Requester's Voice: FOIA Advice, Tips, and Tricks

Requester's Voice is a regular series that interviews top FOIA and public records experts about how to get the most out of the request process.

Activists

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Brad Heath (USA Today)

David Jackson (Chicago Tribune)

Jenifer McKim (New England Center for Investigative Reporting)

Jennifer LaFleur (Center for Investigative Reporting)

Todd Wallack (Boston Globe)

Brooke Williams (New England Center for Investigative Reporting)

Lawyers

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Nate Jones National Security Archive

MuckRock Staff

50 States of FOIA

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70 Articles

Requester’s Voice: Kris Newby, author of Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons

by Beryl Lipton

September 15, 2020

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

by Beryl Lipton

August 20, 2020

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.

EPA lacks information on nearly 10,000 farms it’s tasked with regulating

by Adrien Salzberg

September 25, 2019

The nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council published on Monday a review of information on factory farms - released despite industry objections - that calls attention to shortcomings in the EPA’s regulation of potential pollutants.

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