He co-founded the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and served as its executive director from 1970 to 1985.
--Lucy Dalglish of the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press on attempts by the FBI to remove classified material that may be in the file of the late columnist Jack Anderson.
--Lucy Dalglish The
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the PressLucy Dalglish, executive director of the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, is particularly enthusiastic about a provision that would force agencies to pay the legal fees of people who successfully petition the courts for access to information.
The
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and other media advocates are pushing for a federal shield law.
And she also won a lifetime achievement First Amendment Award from the
Reporters Committee for Freedom Of the Press. "If you're not scared, you should be," she said at the awards ceremony for the reporters group, according to Jesse Oxfeld of Editor and Publisher.
Professional organizations like the Investigative Reporters and Editors run FOIA workshops, and the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press's useful Internet site includes an automatic FOIA letter-generator that makes filing a snap (http://www.rcfp.org/).
Jane Kirtley, executive director of the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, said the very existence of the proposed agreement is an admission of how weak the media's position is now.
The AP has joined the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in filing the suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press along with a consumer advocacy group and others asked the U.S.
Many groups help advocate for open records, such as SPJ and The
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. The Committee's Web site has links to the Open Government Guide and a FOIA letter generator that can be a useful tool.