by Ashley Dale | May 12, 2017 | News
Hollie Manheimer has been executive director of the Georgia First Amendment Foundation since January 1996. This month she’s stepping down from the post, although she’ll continue as a volunteer with the foundation. Join us as we celebrate her years of service on May 23...
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 | 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...