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Sunshine Week: Getting to Know PA’s Transparency Law

  • Date Mar 17, 2025

  • Location PA State Archives Bldg., Harrisburg and virtual

In honor of Sunshine Week 2025, join us in-person or virtually for a round-up of the major decisions and happenings with Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law and the Sunshine Act. Paula Knudsen Burke, the Pennsylvania-based attorney for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, will moderate a panel that includes:

  • Liz Wagenseller, Executive Director of OOR;
  • Melissa Melewsky, Media Law Counsel at the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association; and
  • Scott Coburn, Counsel and Education Director for the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors.

In-person: State Archives, 1681 N. Sixth St., Harrisburg, PA

Virtual: Register for Teams link

CLE will be available for $15/credit hour through PSATS. Forms will be available at the event and CLE recipients will be invoiced.

The event will begin with a short presentation of The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association’s Advocate of the Year Award.

 

 

Details

Date:
March 17
Time:
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
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Organizers

Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association
Office of Open Records

Venue

The Pennsylvania State Archives
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