Freedom of Information Foundation’s Student Project Results in Record Fine
AUSTIN, 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 [...]
Freedom of Information Foundation Announces James Madison Award Winners At Annual John Henry Faulk Awards Luncheon
Austin, Texas, August 21, 2009 — After more than a decade of efforts involving Texas’ leading journalists, attorneys and other public interest groups, Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis, D-Harris County, and State Rep. Todd Hunter, R-Nueces County and surrounding counties, joined forces to get the state’s first “Free Flow of Information Act” passed during this year’s legislative session. Their efforts garnered the two elected officials the James Madison Award, the highest [...]