Despite the steady decline in daily newspaper editorials, a longtime editor suggests ways for news organizations to restore the spirit of editorials that can hold public officials accountable.
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The resignation of Paul Brereton reflects flaws in how we set up our integrity agencies. Here are 3 ways to ensure these bodies are truly independent.
A little under a year ago, Michelle Rowland, who was then communications minister, had to make a humiliating retreat, she now might just have to make another
Juries now decide only a tiny share of civil and criminal trials in the US – and that hurts democracy.
The Albanese government’s proposed FOI reforms attempt to update decades-old laws. Some of it is needed, but other parts severely threaten government transparency.
After years of anecdotes, data provides a fuller picture of government agencies hiding their work from the public they ostensibly serve.
The history and weight of US press freedom played a powerful, but unacknowledged, role in the conviction of Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd.
One more casualty of the coronavirus pandemic: open government. Since the crisis began, local, state and federal officials throughout the United States have locked down information from the public.
Government produces millions of pages of records every day: studies, reports, memos, emails, budgets and more. These reports belong to the public, but increasingly, lawmakers are trying to hide them.
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Director of the Brechner Freedom of Information Project, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida
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Assistant Professor of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon
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Director of the Free Speech Center, Middle Tennessee State University
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Associate Professor of Law, Member of Deakin Cyber and the Centre for Law as Protection, Deakin University, Deakin University
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Charles F. Rechlin Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, Cornell University
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Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW
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Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
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Associate Professor of Public Law, The University of Melbourne