Does the Sun Shine in News Deserts? Open Meetings Laws in the Absence of Journalists

• In Event: Connecting Citizens and the State: Representation, Participation, and Identity

Brief Overview

This paper will report the results of a pilot study in the state of Georgia, using meeting minutes to compare frequency of meeting closures for county commissions in news-desert counties to those in counties with working journalists.

Author

• Thomas C. C. Ellington, Wesleyan College