| Freedom of Information
The Iowa Newspaper Association is a staunch
advocate of maintaining the state of a free press in Iowa. INA
celebrates the importance of freedom of information as a benefit
to all Iowans.
INA works with the Iowa Freedom
of Information Council to promote the First Amendment and
openness in government.
The IFOIC has created the Openness Defense Fund
to provide support for litigation and educational programs to
better acquaint Iowans with the Iowa laws on meetings of governmental
agencies and on access to government records. Find out more about
the Openness Defense Fund here.
If you are a journalist wanting to find out
more about Iowa’s open meetings laws or the rights journalists
hold, check out the Iowa Access
Guide or Open
Meetings Open Records Handbook.
Another great resource for newspaper
professionas are the Sunshine Advisories released by the
Iowa Attorney General's office each month. Click
here to view the recent Sunshine Advisories.
Read
a presentation given before the Iowa Legislature in February 2007, by Kathleen
Richardson, executive secretary of the IFOIC.
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