Your Right to Know
SUNSHINE WEEK Events 2019
FOIA TRAINING + Q&A
10 a.m. Tuesday, March 12
CALS Cox “Bookstore” Building 3rd floor
120 River Market Ave., Little Rock
Join Arkansas SPJ and the state attorney general’s office for a Freedom of Information Act training, followed by a Q&A session with local journalists. Learn how to use FOIA to access public records and how reporters use the law every day.
SPACE IS LIMITED • RSVP ArkansasSPJ@gmail.com
SUNSHINE TRIVIA
6 p.m. Thursday, March 14
Vino’s Brewpub
923 W. 7th St., Little Rock
Grab a brew and a slice while we test your knowledge of the state’s FOIA history and regulations with a fun twist, of course.
Police, Press and the Public
2 p.m. Saturday, March 16
CALS Main Library – Darragh Center
100 S. Rock St, Little Rock
This panel will feature members of local police departments and professional journalists on public information, transparency, crime, community policing
and how media and police work with each other.
and how media and police work with each other.
Officer Tommy Norman
Officer Norman works for the North Little Rock Police Department.
He promotes community policing through his Mission Give Foundation
and far-reaching social media presence.
He promotes community policing through his Mission Give Foundation
and far-reaching social media presence.
Lt. Michael Ford
Lt. Ford runs the Public Affairs Section of the Little Rock Police Department.
He is responsible for releasing police information and responding to FOIA requests.
Mitchell McCoy
McCoy has been a general assignment reporter at KARK.
He routinely covers crime in Little Rock.
Clara Turnage
Turnage is the crime reporter at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
She often works with the paper’s breaking news team and interacts with police.
OPEN GOVERNMENT IS GOOD GOVERNMENT
Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information.
These events are brought to you by the Arkansas Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. @ArkansasSPJ
$5 donation is suggested at each event to assist with printing costs of the 19th Edition of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Handbook (set to be revised October 2019). A joint effort by the Arkansas Press Association, the Governor of Arkansas, the Attorney General of Arkansas, the Arkansas Pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and other organizations, the Handbook is the state’s definitive and most up-to-date resource on the FOIA.
