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In 2017, Priscilla Villarreal was arrested and charged with a third-degree felony, “Misuse of Official Information.” Her alleged crime: Requesting the wrong information. muckrock.com/news/archives/…

🚨Chicago journalists🚨 I'm conducting a study about the use of data and AI tools in the journalism industry. I’m seeking journalists and media professionals in Chicago to interview on June 10-11 and 17-18. If you’re in the area, please DM me or email me at [email protected]!

Newsrooms: Election Day is in 138 days. Feel like you’ve got a solid plan and everything you need to cover the election? If not, this 🧵 is for you.

Want to help plan Sunshine Week and be on the frontline of transparency efforts? @BrechnerCenter is hiring a #FOIA Outreach Coordinator. $60-70k salary: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/5324… /via David Cuillier

Less than 1 month until the Independent News Sustainability Summit, LION Publishers's marquee 2024 event, takes Chicago. Fewer than 100 tickets remain. We'll release the schedule this week. Are you joining us? summit24.lionpublishers.com

Transparency lovers: Come share your wins, questions & quagmires at the upcoming #FOIA Friday even this week at 11:30 Eastern: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

HEY Y'ALL Votebeat HAS FREE STUFF FOR REPORTERS COVERING VOTING THIS SEASON. Most excitingly: A Slack channel open to journalists in local and non-profit newsrooms with *literally dozens* of experts who can answer instant questions on the record. accounts.muckrock.com/election-hub/r…

For 5 months, the Cal AG fought to hide the names of 8 deputies at the center of a case against a DA advisor tasked w/helping keep a list of problem cops. Using gaps in redactions & sheer tenacity, Emily Elena Dugdale & I ID'd 7 of them. Here's how we did it. latimes.com/california/sto…

🔍 In response to my public records request, the FTC released its FOIA logs. Nose through them here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… The agency's aggressive posture under chair @linakhanFTC has consistently made headlines in recent years. Here are the top requestors since 2023:

NEW: an investigation nearly two years in the making. At least two dozen schools in Michigan serve students with severe behavioral disabilities. A Free Press analysis of nearly 8,000 emergency dispatch records show these schools are leaning on police. freep.com/story/news/edu…

This is remarkable: A Houston jury just found disgraced former cop Gerald Goines guilty of felony murder because police shot and killed a married couple while carrying out a search warrant that Goines lied to obtain.

Today got from NSA 78 hardcopy documents of 2,233 pages requested by FOIA on October 9, 2006, 18 years ago. Approved for release on September 24, 2024. Will take a while to scan. (WikiLeaks domain registered on October 4, 2006 by Julian #Assange and John Young) Anthony MuckRock

JOB: LION Publishers is hiring an associate director of policy and advocacy, on our membership team. This is new territory for us, and one our members told us directly that we ought to create. Details: lionpublishers.com/lion-is-hiring…

You can help ongoing research from MuckRock investigating how US federal government is using AI for #FOI. It has found the CIA is “testing Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning tools to assist the review process.” Wonder if same is happening in UK? muckrock.com/assignment/is-…

Journalism folks: I’m conducting research about tech use in newsrooms, especially data and AI. If you’d be willing to do a 30-60 minute interview with me, please sign up! More info in thread below calendly.com/go2emiliaruz/3…

JOURNALISTS! Are you covering the election today? Do you need quick sources who are happy to talk on the record? Join Votebeat's and Knight Foundation's expert desk. Sign up here, we'll process reporters in throughout the day: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…