EMPODERANDO AL PERIODISMO A TRAVÉS DEL DERECHO DE ACCESO A LA INFORMACIÓN
EL MANUAL ‘LEGAL LEAKS’ AYUDA A PERIODISTAS A OBTENER
INFORMACIÓN USANDO LAS LEYES DE ACCESO A LA INFORMACIÓN
Why is the right of access to information important for journalism?
A Guide for Journalists on How to Access Information
The Legal Leaks Toolkit, developed by Access Info Europe and n-ost, helps journalists access information using Access to Information laws. The Toolkit is available in a generic international version and can be adapted to the legal framework of any country. The existing national versions, translated into local languages, are available below. You can also read more below about our training programme and about how to contact
the Legal Leaks Help Desk.
Why do media experts think access to information is important?
Journalists, activists, and media experts speak about the importance of access to information in their daily work. Watch all interviews here!
That little detail in the relationship between journalists and sources, that little one, is so important that could change the way in which we tell stories.
It is extremely important that there is this mechanism that you can use as a journalist to say «Hang on a minute, you need to give us this, because we have a right to know».
It’s a great way to get stories, it’s a great way to fin out what governments in particular are doing, it’s a great way to find out where money goes, it’s a great way to prove accountability.
The right of access to information is very important for the journalists’ work; it’s important for everyday work, but it’s even more important for investigations.
Journalism is about investigation, it’s about asking questions; but it’s about documents as well, as a proof for questions, as a proof for answers
Basically, I need access to information to do my job as someone who is supposed to ensure the accountability of politicians, of public officials.
Cover photo: European Parliament via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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Legal Leaks in Ankara
10-11 April 2015, Ankara, Turkey Access Info Europe, in collaboration with UNESCO, is organising a two-days event in Ankara to present the Legal Leaks Toolkit and discuss how journalists can use the freedom of information right in their job. The first day will start with the keynote speech of Faruk Bildirici (ombudsman for Hürriyet) on the legal and ethical difficulties of doing
Design of WJP Open Gov Index Skews Results
Is this really a true picture of Open Government Worldwide? With evaluations such as "incredible", "rather amazing figure", and "missed opportunity", Dr Ben Worthy of LSE and Helen Darbishire of Access Info analyse the World Justice Project's Index 2015 and raise a series of important questions, including how accurate is the finding that 63 million people around the world asked
WJP Open Government Index Raises Interesting Questions
freedominfo.org | 09/04/2015 English – From a right of access to information perspective, a significant structural flaw in the World Justice Project Open Government Index is to have conflated this right with access to personal data, and other types of “information requests” such as obtaining information for local business purposes, information seeking by lobbyists and questions from journalists. Read more...
Design of WJP Open Gov Index Skews Results
freedominfo.org | 09/04/2015 English – From a right of access to information perspective, a significant structural flaw in the World Justice Project Open Government Index is to have conflated this right with access to personal data, and other types of “information requests” such as obtaining information for local business purposes, information seeking by lobbyists and questions from journalists. Read more...
El Defensor del Pueblo reconoce que el Portal de Transparencia puede tener un efecto disuasorio sobre el derecho de acceso a la información
[ACTUALIZACIÓN. 5 de mayo de 2015 - Access Info Europe ha respondido con una nueva carta al Defensor del Pueblo exponiendo nuevas pruebas de lo denunciado en su primera queja, enviada el 17 de diciembre de 2014. Esta nueva respuesta, enviada hoy, 5 de mayo de 2015, está disponible aquí.] Madrid, 9 de abril de 2015 - Access Info Europe