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BIG NEWS: SJC RULES MASS AGENCIES CAN’T WITHHOLD FEDERAL RECORDS

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted January 6, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“If Massachusetts agencies could skirt the public records law by characterizing the receipt of documents as a loan, that would have been [an] invitation to a substantial amount of mischief.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: news, news to us, Police, public records

AG’S OFFICE BLOCKS ACCOUNTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHIELDS BAD ACTORS

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted February 26, 2020 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Now records we have received from Healey’s shed light on why her office may be avoiding the issue—her office is also guilty of the same kind of questionable social media management.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, attorney general, Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, Healey, LGBTQ, Massachusetts, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, Twitter, western Mass

COP BLOCK: CHICOPEE POLICE CLAIM JOURNALISM IS AN ATTACK ON THEIR DEPARTMENT

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted January 15, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

While there have indeed been formal requests made for public information and several articles written about CPD misconduct, it is news to us that we are on the “attack.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, LGBTQ, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, western Mass

A CHICKEN FOR EVERY COP

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted November 4, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Chick-fil-A

The Western Mass police department that has hosted more than two-dozen events at Chick-fil-A

Filed Under: FEATURES, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, LGBTQ, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, western Mass

DIG WINS NATIONAL AWARDS FOR POLITICAL COLUMN AND FIRST AMENDMENT JOURNALISM

Written by DIG STAFF Posted July 26, 2019 Filed Under: Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update

As shameless as it sometimes feels to celebrate awards, it’s also true that journalists are underpaid, underappreciated, and in some cases even relentlessly harassed because of their work.

Filed Under: Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update Tagged With: #mapoli, AAN, AAN Awards, Alternative Media, BINJ, Jason Pramas, Maya Shaffer, public records

THE FOILIES 2019: RECOGNIZING THE YEAR’S WORST IN GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY

Written by ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION Posted March 16, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

“Like the time we knocked out two English papers, a science experiment, and built the White House out of sugar cubes,” Evan said. “It opened up our Sunday for filing Freedom of Information requests.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FOIA, government transparency, Kennedy assassination, MuckRock, public information, public records, Sunshine, Sunshine Week

UNRESPONSIVE: THE MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC RECORDS LAW FAILS THREE OUT OF THREE TIMES

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted August 22, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

That’s what’s happening with all three agencies in this case, with each one putting their own unique spin on how to circumvent the rules.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: AG, attorney general, BINJ, Boston, Boston City Hall, BPD, Critical Mass, East Boston High School, ice, immigration, Marty Walsh, Mass State Police, Maura Healey, public records

BRIC OF ICE: FEEBLE STATE RECORDS LAW AIDS ICE IN MA

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted July 2, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

What’s less known is that here in Massachusetts, our feeble public records law is helping to bolster these efforts by obscuring the process through which local officials share information with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: AG, attorney general, BINJ, Boston, Boston City Hall, BPD, Critical Mass, East Boston High School, ice, immigration, Marty Walsh, Maura Healey, public records

SHIRLEY, YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted January 31, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, NEWS+OPINIONS

A reporter’s fight to learn more about harassment in a small town’s police department

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, attorney general, cops, Critical Mass, harassment, Mass, Massachusetts, Police, public records, Shirley, shirley police, William Galvin

BROKEN RECORDS: MONKEY WRENCHING

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted June 27, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

A rare win on the public records front in Mass

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Broken Records, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Maura Healey, PETA, public information, public records, transparency

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