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Access to Electronic Records
A State by State Guide to Obtaining Government Data
Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
Published: 2003
Reporters have a tool that allows them to report on entire populations and do original analysis on a subject for their stories, rather than relying solely on anecdotes. Computer-assisted reporting helps journalists do important stories that otherwise would not be covered.
Access to knowledge movement
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Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
Decision not file charges in CIA video destruction deals new setback to right to information
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
Published: 2010
The decision not to file charges against any of the CIA officers who destroyed 92 videos of interrogations in secret CIA prisons has dealt a new blow to the search for truth in a matter of public interest and to the public’s right of access.
Freedom of information
Connexipedia Article
Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
Information Access
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Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
The Secret Secret
Of Wikileaks and Literacy
Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
Published: 2010
Only those with proper clearances can participate in discussions that affect significant aspects of our lives. Certain technological achievements, our collective ethical decisions (torture, secret prisons, air strikes, etc.), our collective behavior towards other nations and peoples (foreign policy discussions) and more are often obscured by state secrecy. Like the medieval clergy, those holding classified clearances are the sole legitimate interpreters of the 'really important' knowledge. In effect, they are a caste that guides our political and technological cosmologies.
12 States Sign World's First Treaty on Access to Information
What About the Other 35 Council of Europe Member States?
Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
Published: 2009
12 European countries today became the first states to sign the Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents.
U.S. Public Records Law
Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
Published: 2008
Documents and other data are often the building blocks of a great investigative report. So understanding and using laws that give you access to such information are necessary tools of the trade.

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