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The Importance of Understanding the Public Record and Open Meeting Laws
By Ryan Catanese
November 19, 2008
The most important aspect of journalism is being able to find the facts, the complete and unabridged facts. It is the journalist’s responsibility to be the eyes and ears of the people on all matters, whether it’s who won the Panthers game or who won the Presidential election.
In order to be able to fulfill this duty journalists have to know their boundaries: where they can step and where they cannot step. Most people don’t realize how far they can probe, and not doing this to find the absolute core truth in any story is a journalist not doing his or her job.
This is why it is absolutely imperative for a journalist to know the laws of his or her state, especially those pertaining to Open Meeting law and Public Record law.
