Category: PIO Project
Documents and events related to work done dealing with PIOs in government offices.
Foxhall representing SPJ on panel during Yale Law School annual Access & Accountability conference Oct. 1-2
Access & Accountability 2021: Seize the Day is the theme for the annual conference that brings together “law school clinicians, investigative journalists, practicing lawyers, academics, and activists to focus on…
Court orders CDC to release Trump administration policies restricting employees’ ability to speak to press and public
From the Knight Institute FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2021 CONTACT: Lorraine Kenny, Knight First Amendment Institute NEW YORK — A federal court today ordered the Centers for Disease Control…
Collection of articles on ‘Censorship by PIO’
Each of these articles is from the blog PR Office Censorship by Kathryn Foxhall. She is, perhaps, the foremost authority on the issue of censorship via public information officers. Anyone…
We’re at an ‘existential moment for journalism,’ national SPJ President Matt Hall tells town hall attendees
By Selma Khenissimember of DC Pro Chapter board of directors Society of Professional Journalists Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter President Randy Showstack invited national SPJ President Matt Hall to lead a…
Chapter calls on area senators to use confirmation process to ensure access to government officials, protect press freedoms
November 23, 2020 – The Washington, D.C. chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists today called on the U.S. Senators from Virginia and Maryland to use the confirmation process to…