Jan
26
States need to adopt Obama-style transparency
January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The fight for open government is not over until somebody takes it to the state capital and to city hall.
President Obama moved quickly on Jan. 21 to make government more transparent, participatory and collaborative. And those are kind of changes we like to hear about.
The only problem is that people in your state capital–and in [...]
Jan
21
Obama enacts far-reaching Freedom-of-Information policy hours after swearing-in
January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment
In the first afternoon of his Presidency, Barack Obama moved to make government more transparent than it has ever been. He not only ordered openness to FOIA requests, but called for release of information before anyone asks for it.
Most of the national dailies have reported that today’s memo directs federal agencies to err on the [...]
Jan
19
Quick hit: Writer resource links
January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Here are a few links I use to get story ideas, leads on markets looking for my kind of pieces, writing advice, etc.
Worldwide Freelance Writer has a variety of articles on freelancing. They also put out a newsletter with tips and markets in it that I subscribe to as well.
Writing World is more focused on [...]
Jan
12
How to Create a Successful Blog - Part 1
January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
By Christine Barry
I’d like to share with you some of the lessons I’ve learned in my last 4 years of blogging. Specifically, I’d like to take you through the steps necessary to build a successful blog, and spare you some of the mistakes that I’ve made along the way. I’ve broken this [...]
Jan
4
The other side of FOIA
January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Our last post on freedom of information laws was a reminder that you have to be determined and persistent when using a FOIA request to get information from the government–even when you are entitled to the information in the first place.
But what about the small number of cases where that approach is less likely to [...]