Today's discussion of transparency in the Obama administration will be webcast for those who can't attend:
http://www.press.org/events/press-freedom-event
If you are in the DC area and can stop by, we'd be happy to see you. Here are details:
Access Denied: Science News and Government Transparency
Has the Obama administration lived up to its promise to make science more transparent and accessible to the public? An investigation in the current issue of Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) finds that despite President Obama's early promise to create an open government, the nation's science reporters feel there has been little to no progress since the Bush administration.
On Monday Oct. 3, from 3 to 5 p.m., the National Press Club (529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor) will host a panel of journalists and invited administration officials to critique what journalists and the government are (or aren't) doing to change that.
The moderator is Seth Borenstein, science reporter for The Associated Press.
Speakers include:
Curtis Brainard, CJR's science editor
Joseph Davis, Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)
Felice Freyer, Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ)
Nancy Shute, President, National Association of Science Writers (NASW)
Darren Samuelsohn, Politico's senior energy and environment reporter
Clothilde Le Coz, Reporters Without Borders
Representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy have been invited.
The panel discussion is free and open to the public. It is cosponsored by the National Press Club, CJR, SEJ, and Reporters Without Borders. A cash-bar reception will follow.
NASW and its members assisted in data collection for the CJR investigation.
