Paula Knudsen Burke: Tireless champion for press freedom, transparency in Pennsylvania

Paula Knudsen Burke: Tireless champion for press freedom, transparency in Pennsylvania

Paula Knudsen Burke, attorney for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, is on the frontlines of the battle for government transparency and accountability in Pennsylvania. Local journalists, newsrooms, and the Pennsylvanians they inform are all better for it.  Last year alone, Burke represented local media in lawsuits that shook loose public records about oversight of the state’s medical marijuana program, a prison contractor’s wrongf…