Opinion

Pressures Force the Emergence of a New Journalism

Journalism often appears to thrill to the sense of being in crisis, but pressures on it now truly seem to fit the bill. On one side, it’s screwed down tighter…
December 15, 2004
Edward Wasserman

Tips About FOIA Filings

FOIA for the FOIA logs. Not only do they contain clues to stories, but also reporters will discover fascinating/ entertaining requests. One CIA log, for example, showed a requester had…
September 15, 2004
Rob Walters

Journalists Act to Combat Government Secrecy

Today journalists are observing a growing culture of secrecy in Washington and the use of “national security” to justify restricted access and sometimes complete closure throughout all areas of government.…
September 15, 2004
Pete Weitzel

The Steady March of Government Secrecy

Journalists strategize to gain access to information the public has a right to know.
September 15, 2004
Pete Weitzel

Using Public Records Laws to Expose Government Misdeeds

For one journalist, it took 20 years, lots of research, and several court decisions to uncover the FBI’s abuses of power and secrecy on a campus during the cold war.
September 15, 2004
Seth Rosenfeld

Documentaries Raise Questions Journalists Should Ask Themselves

‘Have they delved deeply enough into issues surrounding the nation’s war on terror and its homeland security?’
September 15, 2004
Rose Economou

‘Infoganda’ in Uniform

The Bush administration creates media outlets to tell its story.
September 15, 2004
Charles Zewe

‘Homeland’

A journalist reveals America in the wake of the September 11th attacks.
September 15, 2004
Dale Maharidge

When FOIA Requests Become a Reporting Habit

At the York Daily Record/Sunday News, reporters don’t hesitate to push agencies for undisclosed information.
September 15, 2004
Rob Walters

CBS Lets the Pentagon Taint Its News Process

In acquiescing to government requests for two broadcast delays, CBS News erred.
September 15, 2004
Stephen J. Berry