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Call for entries 2016: Spirit of FOI Award

2016-03-02T15:03:38-06:00

The FOI Foundation of Texas is pleased to announce 2016 guidelines for the Nancy Monson Spirit of FOI Award contest. The contest is open to newspaper, broadcast and online media. The Spirit of FOI Award recognizes outstanding work in promoting open government and the public’s right to know. The deadline for electronic submission of entries is Friday, May 6. Nominations must be for work published or broadcast in calendar year 2015. A nomination can be a single news story or series; an editorial or series of editorials; columns; editorial cartoons; or a community FOI project. There is a limit of one [...]

Call for entries 2016: Spirit of FOI Award2016-03-02T15:03:38-06:00

Deadline for entering Spirit of FOI Award contest is Friday

2015-05-04T15:07:56-05:00

Texas journalists have until Friday to enter the 2015 Spirit of FOI Award contest, which recognizes outstanding efforts to promote open government and the First Amendment. This year's contest is open to newspaper, radio and television stations and online news organizations. Entries must have been published or broadcast in 2014. Winners will be honored at the FOI Foundation of Texas annual conference Sept. 17 in Austin. Click here for contest details. The deadline for entries is midnight Friday, May 8.

Deadline for entering Spirit of FOI Award contest is Friday2015-05-04T15:07:56-05:00

Spirit of FOI Awards open to broadcast, online and newspaper entries

2015-04-02T14:00:16-05:00

The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas is seeking entries for the annual Spirit of FOI Awards, which recognize outstanding journalism promoting open government and the public's right to know. This year the awards are open to television and radio stations and online news organizations as well as newspapers. Eligible work must have been published in 2014. Winners will be honored at the FOI Foundation of Texas annual conference Sept. 17 and will be chosen from two size categories: news organizations in markets over 500,000 population and those under 500,000 population. For more details go to the Spirit of FOI Award [...]

Spirit of FOI Awards open to broadcast, online and newspaper entries2015-04-02T14:00:16-05:00

Donnis Baggett to receive FOI Foundation’s James Madison Award at Sept. 12 conference

2014-09-02T19:09:41-05:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 2, 2014 AUSTIN - Donnis Baggett, whose career has spanned more than 40 years in Texas journalism, is the recipient of the 2014 James Madison Award presented by the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. The award goes to those who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to upholding the principles of the First Amendment. It will be presented Sept. 12 during the John Henry Faulk Awards Luncheon at the foundation’s Bernard and Audre Rapoport State Conference in Austin. Baggett, the executive vice president of the Texas Press Association, leads the association’s governmental affairs program, focusing on protecting open [...]

Donnis Baggett to receive FOI Foundation’s James Madison Award at Sept. 12 conference2014-09-02T19:09:41-05:00

FOI Foundation honors Robert and Maureen Decherd

2014-03-31T15:09:07-05:00

G.J. McCarthy/Staff Photographer Maureen and Robert Decherd accepted the John Henry Faulk Award for Civic Virtue on Friday from Paul Watler of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. By Christina Rosales The Dallas Morning News Originally published March 28, 2014 Robert and Maureen Decherd received the John Henry Faulk Award for Civic Virtue Friday from the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. The former chairman, president and chief executive of The Dallas Morning News’ parent company, A.H. Belo Corporation, was a founder of the foundation that honored him. He served as its first president from 1978 to 1981. The foundation periodically bestows [...]

FOI Foundation honors Robert and Maureen Decherd2014-03-31T15:09:07-05:00

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