By: Student Newspaper Wins Open Records Victory, a Year After Request « College Media Matters

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:41:08 +0000

[...] In a Student Journalist Spotlight post last November, Jonathan Anderson, the (now former) Post editor in chief who spearheaded the records fight, told me: “I believe that it is a significantly important function of the press to serve as a watchdog of government- whether it’s the White House, university administration or student government officials. . . . So my motivation lies in a deep belief that the public has a right to know what its government is doing. I also believe it’s an important duty of the press to utilize, advocate, and enforce that sacred right through freedom of information laws, including filing public records requests, publicizing government secrecy, and litigating. [...]

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