Journalists Teach Communities to Access Government Information

Though freedom of information laws grant the general public rights to access government information, many citizens do not know how to use them and often journalist act as intermediaries between the public and the government. This article describes how newspapers have begun to teach communities in New Jersey and Texas in the use their state's freedom of information laws.(Origianl source: http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/2825/1/339)