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 [...]
Sep
11
Handling death and tragedy with compassion
September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Sarah Rigg
This article first appeared on Associated Content.
In the summer of 2000, my father died by drowning in Lake Superior. He was minor local government official in the community I grew up in, and so his death made the front page of the local newspaper. His death was also mentioned on local TV stations [...]
Aug
15
Four commandments of online journalism
August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Clarence Cromwell
1.) Do your own reporting. This will floor some bloggers, but when I say “journalists,” I’m only talking about people who do their own research. If you take a look around the Web, you’ll see that the best work comes from original reporting. Dig up some documents that need to see daylight, or [...]