Transparency in Politics and the Media

Introduction James T. Hamilton, Nigel Bowles and David Levy

Part I: Defining Transparency and Open Government
Before Transparency: Disclosure as Political and Cultural Practice 1960s-1980s Michael Schudson (Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
The Impact of the Freedom of Information Act in the UK (co-author: Robert Hazell) Ben Worthy, and Robert Hazell, University College London

Part II: Impact of Transparency on Accountability
3. Impact of Transparency on Accountability Peter Riddell, The Institute for Government
4. Transparency and Public Policy: Where Open Government Fails Accountability Sarah Cohen, New York Times

Part III: Media Transparency and Accountability
5. Transparency John Lloyd, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
6. 'Truth Vigilantes': On Journalism and Transparency Phil Bennett, Duke University

Part IV: Making Sense of Records and Data
7. The transparency opportunity: holding power to account - or making power accountable? Paul Bradshaw, Birmingham City University
8. Making Sense of Records and Data Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica

Part V: Valuing Transparency in Government and the Media
9. Valuing Transparency in Government and Media Patrick Birkinshaw, University of Hull
10. Corporations and Transparency: Improving Consumer Markets and Increasing Public Accountability Joel Gurin, Federal Communications Commission (with Beth Simone Noveck)

Part VI: Rise of NGOs and Nonprofit Media
11. The Rise of NGOs and Nonprofit Media Charles Lewis, American University

Part VII: Policy Hurdles to Transparency
12. Keeping American Accountability Journalism Alive Len Downie, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Arizona State University and Washington Post
13. Data, Data Everywhere: Open Data versus Big Data in the Quest for Transparency Helen Margetts, Oxford Internet Institute