JOURNALISTS! Are you covering the election today? Do you need quick sources who are happy to talk on the record? Join @VotebeatUS's and @knightfdn's expert desk. Sign up here, we'll process reporters in throughout the day: https://t.co/TPa26uHVNj

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 https://t.co/iebovul3Ue

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?

JOB: @LIONPubs 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:

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) @404 @MuckRock

Email works best because I'm not here much these days. First name @ my employer. Or hop in the MuckRock Slack:

If you're a DocumentCloud user, we're looking for feedback & testing on a revamped interface. Our goal: Much, *much* faster load times; more accessible functionality; improved display of a range of pieces of metadata; a foundation that others can build on for years to come. HMU!

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. https://t.co/PJRTkeAHLr

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.

🔍 In response to my public records request, the @FTC released its FOIA logs. Nose through them here: https://t.co/bjRryefvaR The agency's aggressive posture under chair @linakhanFTC has consistently made headlines in recent years. Here are the top requestors since 2023:

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, @eedugdale & I ID'd 7 of them. Here's how we did it. https://t.co/sccc90l5e0

HEY Y'ALL @VotebeatUS 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.

Transparency lovers: Come share your wins, questions & quagmires at the upcoming #FOIA Friday even this week at 11:30 Eastern:

Less than 1 month until the Independent News Sustainability Summit, @LIONPubs's marquee 2024 event, takes Chicago. Fewer than 100 tickets remain. We'll release the schedule this week. Are you joining us? https://t.co/TzuublMTQQ

Want to help plan Sunshine Week and be on the frontline of transparency efforts? @BrechnerCenter is hiring a #FOIA Outreach Coordinator. $60-70k salary: https://t.co/PLV3VzpxnW /via @DavidCuillier

What I wrote for the @knightfd. Wanted: More pro bono lawyers for journalists https://t.co/xcSGb7JKY4 via @knightfdn

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.

🚨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 emr4pn@virginia.edu!

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