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    Does Wikileaks deserve Dan Ellsberg’s approval? The good Wikileaks, yes; the bad Wikileaks, no

    […] good Wikileaks. The bad Wikileaks, not satisfied with front-page stories in the New York Times and the other publications, and despite demands and threats from the US government, proceeded to dump virtually its entire set of 400,000 Iraq War documents on the open internet, where they are being painstakingly mined for information and insights […]

    November 1, 2010

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    Disclosure–or the lack of it–is a major cause of the current financial crisis

    […] value of collateralized securities tied to home mortgages--so that buyers and sellers can resume trading them, even at heavily discounted values. The financial markets are like representative government. Just as democracy requires transparency so that voters can hold elected officials accountable, so the financial system requires transparency so that investors can understand and place […]

    June 3, 2009

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    FAC News Press Release

    Craigslist founder Craig Newmark joins FAC Advisory Board

    […] focuses his energy and resources on philanthropic endeavors. In 2011 he launched craigconnects as a platform to support organizations involved in work for veterans and military families, open government, public diplomacy, trustworthy journalism, consumer protection, election protection, and voter registration. He also serves on the board of directors of the Poynter Foundation, Center for Public Integrity, […]

    March 1, 2016

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    FAC News Press Release

    Clara Hogan Named as FAC’s Communications and Programs Director

    […] Executive Director David Snyder.  "Her arrival at FAC, in this era of sharp political division and of threats to transparency and free speech at all levels of government, could not come at a more important time." Hogan received her BA in Journalism from the University of Iowa, where she worked as a reporter for […]

    September 13, 2017

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    First Amendment

    Refusing Censorship: A High School Paper’s Fight For Press Freedom

    […] News. Ginny LaRoe directs the First Amendment Coalition’s educational and advocacy programs focused on advancing and defending free speech, a free press, and a more open and accountable government. She joined FAC, a California nonprofit, after more than a decade working as a reporter and editor at newspapers in five states, focusing on policing and […]

    February 23, 2023

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    Press Release

    CFAC, scholars sue CA State Bar for access to records on affirmative action

    […] action is beneficial. The only way to bring this long-standing debate to fact-based conclusions is to allow legitimate research to proceed." CFAC, a free speech and open- government advocacy organization, contends that the requested records belong to the public, not the Bar, and therefore must be made public, so long as they are provided […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Cases

    CFAC joins amicus brief backing documentary journalist jailed for refusing to turn over out-takes to federal prosecutors

    […] as an investigator for the police. CFAC supports Wolf not because we agree with his politics, but because we stand beside all bona fide journalists from whom government seeks to compel disclosure of confidential sources or confidential information gathered in the course of reporting. Society is the poorer when news sources lose confidence in […]

    June 2, 2009

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    California Reporting Project Wins 2019 FAC Award for Police Accountability Coverage

    The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the California Reporting Project is the recipient of the 2019 Free Speech & Open Government Award, given in recognition of the project’s groundbreaking statewide campaign to bring to light records of police misconduct.The project, an unprecedented collaboration of competing newsrooms, started as a cooperative effort between […]

    December 2, 2019