Frank Gibson, the founding executive director of the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government and the journalist who spearheaded the idea of creating a statewide open-government coalition in Tennessee, has died.
Gibson passed away Sunday morning in Florida, according to TCOG.
A longtime Tennessean reporter and editor, Gibson spent decades advocating for public access to records and government transparency. He founded TCOG in 2003 after organizing journalists, attorneys and citizens to push back against growing secrecy in government…