Journalist Access to Tenants, Private Communities
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The manager of an apartment complex where a murder has occurred wants to deny our reporters access to tenants. We…
I report for the local community newspaper. The local Special District (Fire) has its regular meeting on the second Tuesday…
I am a newspaper reporter fleshing out a book about a child abduction from a few years back. The minor…
I am news producer at a television station. One of our city councilmen, recently died.
Under the public records act,…
We’re trying to get a photographer into a state prison to take a picture of a kid who is serving…
A member of a watershed working group videotaped a tour of the public utilities commission’s reservoir with the knowledge and…
I am a reporter and I recently covered a meeting where the City Council voted to replace the city’s police…
Is a mugshot copyrighted? For example, if my news agency were to take a mugshot that was posted on a…
I live in a resident owned mobile home park. I am also a board member. At the last board meeting,…
In our city, an outgoing City Councilmember (defeated in the latest election cycle) purged his/her Council office files of virtually…