by Ashley Dale | Oct 17, 2016 | News, Weltner Award
By Chris Dodd – One thing all Americans can agree on is the value of our freedoms. While we may sometimes take our Constitutional rights for granted, or differ on their precise interpretation, we can easily agree that the freedoms enshrined in the Constitution...
by Ashley Dale | Oct 1, 2016 | News
The Georgia First Amendment Foundation fights to secure and preserve access to public information and proceedings in Georgia. Our work is vital to open government and unfettered newsgathering that benefits all Georgians. Here are a few of the issues we’re keeping an...
by Ashley Dale | Sep 30, 2016 | Events, News
ONLINE TICKET SALES ENDED. Individual tickets are now available for this year’s annual Weltner Banquet, hosted by the Georgia First Amendment Foundation. We’ll be awarding the Motion Picture Association of America the Charles L. Weltner Freedom of Information Award...
by Ashley Dale | Sep 20, 2016 | News
By Hyde Post — Two years ago, the Georgia First Amendment Foundation honored the state’s Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) for an opinion that strongly discouraged judges from keeping the public out of courtrooms. The foundation’s board believes the JQC’s...
by Ashley Dale | Aug 26, 2016 | News
This year the General Assembly passed the most effective legislative protection of free speech rights in Georgia in 20 years. It was a major First Amendment victory for Georgians, bolstering their right to comment on matters of public concern. But it happened with...
by Ashley Dale | Aug 24, 2016 | News
The story of a north Georgia journalist jailed after filing an open records request broke on one of the worst possible news days, a Friday leading into the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Yet despite the distractions of cookouts and fireworks, people paid attention to...
by Ashley Dale | Aug 1, 2016 | News
Great lineup for a Sept. 12 First Amendment conversation in Atlanta that includes Mark Thomason, publisher of N. Georgia’s Fannin Focus. He plans to talk about his experiences when he was jailed in June following an open records request.
by Ashley Dale | Jul 18, 2016 | News
ATLANTA—July 18, 2016—The Georgia First Amendment Foundation applauds the end of a Fannin County journalist’s weeks-long legal battle following his arrest after filing open records requests. On Monday, at a hearing in Pickens County, charges finally were dropped...
by Ashley Dale | Jul 7, 2016 | News
ATLANTA—July 7, 2016—A move to dismiss charges against a Fannin County newspaper publisher jailed after requesting public records was the right action for officials to take, say a group of Georgia government transparency and media organizations that on July 5 had...
by Ashley Dale | Jul 5, 2016 | News
Charges should be dropped against a Fannin County newspaper publisher jailed after requesting public records, say a group of government transparency and media organizations in Georgia. The Georgia First Amendment Foundation, Atlanta Press Club, Georgia Chapter of the...
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