APME Names First Amendment Award Winners
· Story link Two California newspapers, the Contra Costa Times and the Bakersfield Californian, and the Tuscaloosa News in Alabama…
Two California newspapers, the Contra Costa Times and the Bakersfield Californian, and the Tuscaloosa News in Alabama have won Associated Press Managing Editors association First Amendment Award for their fights to obtain public records. Contra Costa also audited records access at more than 100 government offices. (8/3/05)