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Democracy Dialogues: Journalists’ Access to Government Information
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Date: Monday, 4 June 2007
Time: 9:00 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT)
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Perhaps journalists’ most important responsibility is to keep the public informed about what government is doing, including what is happening “behind the scenes,” i.e., outside public’s immediate view, and the information upon which government decisions are being taken. However, fulfilling this expectation remains a great challenge for many journalists, who face governments that are reluctant or unwilling to divulge this information. Join Eric Johnson from Internews International for a webchat about the struggle for access to government information and what reporters and others can do to overcome uncooperative governmental entities or officials.
Guest Biography: Mr. Johnson has spent more than 15 years working on international assistance projects in the field of democracy and governance in countries in transition, with emphasis on technology use. Since 2000 he has served as executive director of Internews International, a worldwide association of international NGOs working on open media projects. He also works as a consultant for MediaScrape, a Canadian website devoted to aggregating and publishing international TV news on the web from hundreds of broadcasters throughout the world.
Mr. Johnson has a master’s in Russian Area Studies from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s in mathematics and Russian from Grinnell College.
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