Media Group

This is a field of the Media Form. That form is included in topics that describe media, such as newspaper articles, video, pictures, TV clips, etc. that may be of interest.

The Media Group provides information on the general source and use of the media item, such as News, Govt Doc , Request Letter , Response Letter , News Release , Resolution , etc. It allows us to group the media types together to make it easier to find the media of interest or at least to flag them accordingly.

Name	Type	Tooltip message
News	option	Article, video, etc. usually obtained from news media
News Release	option	Information actively released by some entity. Visit Press Room for all news releases from Citizens Oversight
Govt Doc	option	Document obtained from a governmental body or institution.
Research	option	Reseach publications by Non-Governmental Organizations
Corp Doc	option	Document from private sector, usually a corporation
Blog Entry	option	Original Article
Op Ed	option	Opinion and/or editorial
Legal Doc	option	Legal or court document
CPRA	option	Public Records Request and responses
Procedure	option	Oversight Procedure or Best Practices Document
Standard	option	Standard of practice, best practice, guidelines, recommendations
Legislation	option	Legislation which is or was being processed by federal, state, or local governmental bodies.
Audit	option	Historical review of data, here most likely regarding elections.
Whitepaper	option	persuasive, authoritative, in-depth report.
Letter	option	Letter to or from govt or other entity.