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.
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ÚLTIMAS NOTICIAS SOBRE EMPODERANDO AL PERIODISMO
Mesa Redonda sobre Libertad de Información y Open Data
Fecha: 12 diciembre 2016, a las 11.30 Lugar: Viena, Austria
Más de 50 académicos españoles reclaman el reconocimiento del derecho de acceso a la información como un derecho fundamental
Madrid, 10 de diciembre de 2016 - Coincidiendo con el segundo aniversario de la entrada en vigor de Ley de Transparencia, catedráticos y profesores de universidad de toda España han hecho un llamamiento a las fuerzas políticas y poderes públicos a reconocer el derecho de acceso a la información como un derecho fundamental en nuestro país, siguiendo lo establecido por
Taller para combatir el gobierno «extraoficial»
Fecha: 9 diciembre 2016, a las 15:30 Lugar: Habitación 5 (Iéna),Cumbre de la Alianza de Gobierno Abierto, Paris.
Mesa redonda sobre la mejor forma de evaluar la Transparencia
Fecha: 9 dicembre 2016, a las 14:15 Lugar: Hémicycle (Iéna), Cumbre Alianza de Gobierno Abierto (OGP), Paris.
EU-Turkey Agreement: an appeal to the European Court of Justice
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso | 06/12/2016 Inglés - Access Info Europe, a Madrid-based organization promoting access to information, filed a petition to the European Court of Justice asking the disclosure of the legal details of the EU-Turkey deal on migration. Leer más...
Transparency NGO sues EU commission on Turkey deal
Euobserver | 02/12/2016 Inglés - Transparency NGO Access Info Europe is taking the EU commission to the European Court of Justice to obtain documents linked to the EU's migrant swap deal with Turkey. The lawsuit was triggered after the commission denied the Madrid-based NGO information requests "of the Commission’s own evaluation of the legality of what was agreed with Turkey."