Transparency in Government by Ellen Priest

Transparency in Government by Ellen Priest Transparency in government: it’s something we in the media fight on a daily basis. Filing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests is an almost daily occurrence. Some agencies willingly share information and others keep an...

May Letter from the President

Letter from the president: May 2nd, 2016 Dear IABC/SC Members, I know it wasn’t my idea, but I can’t remember who deserves credit. A couple of years ago, I tried to stop asking “what should we do” and instead ask “what could we do.”...

May Upstate Rejoinder

re·join·der (rəˈjoindər) – n. a reply, especially a sharp or witty one; a comeback. WHO: Open to all present or past members of IABC currently in the Upstate—you do not have to have an active membership to attend. WHAT: An evening drop-in social of hors d’oeuvres,...

April Letter from the President

April 1st, 2016 Dear IABC/SC Members, Because this letter is going out on April Fools’ Day, I was tempted to use it as a prank. But, then I got to thinking about the idiom “a fool’s errand.”  Merriam-Webster defines it as a task that is “needless or profitless.” That...