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Some called it a Friday night news dump, but it was more like a frustrating…
April 4, 2017
Here are 20 of the best open-records stories so far this year
Last week, journalists and media organizations around the country observed Sunshine Week, an annual event…
March 20, 2017
How far will President Trump’s media blackout spread? The Sunlight Foundation is trying to find out
As news began to spread this week that some federal agencies were limiting or shutting…
January 25, 2017
How The Sacramento Bee caught a college boss whitewashing her online record
Imagine telling a story so important that it “spreads across the country like wildfire” and…
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After 6 years and thousands of public records requests, MuckRock turns nonprofit
In the past year, MuckRock has helped reporters and others file more than 10,000 public…
June 15, 2016
7 lessons from BuzzFeed’s ‘FOIA-friendly newsroom’
Does your newsroom have a public records strategy? Do you track how many Freedom of…
June 14, 2016
MuckRock ordered to take down public records
MuckRock, a website that helps journalists and others request, analyze and share public records, has…
May 27, 2016
Running into a brick wall with your FOIA request? Take it public
When I’m having trouble getting public records from a government agency, I’ll often turn to…
May 4, 2016
Here’s why you can’t successfully FOIA President Obama’s ‘Game of Thrones’ screener
Do you remember your first Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request? Vanessa Golembewski, a features…
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Here are 13 of the best open-records stories so far this year
Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series of articles being published by Poynter…
March 17, 2016
Meet the BuzzFeed editor whom data journalists love
Last fall, I started reading a newsletter by BuzzFeed data editor Jeremy Singer-Vine that combines…
March 8, 2016
Reporter reveals ‘12 kinds of emails’ professor got after blocking media
I remember watching coverage of the protests at the University of Missouri in November and…
January 27, 2016
50 states, 50 public records stories
Each month in this column, I try to feature journalists who are telling important stories…
December 28, 2015
Can FOIA be funny?
Can FOIA be funny? Curtis Raye thinks so. He has created a comedy show celebrating…
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