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Abbott, Stan – 1983
In requesting after action reports--Pentagon-prepared summaries of interviews between reporters and Pentagon officials--investigative reporter Jack Taylor both aroused Pentagon opposition and created a rift between the Pentagon press corps and outside reporters. To investigate whether the full-time Pentagon press corps was reporting as…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Disclosure, Interviews, Journalism
Cook, Betsy B. – 1989
Encountering an aggressive student press can be an intimidating and frustrating experience for an administrator. By understanding the rights and responsibilities of a college newspaper staff, administrators can improve their relationships with the press, as well as benefit themselves by using the newspaper to inform campus groups of important…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrators, Higher Education, Journalism
Freedom of Information Center, Columbia, MO. – 1978
This booklet was published in observance of the twentieth year of the Freedom of Information Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia. It includes seven speeches about the right to know or freedom of information movement that seeks to end government secrecy. The authors of the speeches are: Paul Fisher, who discusses the history of the…
Descriptors: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Confidential Records, Democracy
Peer reviewedUllmann, John; List, Karen – Journalism Quarterly, 1985
Examines the Reagan administration's use of cost as an argument for amending the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Finds two general problems with the argument: (1) incomplete, inconsistent, and inaccurate reporting of FOIA costs and (2) agency attitudes that affected the cost estimates they presented. (FL)
Descriptors: Costs, Federal Regulation, Freedom of Speech, Government Role
Download full textAssociation for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1994
The Media and Law section of this collection of conference presentations contains the following 11 papers: "Independent State Constitutional Analysis of Public Concern and Opinion Issues in Defamation Litigation, 1977-1993" (James Parramore); "The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992: Will Sun…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Court Litigation, Electronic Mail, Feminism
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1998
The Law section of the Proceedings contains the following 13 papers: "Link Law: The Evolving Law of Internet Hyperlinks" (Mark Sableman); "Bits, Bytes and the Right to Know: How the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Holds the Key to Public Access to a Wealth of Useful Government Databases" (Martin E. Halstuk);…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Computer Mediated Communication, Freedom of Information, Government Role
PDF pending restorationAssociation for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1997
The Law section of the Proceedings contains the following 10 papers: "Protection without a Shield: Revisiting the Journalist's Common Law Privilege" (Laurence B. Alexander); "Burning the Global Village: The Constitutionality of State Laws Regulating Indecency in Cyberspace" (Dolores L. Flamiano); "Of Jellyfish and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Civil Liberties, Freedom of Information, Internet
Freedom of Information Center, Columbia, MO. – 1978
Entries in this annotated bibliography and index include information on the following: 389 Freedom of Information Center Reports, 38 summary papers, 8 independent papers funded by a grant from the American Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation, and 15 position papers. The reports discuss a number of issues involved in mass communication…
Descriptors: Advertising, Annotated Bibliographies, Broadcast Industry, Broadcast Television
Pritchard, David – 1982
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a limited tool for science reporters seeking information about federally funded university research. The act applies only to information that is considered a "record" in possession of an "agency," both as defined by the act. Most university research and most universities do not meet the…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Confidential Records, Confidentiality, Court Litigation
