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Delays are common – even beyond statutory deadlines. Here’s what you can do: buff.ly/5ZDHx4I
DHS and DOJ both received more FOIA requests than they processed in fiscal year 2025, contributing to larger pending caseloads by year end. buff.ly/LXjheMO
Meet the people who spend their days holding elected officials accountable, digging through records most people never see, and making sure no one in power operates without scrutiny. Your gift is what keeps them doing that work tomorrow, and the day after. Support our work: buff.ly/ESzaro0
Transparency is a team sport. Every FOIA request uncovers stories that matter, but only because supporters like you make the work possible. Help us move public records across the goal line. Donate today: buff.ly/ESzaro0
Your support helps file, track, and publish the public records that hold power accountable. Donate today: buff.ly/ESzaro0 #transparency #FOIA #righttoknow
Being specific increases your chances of success and signals to the agency that you understand how records are actually kept. Get our guide to diagnose common FOIA roadblocks and rewrite your request to get results. buff.ly/5ZDHx4I
These stories changed communities because someone asked questions. Your support helps journalists uncover the truth, hold power accountable, and keep public records public. Help fund the next investigation. buff.ly/DMShMsj
Transparency is a team sport. We can't win without you. Every public records request takes a team, from filing and tracking requests to publishing records that inform communities. Your support makes that work possible. Donate today! buff.ly/DMShMsj
Transparency doesn't happen by accident. Behind every public records request is a community committed to transparency. Be part of the team making government more transparent. #SupportJournalism Donate today! www.muckrock.com/donate/
Will you be at the annual Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in National Harbor, Maryland from June 18-21? MuckRockers will be hosting and attending sessions throughout the event. buff.ly/2QyiYLC
The Beam contacted 208 school boards across Arizona to determine whether they record their meetings and make recordings available online. The review combined public records requests, phone calls and independent research. Of those boards, 188 confirmed their practices. buff.ly/xSG3qEe
As of May 19, 2026, 1,843 law enforcement agencies in 39 states and two U.S. territories are signed up to participate in a program that partners with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. buff.ly/b0V68L4
How do you explain the real cost of investigative journalism to your audience? Learn how local newsrooms turned to MuckRock and @sunlightresearch.bsky.social to make their investigative work visible. buff.ly/cjWkaDU
The newsrooms tested the new toolkit developed by MuckRock’s Sunlight Research Desk to help them improve communication and fundraising around their investigative work. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Police misconduct is often a matter of life or death, an area where transparency is more important than almost anywhere else. buff.ly/cTPAOms
What are newsrooms planning to cover during the 2026 midterm elections? MuckRock asked newsrooms about how they’re approaching their election coverage, the barriers they’re facing and how support organizations like ours and news collaborations might be able to help. buff.ly/aiYXB5J
Analyzing the types of misconduct that most often land officers on Brady lists is possible. You just need enough data. Read our guide Brady lists and how to to investigate police misconduct: buff.ly/SDJTRvw
Many newsrooms covering the 2026 midterm elections are understaffed and under-resourced. A new survey from MuckRock finds that newsrooms seemed interested in tools for preparing, publishing and hosting voter guides, election results and other election-related datasets. buff.ly/aiYXB5J
Information about police misconduct can be difficult to obtain through public records requests. But police misconduct is often a matter of life or death, an area where transparency is more important than almost anywhere else. Get our guides on police disciplinary files ⬇️
For #LocalNewsDay, a thread of some investigations MuckRock's Sunlight Research Desk supported this past year. 🧵
Tomorrow is the first annual Local News Day. MuckRock is proud to be part of a national movement empowering local newsrooms to grow. @sunlightresearch.bsky.social has been working all year alongside local newsrooms on investigations you'll want to see. Stay tuned for more tomorrow! #LocalNewsDay
Packed crowds at Sunshine Fest! Panelists this morning showcased tools, websites and other resources, chatting about criminalizing FOI, immigration secrecy and more. #SunshineFest
Sunshine Week is here 🌞 and MuckRock has teamed up with @eff.org for our annual Foilies awards highlighting the most absurd government transparency fails. $1.8M FOIA fees, 1,200 gray-boxed pages, deleted databases… and yes, it’s all real. #SunshineWeek 🧵
MuckRock is at #SunshineFest in Washington, D.C.! We'll be sharing the highlights from the conference and celebrating government transparency.
Editor Anna Massoglia joining our @westvirginiau.bsky.social collaborators for their #NICAR26 presentation on tracking opioid settlement funds. Learn more about this project: www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
NICAR Day 2 💪 MuckRock kicked off our second day in Indianapolis with Editor Anna Massoglia's "Tracking hidden money, influence and power across borders" session.
This Friday, learn how to obtain historical records through FOIA with special guest @robertloerzel.bsky.social. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Check out the Chicago History Museum's feature of the Cicero Independiente and MuckRock's work on air quality in Cicero. