CJOG closing its doors: Thanks for all your great work, Pete Weitzel!
The Coalition of Journalists for Open Government, led for four years by Pete Weitzel, will be closing its doors this summer as its funding runs out. The organization (see
www.cjog.org) has helped build Sunshine Week and the Sunshing in Government Initiative, and has produced research to help shed light on FOI issues. Its research and focus on federal freedom of information laws will be conducted by the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and
Sunshine in Government Initiative. Kudos goes to Weitzel, a longtime journalist who founded the Florida First Amendment Foundation and helped launch the National Freedom of Information Coalition. He can be contacted at
pweitzel@rcfp.org. The access community is lucky to have such a dedicated person. Great work, Pete!