Florida’s public-records law is strong. Here are 5 ways lawmakers want to weaken it March 19, 2015 By Susannah Nesmith
Virginian-Pilot editor resigns after a long career, staff cuts, and a crisis March 14, 2015 By Corey Hutchins
Can the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel sustain its ambitious journalism under a new owner? March 11, 2015 By Anna Clark
With more police wearing cameras, the fight over footage has begun in Florida March 9, 2015 By Susannah Nesmith
Where’d that story happen? On local-TV Twitter, it can be hard to tell March 6, 2015 By Corey Hutchins
The Guardian’s Homan Square story was huge on the internet–but not in Chicago media March 4, 2015 By Jackie Spinner
How one town’s government brought the local paper back to life February 27, 2015 By Corey Hutchins A year later, the Fitchburg Star gets ready to stand on its own–and cover an election
Why Jan Brewer is sounding like James Risen February 25, 2015 By Jonathan Peters Arizona’s former governor is claiming First Amendment protections, and she may have a point
How limited access to state officials hurts reporting in Missouri February 24, 2015 By Deron Lee Veteran journalists say things have changed for the worse under Gov. Jay Nixon
Chicago’s council races are becoming a better story February 24, 2015 By Jackie Spinner That’s good news for reporters–though concerns persist about patchwork coverage