Tuesday, April 2, 2024 - 4:00pm • Room 144

The Dietrich College of Communication presents the 2024 Nieman Symposium, The Fight for FOIA: Conversation About the State of Government Transparency, which will be held in the Lubar Center on Tuesday, April 2.

The Freedom of Information Act, the federal law recognizing the public’s right to government information, is more than 50 years old but faces challenges old and new. The advent of the internet and digital records has created a new world of opportunities and impediments for laws originally designed for a hard-copy era. The panel, comprised of a leading FOIA scholar and two investigative journalists, will consider the state of freedom of information laws, including enduring problems like delay and access to law enforcement as well as potential solutions.

Follow the link to sign-up on EventBrite here. (For those interested in attending virtually, use the same sign-up. A Microsoft Teams link will be provided in the days leading up to the event.)

Contact: A.Jay Wagner