SEJ Protests SBA "No Journalists" Environmental Roundtable

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SEJ Protests SBA "No Journalists" Environmental Roundtable

February 21, 2020

The Small Business Administration announced an "environmental roundtable" Feb. 28, as being “open to all interested persons, with the exception of the press." The Society of Environmental Journalists, through its Freedom of Information Task Force, has protested this in a Feb 21 letter (full text).

"By excluding the press," wrote Task Force Chair Timothy B. Wheeler, "you cast a shadow of suspicion that these roundtables are somehow a private back door to influencing the federal government."

Some reporters are expected to show up anyway.

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