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Sunday, May 11, 2008 - Posts

Bringing public records home: EveryBlock makes public data relevant to people's lives

This is a cool new pilot project that could have amazing ramifications for freedom of information and news: www.everyblock.com. This Web site, launched earlier this year, provides people daily updates of news, crime, new businesses, road construction

Locy urges journalists: 'It's time to turn and fight'

Toni Locy says she never thought a federal shield law was needed. That is, until she ended up facing nearly $50,000 in fines and potential jail time for doing her job. That's what she told a gathering that I attended Saturday at the annual National Freedom