MA Open Meeting Law: How Newsrooms Respond to Executive Session Secrecy

    When:
    November 9, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
    2022-11-09T18:00:00-05:00
    2022-11-09T19:00:00-05:00
    Cost:
    Free
    Contact:
    Justin Silverman

    The New England First Amendment Coalition continues its series on state open meeting laws with new classes on executive sessions.

    The classes will feature a local journalist who will share stories of government agencies inappropriately holding executive sessions and secret meetings that are allowed only under certain circumstances. The journalists will discuss how they responded to these meetings and continue their reporting.

    This latest round of classes will be provided by NEFAC with support from the Society of Professional Journalists Foundation, SPJ New England, the Rhode Island Foundation, MuckRock, and the New England Society of News Editors.

    Previous lessons can be viewed on NEFAC’s YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/fivefreedoms Or through its new multimedia FOI Guide: https://www.nefac.org/foiguide/

    Registration is free and open to all members of the public.