Sydney Sims Joins Brechner FOI Project as First Outreach Coordinator

Sydney Sims has joined the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications as its first full-time outreach coordinator. She will lead national Sunshine Week activities, an initiative founded in 2005 to promote the right to know, and other efforts to educate journalists and the public about their rights to access government information.

Sims will also provide training at journalism conferences, lead the Brechner FOI Project’s communications, produce the monthly Brechner Report and develop online educational materials.

Most recently, Sims worked as a community engagement reporter for Capital B News in Atlanta, a nonprofit news organization that centers on Black voices. She previously worked at the Atlanta NPR affiliate, WABE FM News, and the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer in Columbus, Georgia. She is a 2020 Auburn University journalism graduate and this year she was a fellow for Investigative Reporters and Editors and the Association of Health Care Journalists.

Sims’ position is partly funded by an endowment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Posted: November 12, 2024
Category: Brechner Center, College News
Tagged as: Brechner Freedom of Information Project, Sunshine Week, Sydney Sims