Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell,Iowa,United States. It was founded in 1846 when a group of New England Congregationalists established Iowa College. It has an open curriculum,which means students need not follow a prescribed list of classes. The college's 120-acre campus includes several listings on the National Register of Historic Places.
Freedom of information in the United States relates to the public's ability to access government records,meetings,and other information. In the United States,freedom of information legislation exists at all levels of government:federal level,state level,and local level.
Carl Ferdinand Cori,ForMemRS was a Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist. He,together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay,received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of how the glucose derivative glycogen is broken down and resynthesized in the body for use as a store and source of energy. In 2004,both Coris were designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark in recognition of their work that elucidated carbohydrate metabolism.
The National Security Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-governmental,non-profit research and archival institution located on the campus of the George Washington University in Washington,D.C. Founded in 1985 to check rising government secrecy. The National Security Archive is an investigative journalism center,open government advocate,international affairs research institute,and the largest repository of declassified U.S. documents outside the federal government. The National Security Archive has spurred the declassification of more than 15 million pages of government documents by being the leading non-profit user of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA),filing a total of more than 70,000 FOIA and declassification requests in its over 35+ years of history.
Scott Community College is a community college in Riverdale,Iowa,near Bettendorf,and is part of the Eastern Iowa Community Colleges that also includes Clinton Community College and Muscatine Community College.
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press(RCFP) is a nonprofit organization based in Washington,D.C.,that provides pro bono legal services and resources to and on behalf of journalists. The organization pursues litigation,offers direct representation,submits amicus curiae briefs,and provides other legal assistance on matters involving the First Amendment,press freedom,freedom of information,and court access issues.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation,also known as the Knight Foundation,is an American non-profit foundation that provides grants for journalism,communities,and the arts.
Mary Ann Corinna Howard Sieghart is an English author,journalist,radio presenter and former assistant editor of The Times,where she wrote columns about politics,social affairs and life in general. She has also written a weekly political column in The Independent. Her best-selling book,The Authority Gap:Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men,and What We Can Do About It,was published by Transworld/Doubleday in July 2021.
Jean Case is an American businesswoman,author,and philanthropist who is chair of the board of National Geographic,CEO of Case Impact Network,and CEO of the Case Foundation. She is married to AOL co-founder Steve Case.
Walter Ratliff is an American journalist and religious studies scholar based at the Associated Press in Washington,D.C.
The Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications is the undergraduate and graduate college dedicated to the study of journalism,mass communications and media at Pennsylvania State University. Re-established in 2017 under its new name after the producer,screenwriter and benefactor Donald P. Bellisario,the Bellisario College is home to four departments:Advertising/Public Relations,Journalism,Film Production and Media Studies,and Telecommunications and Media Industries. Offering five undergraduate majors,a master's degree in media studies,and a Ph.D. program in mass communications,the college is the largest accredited program of its kind in the United States. The college's facilities are located on the University Park campus.
The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation (EEJF) is a grant-making foundation based in Oklahoma that provides grants to journalism institutions throughout the United States. In 2011,the foundation's assets were $91.1 million and $4 million was distributed in grants.
Corinna E. Lathan is an American entrepreneur,engineer,and social activist. She is the author of InventingThe Future:Stories from a Techno Optimist. Dr. Lathan is currently CEO of De Oro Devices. She is also the Co-Founder,and former CEO and Board Chair of AnthroTronix,Inc.,a biomedical research and development company headquartered in Silver Spring,Maryland,USA. Lathan is recognized for her work on digital health software and assistive technology.
The Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award is presented annually by Colby College to a member of the newspaper profession who has contributed to the country's journalistic achievement. The award is named for Elijah Parish Lovejoy,and established in 1952.
Elizabeth Ann Mathis is an American politician,non-profit executive and former broadcast journalist who has served as an Iowa State Senator since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,she was elected to represent the 18th district in a November 2011 special election and re-elected to the redrawn 34th district in 2012. Mathis was the Democratic nominee for Iowa's 1st congressional district in 2022,losing the general election to incumbent Republican Ashley Hinson.
MuckRock is a United States-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which assists anyone in filing governmental requests for information through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and other public record laws around the United States,then publishes the returned information on its website and encourages journalism around it.
Amy Butcher is an American writer and essayist. Her memoir,Mothertrucker, was published from Amazon Publishing literary press Little A Books in 2022. Her first book,Visiting Hours:A Memoir of Friendship and Murder,was published in 2015. In August 2019,Makeready Films announced a film adaptation of Mothertrucker will be produced and directed by Jill Soloway and will star Julianne Moore. In February 2020,the Ohio State Arts Council awarded excerpts of Mothertrucker an Individual Excellence Award.
Vanessa Leggett is an American freelance journalist and lecturer who was jailed by the U.S. Justice Department for 168 days for protecting sources and research notes for an independent book about a federal murder-for-hire case. At the time,it was the longest contempt-of-court imprisonment of a journalist in United States history for protecting sources. Leggett holds the record for serving the most time for protecting source material and without providing that material to negotiate a release from prison.
Seung Min Kim is an American journalist who is a White House correspondent for the Associated Press and a political analyst for CNN.
Lucy Ann Dalglish is an American journalist,attorney,and professor and former dean at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
