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Reporters get all those great stories because they have special access to all the information
Right?
Wrong
White House Beer Recipe: Freedom Of Information Act Request Filed For Obama's Brew
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/21/white-house-beer-recipeobama_n_1818531.html
Using FOIA
Examples from Reporters Committee Examples from local newspapers Student examples
Lamont examples
Resources
Resources on FOIA and Open Meetings Laws Government in the Sunshine Act (1976) Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press http://www.rcfp.org/federal-open-government-guide/introduction
Society of Professional Journalists www.spj.org Michigan Press Association http://www.michiganpress.org/AboutMPA/OpenGovernmentResources.aspx National Freedom of Information Coalition SAMPLES of letters are here http://www.nfoic.org/sample-foia-request-letters