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From: Anne Marie Tamburro

05/30/2023

Subject: Iowa Open Records Law Request: Institutional Press Policies (University of Northern Iowa)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Iowa Open Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

1. Any policy, guidance, handbook, manual, or standard contract concerning the institution’s interactions or relationship with members of the news media, reporters, or journalists, including student journalists.

2. Any policy, guidance, handbook, or manual concerning the interactions or communications of institutional employees, including faculty, administrators, staff, and student employees, with the news media, reporters, or journalists, including student journalists.

Please note that this request does not seek a search of faculty or student email accounts or records. These requests should in no way be construed to include a review or search of email accounts, websites, or other forms of data or document retention which are controlled by students, alumni, or faculty members, nor by governmental or advisory bodies controlled by the same, except insofar as any such individuals also serve in an administrative capacity and the records were created or are held by the individual in that capacity. Any search should be limited to documents held by the administration and/or its staff members, including records created or maintained by persons acting in the capacity of administrators or staff members.

This request is made on behalf of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that aims to defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought. This request concerns a matter of public interest. The records are sought for the purpose of researching and educating the public about policies affecting student journalists' ability to engage in news gathering and reporting on college and university campuses.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Anne Marie Tamburro

From: University of Northern Iowa

05/31/2023

Subject: Fwd: Iowa Open Records Law Request: Institutional Press Policies (University of Northern Iowa)

Your request has been received at publicrecords@uni.edu. We have begun
reviewing it. Please take into consideration the UNI fee schedule for
obtaining Public Records
<https://publicrecords.uni.edu/fees-obtaining-public-records>. Should our
findings result in an estimated fee, UNI would provide a notification of
fee before any documents are gathered.

Kind Regards.

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From: m9024009 ur <ur@uni.edu>
Date: Wed, May 31, 2023 at 8:02 AM
Subject: Fwd: Iowa Open Records Law Request: Institutional Press Policies
(University of Northern Iowa)
To: <publicrecords@uni.edu>

*University Relations*
319-273-2761
EBAR 114 / Cedar Falls, IA 50614
uni.edu / *#1UNI*
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From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Wed, May 31, 2023 at 7:19 AM
Subject: Iowa Open Records Law Request: Institutional Press Policies
(University of Northern Iowa)
To: <ur@uni.edu>

University of Northern Iowa
ORA Office
1227 West 27th Street
Cedar Falls, IA 50614

May 31, 2023

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Iowa Open Records Law, I hereby request the following
records:

1. Any policy, guidance, handbook, manual, or standard contract concerning
the institution’s interactions or relationship with members of the news
media, reporters, or journalists, including student journalists.

2. Any policy, guidance, handbook, or manual concerning the interactions or
communications of institutional employees, including faculty,
administrators, staff, and student employees, with the news media,
reporters, or journalists, including student journalists.

Please note that this request does not seek a search of faculty or student
email accounts or records. These requests should in no way be construed to
include a review or search of email accounts, websites, or other forms of
data or document retention which are controlled by students, alumni, or
faculty members, nor by governmental or advisory bodies controlled by the
same, except insofar as any such individuals also serve in an
administrative capacity and the records were created or are held by the
individual in that capacity. Any search should be limited to documents held
by the administration and/or its staff members, including records created
or maintained by persons acting in the capacity of administrators or staff
members.

This request is made on behalf of the Foundation for Individual Rights and
Expression, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that aims to defend
and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free
thought. This request concerns a matter of public interest. The records are
sought for the purpose of researching and educating the public about
policies affecting student journalists' ability to engage in news gathering
and reporting on college and university campuses.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and
this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform
me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer
the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or
CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business
days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Anne Marie Tamburro

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From: University of Northern Iowa

06/07/2023

Subject: Fwd: Iowa Open Records Law Request: Institutional Press Policies (University of Northern Iowa)

Thank you for contacting University of Northern Iowa Public Records.
According to Chapter 22 of the Iowa Open Records Act, we are providing the
requested information.
Below is the link to the Policy 9.81 which details communications policies
for the University of Northern Iowa. Please note that we are in the process
of redesigning our web ecosystem, so some of the links embedded on this
site are no longer active. In addition, there are aspects of this policy
that are under consideration for revision, so note that these policies are
subject to change.

https://policies.uni.edu/981