If you’re not familiar with Reddit, you might not realize the potential it has as a newsroom tool, but you might also not be aware of the ways in which it shouldn’t be used. The Knight-Cronkite News Lab is writing about the best and worst ways newsrooms can use Reddit... - MORE -

A report from Amanda St. Hilaire on WITI-TV in Milwaukee is drawing attention to records about investigations of state lawmaker behavior that are not available to the public. She found that most state lawmakers didn’t care to comment on the practice. The story includes comments from Wisconsin FOIC members April... - MORE -

How much have you been charged to get copies of public records? Wisconsin law allows records custodians to charge a reasonable fee, but it’s not always easy to determine what’s “reasonable.” The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council discussed this at a meeting on Thursday after this report of lawmakers using... - MORE -