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Public records
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Journalism organizations offer data government blocked from public
Another development in the protest by three key journalism groups to the Obama administration’s decision to block public access to…
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AHCJ, other journalism organizations protest removal of data from public website
The Association of Health Care Journalists, joined by the Society of Professional Journalists and Investigative Reporters and Editors, sent a…
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Reporter finds the story behind food code violations
All the time that The Muskegon Chronicle‘s Brian McVicar has been spending with his county health department’s inspection records has…
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Public becoming more active in pursuit of goverment information, media less active
The public’s interest in government transparency is growing and citizens are “becoming more active in asserting their right to government…
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Reporter’s investigation exposes inefficient charity
In the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jane Friedmann used simple tax documents and a local woman’s complaint to show that most…
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For Hawaii reporter, scarce nursing home inspections become the story
The Honolulu Star Advertiser‘s Rob Perez reports that, thanks to cutbacks, Hawaii has failed to meet federal standards for “evaluating…
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Troubled Mont. nursing home illustrates special federal status
Reporters looking to implement the tricks they picked up at AHCJ 2011 or one of our workshops can look to…
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Hot pipes lead reporter to radioactive aquifer
Mark Greenblatt, reporter for KHOU-Houston, reports that officials in Central Texas have been alarmed to discover high levels of radiation…
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Reporter checks records, hits facility with news of looming closure
After picking up new tools and techniques at Health Journalism 2011, reporter Sarah Bruyn Jones returned to The Roanoke Times…
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Officials, reporters offer conflicting advice on getting public documents
By Michelle Rupe Eubanks For AHCJ The fight by journalists to obtain public documents isn’t likely to get any easier,…