Elana Beiser/CPJ Senior Editor for Projects

Elana Beiser is editorial director of the Committee to Protect Journalists. She previously worked as an editor for Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal in New York, London, Brussels, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

Documents wait to be scanned, sorted, and archived in Guatemala. In the first worldwide test of freedom of information, Guatemala was one of the most responsive countries. (AP)

Most countries fail AP’s test of right-to-know laws

The right to information is at the heart of CPJ’s advocacy for press freedom, so we naturally support legislation granting that right, whether it is to journalists or ordinary citizens (or those in the expanding area between). But laws purporting to uphold the people’s right to information are only as good as their implementation. Today,…

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