FOI FRIDAY: 10 FOI ideas for journalists is back!

Welcome to the return of FOI – a weekly look at FOI stories which are worth sharing (and in many cases, copying). As an added incentive to read on, this blog will also celebrate/shame those councils who prove that actions speak louder than words when it comes to delivering on the principles of FOI and

FOI Friday: Rescuing fat people, dirty football grounds, spending on Facebook and young drink drivers

10 good examples of FOI in action from the local, regional and national media: 1. Bomb hoaxes at universities – Cambridge News Universities, as a rule, hate being covered by the Freedom of Information Act – which is one of the reasons I like to see stories generated by it. This one is interesting –

FOI Friday: Bad living conditions, school repair backlogs, teen drug dealers and the return of schoolyard compo

  Revealing the findings of ‘neighbourhood renewal assessments’ – Stoke Sentinel Here’s one which could run and run across the country. The Stoke Sentinel reports on the findings of a council ‘neighbourhood renewal assessment’ – the likes of which are carried out by councils all over the place. A NEW report has painted a sobering

FOI Friday: Unusual council waiting lists, a housing crisis, and the theft of a six-foot cardboard copper

This week’s list includes how to work out if there’s a housing crisis, how well used (or not) Sarah’s Law is in your area, and finding out what people are your local prison have been jailed for