The art of access : strategies for acquiring public records /: strategies for acquiring public records. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Cuillier, Charles N. Davis.
• Authors: Cuillier, David; Davis, Charles N
• Contents: 1. Records that matter: Improve your community, career and life; Make the world better; Advance your career; Improve your personal life; Develop a new way of thinking; Try it!; Suggested links; 2. Develop a document state of mind; Take charge; Exercise your document muscles; Find inspiration and support; Try it!; Suggested links; 3. Become an access law expert; Master the law in five steps; Dip into alphabet laws; Access public meetings; Tap into legal resources; Try it!; Suggested links; 4. The hunt: Find records in the dark; Explore document habitats; Find records in records; Build on others’ successes; Try it!; Suggested links; 5. Strategies for effective requests; Get in the zone; Get personal; Write effective letters; Cut denials off at the pass; Apply hard tactics if necessary; Try it!; Suggested links; 6. How to overcome denials; Understand the nature of ‘no’; Respond to common denials; If the agency says; Play hardball; Take them to court; Try it!; Suggested links; 7. Going digital: Strategies for getting data; Become familiar with data; Get the database; Counter cyber-denials; Teach yourself database journalism; Try it!; Suggested links; 8. Understand how public officials think; Comprehend bureaucratic culture; Identify agency constraints; Help them help you; Try it!; Suggested links; 9. Putting it together: Writing, ethics and paying it forward; Create great record-based stories; Do the right thing: FOI ethics; Anticipate public reaction; Write about FOI; Become an FOI warrior; Try it!; Suggested links; Appendix A. The Record Album; Appendix B. FOI resources;
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Washington DC : CQ Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (248 pages)
• Subjects: 070.4/3; Investigative reporting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Public records -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506380711; 1506380719
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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