A Summer of Freedom of Information Hurdles
An Arkansas reporter questions a small-town school board
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Investigative journalists dig.
They search for facts. Sometimes facts are gathered by interviewing people. Other times a source gives a lead that pans out, but sometimes it doesn't. Investigative journalists also utili…