The report from the Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy, explores the disconnect between the public, the press and our public institutions, notably government. The report concludes we are in a watershed moment and must make reforms in our media and civic infrastructure. The report advances a series of recommendations aimed at the news media, civic educators and […]
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Knight Institute Calls on Facebook to Lift Restrictions on Digital Journalism and Research
In a letter sent yesterday, the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University asked Facebook to amend its terms of service to establish a “safe harbor” for public-interest journalism and research focused on Facebook’s platform. The Knight Institute sent the letter on behalf of journalists and researchers who study Facebook but whose investigations are impeded […]
Report Documents Florida’s Lack of Accountability for Public Records Requests
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Report Documents Florida’s Lack of Accountability for Public Records Requests Percent of Requests with Fees and Amount Collected Varies Widely from County to County Gainesville, Fla., April 16, 2018 Despite having some of the most open public records laws in the country, Florida’s lack of accountability […]
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Knight FOI Fund contributes to U.S. Circuit Court granting “Educational Requester” status to students
NEWS RELEASE
May 24, 2016
Knight FOI Fund contributes to U.S. Circuit Court ruling granting “Educational Requester” status to students
Knight Foundation NFOIC FOI Fund helps finance plaintiff’s appeal in far-reaching FOIA case
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Knight Foundation Report: Forecasting Freedom of Information
In “Forecasting Freedom of Information,” the work of University of Arizona associate professor of journalism David Cuillier, a survey of 300 people–journalists, advocates, record custodians, technology companies, scholars and freedom of information experts–revealed lengthy delays, ignored requests, excessive fees and, in many cases, an unwillingness to consider producing government records because of outmoded technology.
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Eric Newton: Why we must champion the First Amendment in the digital age
Today, Knight Foundation announced its largest journalism grant ever in creating the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. The institute will seek to understand and explain what First Amendment law is and should be in the digital age, but more than that, it will go to court to preserve and expand free expression.
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Knight Foundation: A news industry ‘less able’ to defend freedom
Not all that long ago, a Florida state law told newspapers what they could publish.
A political candidate could have equal space in a newspaper to reply to criticism. It did not matter if the criticism was true and the reply was false. Equal time was the rule on TV. Florida thought it should apply to newspapers.
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NFOIC and SPJ combine war chests to fight for Freedom of Information
A media consipiracy that’s good for you
by Eric Newton
Each spring for 10 years now, a vast media conspiracy has rolled across the hills and plains of this nation. Journalists of every stripe – cartoonists to commentators to hard news reporters – have been in on it. And not just journalists, but politicians, educators and librarians, as well as members of nonprofits and civic groups.
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NFOIC FOI training proposal receives Knight Foundation grant
News Release
October 17, 2014
Contact: Lara Dieringer, 573-882-4856, DieringerL@missouri.edu
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