Paula Knudsen Burke is the recipient of the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association’s 2024 Benjamin Franklin Award for Excellence.
Paula Knudsen Burke, an attorney who has advised news media outlets throughout Pennsylvania on media law issues, is being recognized for her impactful work fighting for government transparency and First Amendment rights.
“Paula has tenaciously challenged government secrecy to ensure journalists – and ultimately, the public – have access to critical information about how taxpayer dollars are spent.” Knudsen Burke has advised PennLive on several significant open records cases, including obtaining police body camera video from a fatal shooting in North Middleton Township. Currently she is working with the Cornell University Law School First Amendment Clinic to obtain a copy of a settlement involving the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and Norfolk Southern Railway over the death of a woman hit by a train.
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