The Art of Access: Strategies for Acquiring Public Records
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (685 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1604265507 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has been honored by SPJ with a Sunshine Award for his work in FOI, and in 2009 he was named the Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Teacher of the Year. He is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Arizona, teaching computer-assisted reporting, public affairs reporting and access to information. He has earn
--- Pete Weitzel, former managing editor, Miami Herald, and former director of the Coalition of Journalists for Open GovernmentThis clear, concise and timely book provides a step-by-step guide for turning the overhyped rhetoric of transparency into a much-needed reality. --- Steven Aftergood, Director, Project on Government Secrecy . It will help readers become more skillful requesters, and better citizens. This is a guide that can help you turn a public official s right to no into your right to know. --- Clay Calvert, Professor and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication, University of FloridaOpen government laws such as the Freedom of Information Act provide us with powerful political tools, but we don't always know how to use them. This superb handbook distills the most effective techniques for gaining access to official records. Replete with tips from professional journalists, a bevy of relevant websit
With Cuillier and Davis’s strategies, get ready to: overcome roadblocks and illegal denials; better understand government officials’ perspectives so you can more successfully work with them; find more and better online resources and mine them effectively; and write document-based stories that resonate with readers. Appendixes include a comprehensive list of online FOI resources as well as an annotated Record Album that guides you A–Z to records on everything from abandoned buildings and air quality to workplace safety and zoning.. The Art of Access is a how-to guide for putting the law into action and using ingenuity to pry records loose. At the end of each chapter, a Try It! section offers exercises and story ideas that will empower you to start finding and using documents r
A wonderful how-to lesson on public records access Dear Reader,I am a librarian with more than 20 years' experience wrestling public records information from various sources. I also freelance for several newspapers and know how important this information can be for a story.The Art of Access gives citizens a thorough lesson in accessing public records that shine light on what government agencies are up to. For example, you might want to know how to obtain a 911 recording, a video from a l. "Authors' passion for democracy and keeping public safe comes through" according to Sal Nudo. The book "The Art of Access" by David Cuillier and Charles N. Davis explains in detail the methods the average person can use to gain access to public documents that are related to government or tax-funded organizations or entities. From the start, the authors make clear that requesting and being able to have full access to such documents is an American right that should not be overlooked. Further, they explain that requesting and readin. Missing Important Information on Open Government Act of 2007 William Baehr The book is good as far as it goes, but it includes nothing but a mention of The Open Government Act of 2007. The Open Government Act of 2007 is very important because it includes penalties for agencies that take longer than 20 days to respond to FOIA requests.