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Thursday, September 14, 2006

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Ginger Moorhouse, Bakersfield Californian Publisher, becomes newest CFAC board member

Ginger Moorhouse, publisher and board chairman of the Bakersfield Californian, has joined the Board of Directors of the California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC), the open-government advocacy organization announced today.

“Ginger will be a great addition to our board,” said Paul Gullixson, CFAC president. “She brings a wealth of media experience and saavy, and she cares passionately about free speech and open-government rights,” he said.

Moorhouse is past president of the California Newspaper Publisher’s Association (CNPA) and former board member of Inland Press Association. In 2003 she was named Publisher of the Year by Editor & Publisher, an industry trade magazine.

Moorhouse is part of a venerable California institution. As publisher of the Bakersfield Californian, she is the fourth generation of her family to lead the newspaper since 1897.

CFAC in recent months has expanded its board. In addition to Moorhouse, new board members include Stephen Barnett, First Amendment scholar and professor emeritus at Boalt Hall, David E. Lee, Executive Director of the Chinese American Voters Education Committee, Dan Day, Managing Editor for the Modesto Bee, and Dan Gillmor, founder and Director of the Center for Citizen Media.

CFAC is a nonprofit public interest organization dedicated to advancing free speech and open-government rights. A membership organization, CFAC’s activities include educational and informational programs, participation in “test case” litigation to enhance First Amendment rights for the largest number of citizens, and legislative oversight of bills affecting free speech.

CFAC’s members are newspapers and other news organizations, libraries, civic organizations, academics, freelance journalists, community activists--and ordinary individuals seeking help in asserting rights of citizenship.

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