Speaking at Open Tech
Jul 1, 2009 Freedom of Information, Training
Clarification: I’ll be taking part in Open Tech at ULU (University of London Union), on Malet Street near Russell Square on Saturday July 4th. Seriously hard-core geek action.
I’ll be taking part in the Freedom of Information workshop which will offer advice on how best to prise out official data from the cold, dead hand [...]
New Training – May 12, 2006
Apr 20, 2006 Training
I’ll be running a course at the National Union of Journalists 12 May 2006 from 10am-4.30pm at the NUJ headquarters in London. The course covers all aspects of the Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations (EIRs) with particular emphasis on making the laws work for you in practice. I’ll suggest advice [...]
FOI exposes mast mistakes
Mar 28, 2006 FOI in the news, Training
A journalist who attended my NUJ course wrote in to tell me of his FOI experience. Malcolm Prior sent FOI requests to 41 councils and the resulting stories are running on the BBC News website, BBC South Today and local radio stations:
Council mast blunders uncovered – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4838152.stm
Eastleigh case study – Nurse fights [...]
Training for Journalism Educators
May 9, 2005 Training
The next Association for Journalism Educators event is a seminar on Friday, June 10, 2005 at Sunderland University.
The theme will be: “Teaching research skills for journalism: Mindset, method, the Freedom of Information Act, and other access rights.”
I will be speaking at this event along with Colm Murphy, director of postgraduate journalism at Ulster University. [...]
Next NUJ Training Course: 26 May
May 9, 2005 Training
26 May 2005
London headquarters of the National Union of Journalists
For more information click here
Book online
Using the Freedom of Information Act and open records laws
Content
The long-awaited Freedom of Information Act grants the public a legal right to official information for the first time. No reporter should be without the knowledge of how to use this powerful [...]
Manchester Training
Mar 4, 2005 Training
11 March 2005
Manchester
See the NUJ website for more information and to book
Using the Freedom of Information Act and open records laws
This training session will be held at:
NUJ
5th Floor
Arthur House
Chorlton Street
Manchester
M1 3FH
Tel: 0161 237 5020
E-mail: nujmanchester@nuj.org.uk
Map and directions
Next NUJ Training Course
Nov 9, 2004 Training
2 March 2005
Click here for more information and to book
Using the Freedom of Information Act and open records laws
Content
The long-awaited Freedom of Information Act grants the public a legal right to official information for the first time. Reporters who know how to use the act will have access to many exclusive stories. This course will [...]
