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Tips for making a public records request in Massachusetts

Posted by  on 24 May 2013, 4:10 pm

As someone who has filed many Massachusetts public records requests, I have developed certain narratives that help me get the records I need for my reporting. I would like to share them with you.

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Digital Journalism Must Focus on Traditional Media Virtues, Balboni Tells NEFAC Luncheon

Posted by  on 12 April 2013, 2:21 am

The “relentless focus” on building an audience must not overwhelm digital journalism’s obligation to report complex issues and investigate public and private corruption, GlobalPost co-founder and CEO Philip Balboni said Wednesday.

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First Hamblett award winner Anthony Lewis dies

Posted by  on 25 March 2013, 7:49 pm

Anthony Lewis, the first recipient of the Stephen Hamblett First Amendment Award, has died. Lewis’s wife, Margaret H. Marshall, a retired chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, told The New York Times that Lewis, 85, the cause was complications from renal and heart failure.

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Sunshine Week panel examines Citizens United decision

Posted by  on 12 March 2013, 9:43 pm

By Rosanna Cavanagh, executive director, NEFAC Suffolk Law School’s NEFAC chapter hosted a panel discussion as part of NEFAC’s observance of Sunshine Week entitled, The Donation Heard Around the World:  Citizens United and Its Effects on the 2012 Presidential Election.  The panelists included Jeff Clements, author of “Corporations Are Not People,” Pam Wilmot, executive director of [...]

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