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- Additional resources listed include a state law enforcement standards agency, a site for criminal searches, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and legal document databases like PACER and RECAP.
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- Aspects of civil cases like reading case filings to understand claims, witness testimony, and standard of proof being preponderance of evidence.
- Additional tips for covering different types of cases, parts of trials, and finding the human drama in stories. Appeals are also discussed as potentially changing trial outcomes.
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- Aspects of civil cases like reading case filings to understand claims, witness testimony, and standard of proof being preponderance of evidence.
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2. The guidebook The Art of Access: Strategies for Acquiring Public Records By David Cuillier (current SPJ FOI chair) and Charles N. Davis (former director of National Freedom of Information Coalition) CQ Press 2010, $23.95
3. Step 1: Get in the FOI habit Developing “a document state of mind” Remember who the government works for and why we have FOI laws You are doing your job and the public’s business Make an “FOI First!” sign & designate a day of the week to be your FOI day Find an FOI Friend TCCJ, FOIFT, local SPJ chapter Network, brainstorm, find ideas that have worked elsewhere Make a Twitter list: @MediaLawProf, @TxFOIFT, @DavisCN, @RCFP, @TCCJ @JoelCampbell
4. Step 2: become an expert You’re here – that’s a great start! Keep a copy of the law handy Get the Attorney General handbooks (which are free) and read them Expect the exceptions (real or made up) that records custodians will throw at you Always ask how that exception applies, why you can’t have that record today, what parts don’t need to be redacted If you’re confident in the law, your response will be accurate (and they may not know what to do)
5. Step 3: learn about records How are documents kept? Who keeps them? Where and how? Identify your records custodians, introduce yourself, get to know them Find out where documents are created and where they go to die Ask for a list of records and documents that agency/body keeps Ask for an FOI log – who is filing requests and what are they asking for? Find everything you can online
6. STEP 4: make good requests Do your homework know who keeps what records, find out what the record is called, be specific Ask verbally first Be polite, show respect, build relationships, understand that it is more work for them Write a good, specific letter Choose a tone – honey or vinegar? Argue interests rather than positions “Getting to Yes” – principled negotiation Understand motivations of record-holders
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