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    FAC News Press Release

    ProPublica Staffers Win 2018 FAC Award for “Trump Town” Investigative Series

    The First Amendment Coalition is proud to announce the recipient of its 2018 Free Speech & Open Government Award is the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica, selected for its extensive use of public records to increase transparency around political appointees at the highest levels of government. This year’s award goes to ProPublica staffers Derek Kravitz, Al […]

    November 28, 2018

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    FAC News

    Now Hiring: FAC Senior Staff Attorney / Legal Director

    […] journalists and others, with a particular focus on those in traditionally underserved communities. FAC’s legal work is focused on enhancing public access to federal, state and local government records and proceedings and protecting the First Amendment rights of free speech and press. We carry this mission out through a range of litigation in state […]

    October 14, 2021

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    Government leaks in Apple investigation underscore hypocrisy of BALCO press subpoenas

    […] reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams into jail for refusing to name their confidential source in the BALCO case: Hypocrisy has its limits, even for the federal government. I’m referring to recent stories in the Wall Street Journal and other media detailing the feds’ investigation into the backdating of stock option grants given to […]

    June 2, 2009

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC to Mentor Journalists for National Boot Camp

    […] three reporters as they pursue public records in California and beyond. This is FAC’s third year participating in the program, which connects journalists of color with open- government experts and resources in their state to help them sharpen their skills acquiring and using government information and data. This year, open-government organizations based in 13 […]

    November 22, 2023

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    FAC joins with Santa Rosa Press Democrat to host Open Government candidates’ forum

    FAC headed north this week to co-host an Open Government Candidates' Forum with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. The event provided a unique opportunity for members of the community, which a year earlier was rocked by the tragic shooting death of Andy Lopez, 13, by a Sonoma County Sheriff's Deputy, to hear candidates for city council answer tough questions on government […]

    October 16, 2014

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Honors the Brown Institute’s ‘Documenting COVID-19’ Project as 2020 Award Winner

    The First Amendment Coalition today named the Brown Institute for Media Innovation its 2020 Free Speech & Open Government Award recipient for its "Documenting COVID-19" project, which created a massive clearinghouse of public records and produced accountability journalism in partnership with 30 newsrooms. The project set out to examine the decision-making of state and […]

    February 9, 2021

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Honors 2021 Free Speech & Open Government Award Winners

    The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Free Speech & Open Government Award. Exposing the culture of secrecy in corporations. Putting sunshine on policing across California. Illuminating the toll the pandemic took on their neighbors. FAC’s 2021 honorees advanced freedom of expression or access to information through accountability […]

    February 9, 2022

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Free Speech & Open Government Award winners honored at Cal Press Foundation 138th Annual Dinner Banquet

    The 2015 recipients of the Free Speech & Open Government Award competition were honored Thursday, December 3 at the California Press Foundation’s 138th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. The two winners of this year’s awards used different methods to accomplish their goals ­­one upholding the finest traditions of community journalism and the other demonstrating […]

    December 15, 2015

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Fights Unprecedented Effort by School District to Recover Nearly $500K From Records Requester

    […] requested public records under the California Public Records Act is legally meritless, unprecedented, and would cast an intolerable chill over the public’s ability to learn about their government. Newark Unified has asked the Alameda County Superior Court in California to order Elizabeth Brazil to pay the school district $449, 317.60 for time the district’s […]

    February 6, 2018

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Attorneys Awarded $100k for Public Records Win

    […] and that the lawyers who so capably represented FAC’s—and the public’s—interest will be compensated for bringing to light records about misconduct at the highest level of city government." FAC was represented in the litigation by James Chadwick and Julie Bauman of the Sheppard Mullin law firm. Under the California Public Records Act, when government […]

    October 23, 2018