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Traditional news media maintaining audience

donal brown September 14, 2010

Despite widespread belief that traditional news media has drastically declined, a recent Pew Research Center study shows that Americans are spending the same amount of time gathering news from TV, newspapers or radio than they did in 2000. -db The Washington Post September 12, 2010 By Howard Kurtz With news and gossip leaping off every laptop screen, smartphone and Facebook page, the common wisdom these days is that traditional news outlets are doomed. But a

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San Francisco mayor wants law requiring departments to put city data online

donal brown September 14, 2010

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is announcing legislation to make permanent an executive order to require city data to be published online. -db San Francisco Chronicle September 13, 2010 By  John Coté Parents looking for the nearest playground, diners seeking the cleanest restaurants and Muni riders waiting for the next bus won’t be the only ones benefiting from San Francisco’s efforts to make city data available to the public. At least that’s Mayor Gavin Newsom’s

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Defense Department loosens rules shackling press in Guantanamo

donal brown September 14, 2010

The Defense Department revised rules restricting journalists in reporting from Guantanamo, agreeing not to ask reporters to withhold information deemed privileged but already in the public domain. -db The New York Times September 10, 2010 By Jeremy W. Peters The Pentagon has agreed to revise some of the rules that have restricted what journalists are free to report on from Guantánamo Bay, resolving a conflict that peaked in May when four reporters were expelled from the

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Postal Service wins ruling on petitioning on its sidewalks

donal brown September 14, 2010

A federal judge ruled for the U.S. Postal Service in limiting petitioning on its inner sidewalks. Petitioning is allowed on sidewalks on the outer boundaries of postal property. -db Courthouse News Service September 13, 2010 (CN) – The U.S. Postal Service can ban people from collecting signatures on its sidewalks, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled. The Initiative and Referendum Institute challenged a USPS regulation barring the collection of signatures for petitions, polls or

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School employee sues after fired for speaking to press

donal brown September 14, 2010

A federal district judge denied a request to dismiss a suit by a school employee against the school district holding that he was fired for releasing information to the press about alleged fraudulent activities of fellow employees. -db Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press September 13, 2010 By Stephen Miller A U.S. District Court judge in Maryland denied the Frederick County Board of Education’s motion to dismiss a former employee’s First Amendment violation claim on

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