Open letter to Washington Post: Controls on press access at FDA meant baby formula shortage not reported before there was a crisis

From PR Office Censorship, a blog by Kathryn Foxhall, freedom of information advocate and member of the board of directors of the SPJ Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter Open Letter to…

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Gatekeeping continues to prevent the flow of government information to journalists, public

PRESS RELEASE March 14, 2022 CONTACT:Kathryn Foxhall, SPJ Freedom of Information Committee Vice Chair, 301-779-8239, kfoxhall@verizon.netJennifer Royer, SPJ Director of Communications and Marketing, 317-361-4134, jroyer@spj.org INDIANAPOLIS – Editor’s Note: The following column was…

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What to do when public information officers restrict access to school information? Panel to advise, March 16

  (Information is from the National Press Club Journalism Institute) America’s public schools are coming under unusually strong attention from the general public — scrutiny communities typically rely on journalists…

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