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New Web site creates access to records

 
By Paul Monies | Published: March 16, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

Your right to know just got a little easier.

As part of the nationwide Sunshine Week effort by newspapers and other media outlets across the country, NewsOK.com has debuted its "Your Right to Know” Web page.

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The page is at www.newsok.com/righttoknow.

It includes online databases created by The Oklahoman using public records, as well as links to useful state databases for information that affects the way you live.

With the Internet, public access to government records — and news gathering — can be taken to a new level, said Kelly Dyer Fry, OPUBCO Communications Group vice president, news and information center.

"For more than 100 years, The Oklahoman has gathered, organized and presented news and information,” Fry said. "The digital age gives us yet another platform to fulfill that job.

"Our ‘Your Right to Know' page will allow us to continue what we do best: gather, organize and present information to readers. We know Oklahoma, and we want to help Oklahomans find answers they need.

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