Caitlyn Crites
The day after the 2021 inauguration, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut took to Twitter to declare: âBiden is making transparency cool again.âÂ
This was a head-scratcher for many journalists and transparency advocates. Freedom of Information â the concept that government documents belong to and must be accessible to the people â has never not been cool. Using federal and local public records laws, a single individual can uncover everything from war crimes to health code violations at the local taqueria. How awesome is that? If you need more proof: There was an Australian comic book series called
Southern Squadron: Freedom of Information Act; the classic anime
Feb. 28—BOWLING GREEN — Bowling Green State University administrators' plan to move the student media organizations, including the student newspaper, from the journalism school to the Division of Student Affairs is generating concern. Critics in the faculty say the move could be in the journalism program's better interest, but the plan was hatched without faculty involvement and with too many .