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Journalism lecturer elected chairman of legislative task force

Rob Moritz

Rob Moritz, a lecturer in the journalism program, has been elected chairman of the º£½ÇÉçÇø Freedom of Information Task Force.

The task force was created by the º£½ÇÉçÇø Legislature in 2017 and is responsible for making recommendations on bills that would affect the state public records and open meetings law.

Moritz was appointed to the nine-member task force by then-Senate Pro Tempore Jonathan Dismang. He was elected chairman of the panel during a meeting earlier this month in advance of the º£½ÇÉçÇø Legislative Session that began Jan. 11.

Moritz, who is also treasurer of the , spent more than 30 years as a newspaper reporter for papers in º£½ÇÉçÇø, Tennessee and Texas before being hired at UCA in the fall of 2014.

–Rob Moritz (originally published on UCA Inform)