On the occasion of the International Day for Universal Access to Information, our Research Associate Mária Žuffová critically examines access to information policies, arguing that governments must go beyond the status quo to reap the benefits of their own access to information policies. Read More …
The committee is in charge of developing guidelines on the use of digital tools, including AI, for journalism and of identifying good practices for sustainable media financing. Read More …
Mária Žuffová discusses the role of freedom of information (FOI) laws in journalism. By surveying journalists, interviewing activists and civil servants, and submitting FOI requests to government ministries she identifies a number of problems with the process. Journalists reported that their requests were often refused on questionable grounds, delayed, or not responded to at all. One of the consequences of this is that journalists might choose to use loopholes in the law in order to be able to publish stories that are in the public interest. Read More …
