Dear FOIAnet colleagues: re the event in Berlin on 3 May 2010. Please note I
made a mistake yesterday and the correct website address is
www.LegalLeaks.info.
Best, Helen
Press release, 28 April 2010
World Press Freedom Day special focus on the Right to Know
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media presents access to information
toolkit for journalists
Berlin, 3 May 2010 - To mark this year's World Press Freedom Day, which has
a special focus on the Right to Know, the OSCE, Access Info (Madrid), and
Berlin-based n-ost Network for Reporting on Eastern Europe will present a
toolkit for journalists on how to use their right of access to information,
the "Legal Leaks Toolkit".
The right to know is the fundamental right of journalists and all citizens
to access information held by public bodies. This right is an essential part
of the right to freedom of expression anchored in Article 19 of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The Legal Leaks Toolkit (copies will be available on 3 May from
www.legalleaks.info) is a guide for journalists on how to make requests for
information in 45 countries in the OSCE region, including most EU countries,
the USA and Canada. It provides journalists with 20 Top Tips on how to use
the right of access to information as a research tool, and gives guidance on
how to turn both documents accessed and refusals into stories.
The Legal Leaks project being run by Access Info and n-ost will span several
years and integrate training, legal support, and advocacy. Journalists will
be supported in filing requests in different countries and over time the
Legal Leaks project will develop a pan-European resource network for use by
both local and investigative journalists.
The Legal Leaks press conference on
Monday, 3 May 2010
at 10.30 a.m.
in the ARD Hauptstadtstudio, Berlin
will present:
Dunja Mijatovi?, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Vienna
Hristo Hristov, journalist and editor, Dnevnik newspaper, Sofia
Helen Darbishire, Executive Director, Access Info, Madrid
Christian Mihr, Head of Media Policy projects, n-ost, Berlin
The n-ost / Access Info press conference will be the first public appearance
in Germany of OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovi?,
who took office in mid-March.
For more information on Legal Leaks: <http://www.legalleaks.info/>
www.legalleaks.info
PRESS CONTACT:
Hanno Gundert, Executive Director
n-ost Network for Reporting on Eastern Europe
Neuenburger Stra?e 17
D-10969 Berlin
<http://www.n-ost.de/> www.n-ost.de
Tel: +49-30-259 32 83-0
E-Mail: <mailto:n-ost at n-ost.de> n-ost at n-ost.de
_________________________
Helen Darbishire, Executive Director
Access Info Europe, <http://www.access-info.org> www.access-info.org
mobile tel: + 34 667 685 319
e-mail: <mailto:helen at access-info.org> helen at access-info.org
Skype: helen_darbishire
STAY INFORMED! Subsribe now: <http://access-info.org/en/suscribe>
http://access-info.org/en/suscribe
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