Journalism

Are body-cam videos public records? (Originally published November 2014 at nevadapress When police wear body cameras, are the videos considered a matter of public record? As Las Vegas Metro police prepare to join a study in which 400 officers will wear the devices, it’s an open and largely untested question …

http://www.courthousenews.com/2015/01/14/city-sues-newspaper-in-reverse-foia.htm The problem here may well be the city’s personnel policies, rather than its open-records policy. Many governments — local, state, federal — go to great lengths to hide performance reviews, disciplinary actions, firings and malfeasance among their employees from being examined by the public who pay their salaries. And, …

I’ve noticed two recent trends — at least I hope they’re trends: The insistence on crediting original sources, and the discrediting of people who can’t get correct simple spelling and grammar. http://jimromenesko.com/2015/01/19/journalism-student-drops-class-after-prof-asks-that-his-name-be-spelled-correctly/

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