Requester's Voice: FOIA Advice, Tips, and Tricks
Activists
Steven Aftergood
Maurice Frankel
Chris Meller
Phil Mocek
Harry Scheeler
Edward Vielmetti
Journalists
C.J. Ciaramella (BuzzFeed)
John Cook (Gawker)
Justin Elliott
Phil Eil
Brad Heath (USA Today)
David Jackson (Chicago Tribune)
Jenifer McKim (New England Center for Investigative Reporting)
Jennifer LaFleur (Center for Investigative Reporting)
Jason Leopold (Vice)
Kevin Poulsen (Wired)
Brandon Smith
Todd Wallack (Boston Globe)
Brooke Williams (New England Center for Investigative Reporting)
Lawyers
Kel McClanahan
Laura Rótolo
Persis Yu
Researchers
Nate Jones National Security Archive
Michael Powell
Runa Sandvik
Ryan Shapiro
MuckRock Staff
JPat Brown
Beryl Lipton
Michael Morisy
50 States of FOIA
California
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Missouri
Iowa
Utah
Wisconsin
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71 Articles
Requester’s Voice: The Invisible Institute’s Jamie Kalven
In this conversation, we discuss Kalven’s landmark public records win in Kalven v. City of Chicago (2014), how AI can be used to analyze data received through FOIA and hopes for the future of the transparency landscape.
Requester’s Voice: Kris Newby, author of Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons
Science writer Kris Newby shares her personal journey that took her from the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard into the depths of the U.S. government’s Cold War biological weapons program.
Requester’s Voice: SPJ Oregon’s Rachel Alexander
The president of SPJ Oregon talks about how the state’s restrictions on public health data make it more difficult to understand COVID, offers tips to new filers, and tells us about her favorite Magic-related records request.