Kim Smith honored by FOI Foundation

Kim Smith honored by FOI Foundation

AUSTIN Texas news organizations that exposed the truth about law enforcement’s response to the Uvalde school shooting and revealed a district attorney’s high rate of case dismissals have won this year’s Spirit of FOI Awards. The Odessa American’s Kim Smith received an honorable mention for her work using Freedom of Information requests to report on the City of Odessa’s issues with properly posting public notices and Mayor Javier Joven’s hiring o…