSVP needed
Co-sponsors of this ninth annual First Amendment Forum include Chicago Headline Club, IIT-Chicago-Kent’s Center for Open Government,
Chicago Journalists Association…
Check out what Ken Davis, the Headline Club’s VP/Programs, is doing:
http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/09/daley-news-jump-starts-ken-davis’-‘chicago-newsroom’/36437
MUNICIPAL CODE OF CHICAGO
CHAPTER 4-328
NEWS MEDIA CREDENTIALS
UNOFFICIAL
4-328-010 Credentials Required.
No person shall be eligible to gain access to areas reserved for the news media for the purpose of gathering and editing spot news or photographing news events unless such person is a legal holder of a news media credential as provided…
Here is a highlights video of the Patch event held at the Illinois Technology Association building in Chicago on Friday, September 24.
Before assessments of Obama’s presidency were made, Ponce asked each of the panelists their thoughts about Mayor Daley’s decision not to seek re-election. All agreed that whoever replaces Daley has a rough road ahead.
Green said that the race would evolve into a type of “tribal politics” with different ethnic and…
Now back at Columbia, where she expects to earn a master’s degree in December, Sarah isn’t sure what her next move will be. Her unpaid internship at the Sun-Times brought her a lot of recognition and a talk with Editor Don Hayner, but no job offer.
The clips that helped…
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