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.

AP Stories

 

AP CEO Tom Curley's Sept. 30, 2009 Senate Judiciary Committee oral testimony on "Advancing Freedom of Information in the New Era of Responsibility"
   
  AP CEO Tom Curley's Sept. 30, 2009 Senate Judiciary Committee written testimony on "Advancing Freedom of Information in the New Era of Responsibility"
   
  AP CEO Tom Curley's Feb. 6, 2009 William Allen White Lecture
   
  AP CEO Tom Curley's May 7, 2004 Hays Press-Enterprise Lecture
   
  The Case of Bilal Hussein
   
  2009 AP FOI NEWS AND MEDIA ACCESS STORIES
   
10/26/2009 AP files lawsuit over video of grenade detonation
10/23/2009 Judge suspends ban on exit polling near NJ polls
10/16/2009 UK court order: release torture allegation details
10/16/2009 News group asks court to stop NJ exit poll ban
10/14/2009 NCAA documents explain thinking behind plan to strip Fla. State coaches, athletes of wins
10/02/2009 Experts: NJ voting buffer zone ruling won't stand
09/30/2009 Senators, AP's Curley: Gov't still hiding info from public despite Obama's call for openness
09/30/2009 NJ court reinstates voting site buffer zone
09/30/2009 NY judge: CIA can keep 9/11 videotape info secret
09/09/2009 NYT reporter freed; Afghan aide killed in rescue
09/04/2009 AP picture shows pain of Afghan war
08/31/2009 Injured CBS correspondent to be flown to US
08/28/2009 Judge: NCAA must surrender records in FSU scandal
08/28/2009 Army focuses on often stormy media-military ties
08/28/2009 Dutch royals win privacy case against AP
08/27/2009 SEC issues new guidelines on game coverage
08/25/2009 Injured AP photographer moves to Md. rehab center
08/24/2009 Afghan TV journalist gunned down in NW Pakistan
08/19/2009 Afghan media refuse to censor election reporting
08/17/2009 Injured AP photographer in Baltimore hospital
08/14/2009 Dutch royals in privacy lawsuit against AP
08/12/2009 Wounded AP journalists evacuated from Afghanistan
08/05/2009 Freed journalists home in US after NKorea pardon
06/20/2009 New York Times reporter escapes Taliban captivity; AP explains role
06/16/2009 Attempted Iran media clampdown meets Internet age
06/16/2009 Iran bars journalists for foreign media from firsthand reporting on the streets
06/15/2009 Georgian police beat protesters
06/14/2009 Iran puts curbs on media after disputed election
06/08/2009 NKorea sentences US reporters to 12 years of labor
05/19/2009 White House wins court fight on e-mail disclosure
05/15/2009 US journalist freed from Iran arrives in Austria
05/14/2009 NKorea to put US reporters on trial in early June
05/12/2009 Saberi joyful, grateful to be out of Iranian jail
04/27/2009 Most families allow media to cover fallen soldiers
04/21/2009 Iran hints US reporter's sentence may be eased
04/09/2009 Family lets media cover return of fallen Marine
04/09/2009 AP will cover IPL tournament in South Africa
04/06/2009 Pentagon lets media see return of US war dead
03/20/2009 Detained reporters drawn to NKorean refugee story
03/19/2009 Federal data to be released unless harm foreseen
03/13/2009 FBI finds nothing for 2 out of 3 who seek records
03/11/2009 Reporter detained in Iran in good spirits
03/10/2009 Media outlets seek access to detained journalist
02/26/2009 Gates: Family would have to OK photos of war dead
02/17/2009 Despite Obama pledge, Justice defends Bush secrets
02/06/2009 AP CEO Tom Curley urges better press access to military operations
02/05/2009 Pentagon, media clash over control of information
01/22/2009 News access issues concern those covering Obama
01/21/2009 Advocates praise Obama move on disclosure
01/21/2009 Judges in Senate trial OK electronic coverage
01/15/2009 Media seek cameras, recorders in Senate trial
01/09/2009 Iraq insists reporters agree to code of conduct
01/05/2009 US appeals court: Detainee IDs can be secret
01/05/2009 Frustrated reporters locked out of Gaza war zone
01/02/2009 Israel keeps ban on foreign journalists in Gaza
   
  Sunshine Week 2009: March 15-21
  AP CEO Tom Curley discusses open government initiatives
  Online records: Survey finds many states lagging
  Flaws abound in FOIA if Obama wants to fix them
  See an interactive explainer of the Freedom of Information Act
  View a sampling of Sunshine Week stories from AP state bureaus

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