Freedom of Information Foundation’s Student Project Results in Record Fine
ashleywp2013-09-03T00:09:57-05:00AUSTIN, TEXAS – Friday, November 6, 2009: When Erin Cooper was a journalism student at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, in the Fall of 2006, she participated in a student program of The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. The Foundation’s program is called the “Light of Day” project. Journalism faculty at Texas’ universities participate in the Foundation’s statewide topic to teach students how to use public records, including the state’s Open Records Act, to get information that government agencies might not otherwise provide willingly. Little did Cooper know that her curiosity about unrevealed crimes at Tarleton State would lead to [...]