(eBook PDF) The Art of Access: Strategies for Acquiring Public Records 2nd Edition – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
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- ISBN-10 : 1506380700
- ISBN-13 : 978-1506380704
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Whatever you’re trying to learn about the world―as a journalist or as an informed citizen― public records often hold the key. But what records, where? And how to get them? Gaining access to records is an art, one that requires an organized approach and a good understanding of human behavior. The Art of Access: Strategies for Acquiring Public Records, Second Edition is a how-to guide for putting the law into action and using ingenuity to pry records loose. FOI experts and longtime journalists David Cuillier and Charles N. Davis present strategies for dealing with the officials who stand between you and the information you seek. They explore new developments in technology and research and the latest online innovations and tools to help you rethink the information-gathering process and develop a document state of mind.
table of contents:
CHAPTER 1 Records That Matter: Improve Your Community, Career and Life
CHAPTER 2 Develop a Document State of Mind
CHAPTER 3 Become an Access Law Expert
CHAPTER 4 The Hunt: Find Records in the Dark
CHAPTER 5 Strategies for Effective Requests
CHAPTER 6 How to Overcome Denials
CHAPTER 7 Going Digital: Strategies for Getting Data
CHAPTER 8 Understand How Public Officials Think
CHAPTER 9 Putting it Together: Writing, Ethics and Paying it Forward