FOI news from The Associated Press
The Associated Press regularly reports on free press, FOI and media access issues. You can read highlights of that coverage below.

  2006 AP FOI NEWS AND MEDIA ACCESS STORIES
   
12/31/2006 International media group says 2006 worst year for killing of journalists, media workers
12/29/2006 Freelance reporters fight subpoena in court-martial of soldier
12/28/2006 Elon to host center for open government coalition
12/26/2006 Government gives up New York fight with ACLU over secret document
12/26/2006 Cheney to be defense witness in CIA leak trial
12/26/2006 U.N. Security Council condemns attacks on journalists in armed conflicts
12/21/2006 McKenna proposes 'Sunshine Committee'
12/20/2006 Murder leading cause of journalists killed in Iraq in 2006
12/13/2006 News media groups make plea for Texas shield law
12/13/2006 Relatives and friends bury AP cameraman killed in northern city of Mosul
12/12/2006 AP cameraman killed by insurgents in northern city of Mosul
12/12/2006 Imprisoned Myanmar journalist among winners of media freedom prize
12/08/2006 Rights group: China leads world in jailing journalists, with 31 behind bars
12/07/2006 Study: Journalists jailed around the world for Internet work on the rise
12/05/2006 San Francisco Chronicle defends right to protect confidential sources
12/05/2006 New York Times asks judge to dismiss anthrax libel suit
12/05/2006 China relaxes rules on foreign media but not for Chinese reporters
11/30/2006 Iraq's Interior Ministry forms unit to monitor news coverage, threatens legal action
11/30/2006 AP declines to accept restrictions on photographs of Victoria Beckham
11/27/2006 Court turns down New York Times in leak investigation
11/27/2006 Justice Department watchdog to review domestic spying program
11/20/2006 Turkish leftists storm Associated Press office; police arrest 29 demonstrators
11/18/2006 Opening of archive likely to spur new generation of Holocaust scholarship
11/18/2006 Judge bars N.Y. Times from using sources in defense against lawsuit
11/17/2006 U.S. military plans new compound at Guantanamo to hold war crimes trials
11/16/2006 Court orders Pennsylvania loan agency to make public its spending records
11/14/2006 Government: U.S. Taliban soldiers deserves privacy for writings
11/14/2006 Danish journalists on trial for publishing leaked intelligence reports on Iraq
11/14/2006 Russian court overturns acquittal of 3 accused in U.S. journalist's death
11/08/2006 New York Times must disclose sources on anthrax
10/31/2006 Panel: Journalists must fight for access
10/31/2006 British Defense Ministry bars news channel from embedding reporters
10/27/2006 Appeals court overturns reporting restrictions after challenge from AP and others in Britain
10/27/2006 Media consortium loses bid to force Ohio to clarify guidelines on exit polling
10/25/2006 AP and Colorado Press Association test the Colorado Open Records Act
10/24/2006 Kidnapped AP photographer freed in Gaza
10/24/2006 Federal judge throws out Florida law restricting exit polls; news groups file complaint in Ohio
10/20/2006 Federal judge in Florida questions constitutionality of Florida's exit poll limit
10/13/2006 Coroner says U.S. forces unlawfully killed British journalist in Iraq
10/13/2006 Reporters in Iraq face snipers, roadside bombs and kidnappings
10/11/2006 News organizations sue over Nevada law that bars exit polls near voting places
10/03/2006 Newspaper organization: Press freedom losing ground in Western hemisphere
09/30/2006 AP, 5 TV networks challenge Florida law barring exit polls near voting places
09/26/2006 News groups win lawsuit in Ohio over poll access; dispute began in 2004 election
09/22/2006 San Francisco reporters to appeal jail order for not revealing BALCO source
09/20/2006 The Detention of AP Photographer Bilal Hussein
09/20/2006 NY judge orders release of info on Guantanamo detainees who were disciplined or mistreated
09/20/2006 Bush administration opposes shield law for reporters
09/20/2006 Ohio governor campaigns agree to allow photo coverage during debate
09/19/2006 Gonzales calls for law to require Internet companies to preserve customer data
09/19/2006 Pentagon defends its detention of Associated Press photographer
09/17/2006 U.S. military holds AP photographer in Iraq 5 months without charges
09/14/2006 China defends media market controls, tries to reassure financial subscribers
