NINA's incoming NINA president, Mike Cetera of the Beacon News in Aurora, has proposed a training theme for 2010. It addresses access to public information in our communities ... and challenges to that access. For instance, police and fire departments are looking to adopt new, proprietary radio technology that will not be accessible to the public via scanner radios. Does the public understand the implications of this?
What other access issues are you and your newspapers facing? Availability of public safety officials to speak with reporters? Indefinite delays in responding to FOIA requests? Governmental bodies playing fast and loose with the Illinois Open Meetings Act?
If you're experiencing challenges in getting important information to the public, we'd like to know about them. As trends emerge, NINA would like to plan training sessions around how the press can work with public officials for everyone's benefit.
So, please send me ideas and concerns - either by commenting below, or by e-mailing me. and I will compile them and get them to the NINA board for its January meeting. And if you have ideas for training on issues other than access, please send those along, too. Thanks.
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