FOI Web multimedia and cartoons
Sometimes it’s nice to have some visual material to break up the lecture or enhance a syllabus. Here are some interesting online Flash presentations and videos regarding FOI:
- Do you suffer from Congressional Data Frustration (CVF)? Try Sunlightalinazinosec!
September 2007, Sunlight Foundation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEO7yglGfd8
- Democracy in Jeopardy!
2007, OpenTheGovernment.org
http://democracy.openthegovernment.org/
- Are we Safer in the Dark?
2006, OpenTheGovernment.org
http://inthedark.openthegovernment.org/
- (Classified) clip about (classified)
2007, The Onion
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/proposed_classified_bill_will
- Save the e-mail records from deletion!
2007, Missouri Democratic Party
http://www.bluntdocumentdestroyer.com/
FOI News for discussion fodder
It helps to raise current FOI issues during class to spur discussion. Here are some Web sites and blogs that post FOI news:
SPJ FOI blog http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/foi/
NFOIC FOI Advocate blog http://foiadvocate.blogspot.com/
Reporters Committee http://www.rcfp.org
News Media and the Law http://www.rcfp.org/news/mag/index.php
Free Government Info http://www.freegovinfo.info
Associated Press FOI news http://www.ap.org/FOI/foi_apnews.html
The FOIA blog (Scott Hodes) http://thefoiablog.typepad.com/
State Sunshine http://openrecords.wordpress.com
UK Freedom of Information http://foia.blogspot.com/index.html
Open Secrets (UK) http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/opensecrets/
Open and Shut (Australia) http://www.foi-privacy.blogspot.com/
