Tag: FOI

The European Investigative Journalism Conference

Auctioning the art of the bureaucrats at Dataharvest

May 25, 2023May 19, 2023 by Lucas Batt

Tarjei Leer-Salvesen discusses curating the art of the bureaucrats, the abuse of power, and raising money for Dataharvest.

FOI Frontex Luisa Izuzquiza Vera Deleja-Hotko

Frontex files: how to FOI a reluctant institution

April 21, 2021 by Trine Smistrup

The EU border agency Frontex has the largest budget of any EU agency. “We don’t meet with lobbyists,” they claim – an investigative team proved them wrong. Hear how to find your own story in their data. If a public institution is reluctant to share information with the public, how can we use our right … Read more

FOI Staffan Dahllöf Stéphane Horel

Meet the FOI fighters

June 5, 2020March 9, 2020 by Trine Smistrup

The laws on access to information, often called FOI (Freedom of Information) for short, are some of our most important tools as investigative journalists. Following the paper trails is an art in itself, and many important investigations have reached their results through systematic – and creative – use of FOI. We have several sessions that … Read more