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Federal Laws

• Freedom of Information Act, 5 USC § 552

Massachusetts Laws

• State: G.L. c. 30A, §§ 11A to 11A½.
• County: G.L. c. 34, §§ 9F to 10.
• Municipality: G.L. c. 39, §§ 23A to 23C.

• G.L. c. 66, sec. §§ 1 to 18.

• G.L. c. 64H, § 6

Mass. State Government

• Public Records Division, Secretary of the Commonwealth
• A Guide to the Massachusetts Public Records Law (PDF)
• A Citizen's Guide to Massachusetts State Services

Media Law

• American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law
• Federal Communications Bar Association
• Media Center at New York Law School
• Media Law Prof Blog
• Media Law Resource Center
• Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law
• Student Press Law Center

Freedom of the Press

• American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression
• American Civil Liberties Union: Free Speech
• California First Amendment Coalition
• Copley First Amendment Center
• First Amendment Center
• First Amendment Foundation
• Freedom Forum
• Free Expression Network
• Free Expression Policy Project
• Mediachannel.org
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
• The Media Coalition

Freedom of Information

• American Library Association
• Brechner Center for Freedom of Information
• Coalition of Journalists for Open Government
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Electronic Privacy Information Center
• Freedom of Information Center
• MemoryBlog
• National Freedom of Information Coalition
• Public Citizen Freedom of Information Clearinghouse
• The Sunshine Coalition
• U.S. Dept. of Justice Freedom of Information Act Guide

Media Industry Organizations

• American Press Institute
• American Society of Newspaper Editors
• Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
• Investigative Reporters and Editors
• Journalism.org
• Magazine Publishers of America
• National Association of Broadcasters
• National Cable and Telecommunications Association
• National Newspaper Association
• Newspaper Association of America
• Online News Association
• Online Publishers Association
• Organization of News Ombudsmen
• Poynter Online
• Radio-Television News Directors Association
• Society of Environmental Journalists
• Society of Professional Journalists
• Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
• The Newspaper Guild

International Free Press Organizations

• Committee to Protect Journalists,
• Editorsweblog.org,
• Index on Censorship
• International Center for Journalists
• International Federation of Journalists
• International Freedom of Expression Exchange
• International Press Institute
• Internews
• Privacy International
• Reporters Without Borders
• World Association of Newspapers
• World Free Press Institute
• World Press Freedom Committee