09/14/2006 Media organizations, state institute settle lawsuit in Iowa
09/12/2006 Court upholds contempt citation against journalist over G-8 protest
09/12/2006 China's news controls may shut out foreign media and give Xinhua a boost
09/12/2006 Armitage says he was source in CIA leak
09/12/2006 Feds, reporters reach deal in Bonds leak case
09/06/2006 Report: Government secrecy dips but still near all-time highs
08/31/2006 Pentagon moves toward monitoring media's Iraq coverage
08/15/2006 California lawmakers pass bill extending press freedom to college journalists
08/14/2006 AP Centerpiece: Newspaper settlement left unresolved issues
08/05/2006 Journalists in San Francisco protest growing pressure to reveal sources
08/01/2006 Federal appeals court says prosecutors may see New York Times phone records
07/27/2006 Media loses bid to have publication ban lifted in terror suspect hearings
07/19/2006 Israeli censor wields great power over coverage of rocket attacks
06/23/2006 Lawsuit claims spy agency now determining what's news
05/16/2006 Pentagon hands over list of all Guantanamo Bay detainees at AP request
05/03/2006 Fallen Journalists Remembered
05/03/2006 North Korea, Myanmar and Turkmenistan top list of 10 'Most Censored Countries'
04/21/2006 Pentagon confirmation of Guantanamo detainees prompts complaints from other countries
04/19/2006 Pentagon releases names of Guantanamo detainees
04/18/2006 In anthrax lawsuit, lawyers ask reporters to disclose federal sources
04/17/2006 National Archives promised to avoid attention to removal of CIA documents
04/12/2006 SEC adopts new policy on media subpoenas following controversy
04/12/2006 Archives agreed to pull Pentagon, CIA records from public view
04/04/2006 Newly released Pentagon documents reflect anger, anguish of Guantanamo Bay detainees
03/16/2006 Libby lawyers subpoena reporters, news organizations
03/15/2006 Judge to order Google to relinquish some data
03/15/2006 The Guantanamo Bay documents: from the Pentagon to the public
03/13/2006 AP files lawsuit seeking documents of all Guantanamo detainees
03/09/2006 Bush signs renewal of Patriot Act into law
03/08/2006 Media access to permit holders' names only link to public in Ohio
03/08/2006 Business writers' group backs SEC stance on subpoenas
03/07/2006 SEC will adopt new policy on media subpoenas following controversy, chairman says
03/07/2006 Intelligence agencies, National Archives to meet over reclassified documents
03/07/2006 Americans flunk quiz on five freedoms guaranteed by First Amendment
03/07/2006 Study: Media organizations sued less but pay more in damages
03/06/2006 AP sues for access to Lindh's petitions to cut his prison sentence
03/06/2006 AP, others join fight to force open FEMA records
03/04/2006 Timeline of AP's lawsuit seeking information related to Guantanamo detainees
03/03/2006 U.S. reveals details on Guantanamo detainees after AP FOIA lawsuit
02/27/2006 New York Times sues Department of Defense for eavesdrop documents
02/23/2006 U.S. judge orders government to release Guantanamo detainee information
02/07/2006 More than half of Guantanamo detainees not accused of hostile acts
01/31/2006 Supreme Court urged to consider journalists' anonymous sources case
01/04/2006 Judge: Government cannot hide Guantanamo detainee identities on privacy grounds
  SUNSHINE WEEK 2006
  Sunshine Week 2006: March 12-18
03/15/2006 AP Enterprise: Guantanamo transcripts paint a portrait of detainees, but much is cloudy
03/14/2006 AP chief talks to journalists, lawmakers about open government
03/13/2006 An $18,000 flight: Citizens use open records laws to reveal government missteps
03/13/2006 AP review finds federal government missing deadlines and time limits
03/12/2006 Two polls find public worries about government secrecy -- and when it goes too far
03/12/2006 By the numbers: How states are changing the public's access to government information
03/12/2006 AP Enterprise: States steadily restricting government information available to public
03/12/2006 Associated Press CEO Tom Curley discusses Sunshine Week 2006
03/09/2006 Governor proclaims 'Sunshine Week' in Iowa
03/08/2006

Press Release: FOIA advocates named to national hall of fame
03/07/2006 AP's Sunshine Week 2006 National Story Advisory
02/01/2006 Hodding Carter named honorary chairman for Sunshine Week

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