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| Back to Law & the Media home page Clarification, Explanation, Etc.Additional InformationThe Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas tracks legal issues in Texas and publishes a monthly newsletter. The foundation publishes Texas Freedom of Information Handbook. The foundation has an annual meeting and sponsors other sessions on media issues. Memberships are available at various levels. The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas is at 400 South Record, 6th Floor, Dallas 75202, telephone 214-977-6658. The foundation has a 24-hour hotline at 1-800-580-6651. The foundation’s web site is www.foift.org. Inquiries may be made by e-mail at foift@airmail.net. A source of information about all aspects of media law is The News Media & The Law, a publication of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. A subscription is $25 a year. Bi-weekly updates are available by mail or by e-mail. The address is 1815 North Fort Myer Drive, Suite 900, Arlington, Virginia 22209, telephone 703 807 2100. The on line site is www.rcfp.org and the e-mail address is rcfp@rcfp.org. The Texas Press Association and the Texas Daily Newspaper Association publish a handbook on open meetings and records. Their addresses are provided under sponsoring agencies. The Society of Professional Journalists deals with press issues and publishes a magazine, Quill. Student chapters are organized in many schools. The address is Eugene S. Pulliam National Journalism Center, 3909 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, In. 46208. The telephone number is 317 927 800. SPJ has a web site www.spj.org. The e-mail address is spj@spj.org. The Columbia Journalism Review may be accessed at www.cjr.org. The mailing address is Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 10027. American Journalism Review is at www.ajr.org. The mailing address is College of Journalism, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 20742-7111. Legal Research on the InternetJournalists would do well to develop their own lists of sources, including those that can be accessed via the Internet. Here are some on line suggestions: Texas Law Librarians: http://suefaw.home.texas.net Texas Office of Court Administration: http://www.courts.state.tx.us Texas Attorney General’s Office: www.oag.state.tx.us. Other law sites: www.findlaw.com, www.yale.edu/lawweb, www.law.cornell.edu, Case Western Reserve ftp.cwru.edu, www.kentlaw.edu/lawnet/lawlinks, www.unlv.edu/library , Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy www.law.vill.edu Administrative Office, U.S. Courts: www.uscourts.gov Library of Congress: www.loc.gov New York Public Library: www.nypl.org. Reporters Committee: www.rcfp.org Student Press Law Center: www.splc.org Pew Research Center: www.people-press.org The Freedom Forum: www.freedomforum.org |