Archive for September, 2009

Bi-Weekly Update 9-18-09

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Two important lawsuits in the public interest give me a good opportunity to talk about our newsrooms and strategic litigation:
As part of two investigative series earlier this year, The Colorado Independent (TCI) sued Colorado State University to get records pertaining to their controversial chancellor search, and won.  TCI also sued the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission [...]

Weekly Update 09-03-09

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Breaking news: CIM just set a new record on The Washington Independent, breaching 1.1M page views and 800,000 readers for the “slow month” of August while The Iowa Independent and The New Mexico Independent scooped up prestigious awards from the Association of State Capitol Reporters and Editors:
 

Iowa’s Jason Hancock, Chase Martyn, and Lynda Waddington walked [...]