Ithaca College

Join Ithaca College Society of Professional Journalists brings Bob Freeman to campus to discuss New York State’s Freedom of Information Law and how it applies to a free press and well-informed democracy.

Bob Freeman is Executive Director and founding member of New York State’s Committee on Open Government and is the leading authority on freedom of information in the northeast.

The event will take place on Monday March 6th, at 5:00 p.m. in Textor 101

From Mr. Freeman’s New York Bar Association Profile:

“Mr. Freeman has addressed numerous government related organizations, bar associations, media groups and has lectured at various colleges and universities. He has also spoken on open government laws and concepts throughout the United States, as well as Canada, the far east, Latin America and eastern Europe, and has taught the only course in an American law school on public access to government information. He is the recipient of numerous honors, and in the spring of 2010, received the John Peter Zenger Award from the New York News Publishers Association and was selected by the National Freedom of Information Coalition and the Society of Professional Journalists for their Heroes of the 50 States award and induction into The Open Government Hall of Fame. Most recently, Freeman was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the New York State Associated Press Association.”

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Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation, please contact Brandy Hawley, bhawley@ithaca.edu , 607-274-3590 in as much in advance as possible.