FOI news from The Associated Press
The Associated Press regularly reports on free press, FOI and media access issues. You can read highlights of that coverage below.

 

  Global FOI
 

AP tests freedom of information laws worldwide

   
  Tom Curley addresses media access and FOI issues
  AP CEO Tom Curley's April 8, 2010 Joe Creason Lecture
  AP CEO Tom Curley's Jan. 22, 2010 remarks to the Kentucky Press Association
 

AP CEO Tom Curley's Sept. 30, 2009 Senate Judiciary Committee oral testimony on "Advancing Freedom of Information in the New Era of Responsibility"
  AP CEO Tom Curley's Sept. 30, 2009 Senate Judiciary Committee written testimony on "Advancing Freedom of Information in the New Era of Responsibility"
  AP CEO Tom Curley's Feb. 6, 2009 William Allen White Lecture
  AP CEO Tom Curley's May 7, 2004 Hays Press-Enterprise Lecture
  The Case of Bilal Hussein
   
   
  2011 SIGMA DELTA CHI FOUNDATION AWARD
  AP's Kaiser, Bridis, Pienciak accept Pulliam 1st Amendment Award
  AP journalists and attorneys win Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award
  SPJ honors Associated Press staff with Pulliam First Amendment Award
   
  2011 AP FOI NEWS AND MEDIA ACCESS STORIES
   
12/02/2011 India press group to charge police who beat media
11/29/2011 Committee to Protect Journalists: Journalists assaulted in Indian-controlled Kashmir
11/25/2011 India cops accused of beating AP cameraman, others
11/16/2011 Journalists detained at NYC Occupy protests
11/01/2011 FBI says Russians were a 'new breed' of spy
10/17/2011 Highlights of AP's probe into NYPD intelligence operations
10/11/2011 NYPD infiltration of colleges raises privacy fears
10/07/2011 Councilman says NYC can't oversee NYPD spy unit
10/06/2011 Questioned on spying, Kelly denies NYPD profiles
10/06/2011 NYPD spied on city's Muslim anti-terror partners
10/05/2011 7 NY Dems call for investigation into NYPD spying
10/03/2011 Lawyers seek NYPD spy docs as lawmakers duck issue
09/27/2011 US tells court bin Laden photos must stay secret
09/22/2011 CIA seeks to resume ads in Arab-American paper
09/22/2011 AP IMPACT: NYPD eyed US citizens in intel effort
09/15/2011 Rep. Holt: Special counsel should investigate NYPD
09/15/2011 Los Angeles Times wins APME First Amendment award
09/13/2011 CIA investigates whether laws broken helping NYPD
09/04/2011 AP IMPACT: 35,000 worldwide convicted for terror
09/01/2011 Brennan, King support NYPD after spy unit report
08/31/2011 NYPD monitored where Muslims ate, shopped, prayed
08/29/2011 In Nigeria capital, fear and soldiers fill streets
08/25/2011 NYPD confirms CIA officer works at department
08/24/2011 Journalists freed from Tripoli hotel after days
08/24/2011 NY Muslims feel targeted despite alliance promise
08/23/2011 Tripoli's $400 hotel is prison to journalists
08/23/2011 With CIA help, NYPD moves covertly in Muslim areas
08/10/2011 White House photo sparks protest
07/09/2011 Georgian journalist says he spied for Russia
07/08/2011 Georgia: Photographers 'infiltrated institutions'
07/07/2011 Georgia arrests photographers for alleged spying
06/29/2011 Lynch signs law protecting annulled record reports
06/22/2011 Obama delivers 'Oval Office' speech elsewhere
06/10/2011 Palin emails show her coping with rise to VP slot
06/06/2011 Alaska to release scores of Palin emails Friday
06/02/2011 Coming to Internet: CIA film about 2 held in China
06/01/2011 WH to permit news photos of special addresses
05/20/2011 Ill. lawmakers say gun-permit holder names private
05/20/2011 Emails document Loughner's outbursts at college
05/18/2011 5 foreign journalists freed by Libya and Iran
05/18/2011 AP presses for quick review of bin Laden records
05/17/2011 Official: 4 journalists held in Libya to be freed
05/16/2011 Newseum adds 77 names to Journalists Memorial
05/16/2011 Court says FOIA request cannot be used in lawsuit
05/14/2011 US nixes fast review of bid for bin Laden photos
05/03/2011 Media group calls 4 Mideast chiefs press predators
04/27/2011 Photojournalist is mourned at NYC church service
04/26/2011 16 journalists detained, missing in Libya
04/21/2011 2 Western photojournalists killed in Libya
04/21/2011 US journalist held in Libya calls parents in Conn.
04/20/2011 Director of "Restrepo" is killed in Libya
04/10/2011 AP photographer located in Libya
04/03/2011 Reporting from Tripoli, chafing on Gadhafi's leash
03/21/2011 Captured NY Times journalists released from Libya
03/18/2011 Report: Libya agrees to free NY Times journalists
03/16/2011 4 New York Times journalists missing in Libya
  Sunshine Week 2011: March 13-19
03/11/2011 Secret Service tape from Reagan attack is released
03/07/2011 China says police did not beat foreign reporters
03/06/2011 Turkish journalists jailed over alleged coup plot
03/02/2011 Illinois gun-info debate grows, legislation stalls
03/01/2011 Court: No personal privacy for business in FOIA
03/01/2011 China tightens media controls amid protest calls
02/27/2011 Investigators: Secret CIA files could help Chile
02/14/2011 British reporter back in Moscow after expulsion
02/13/2011 AP reporters recall mood during uprising
02/07/2011 Vietnam-era journalists see new dangers today
02/04/2011 Egyptian journalist dies of gunshot wounds
02/03/2011 Journalists attacked by mobs, detained in Cairo
02/02/2011 Journalists attacked, detained in Egypt
02/01/2011 House panel expands probe of information requests
01/27/2011 Egypt police release APTN crew arrested in protest
01/26/2011 Press freedom group says Egypt targeting reporters
01/19/2011 Scott denies he's shutting out Fla. media, public
01/19/2011 IAPA concerned over access to Florida's governor
01/18/2011 Reporters say Fla. gov's media rules too tight
01/05/2011 Ohio gov.-elect will allow media at swearing-in
   
   

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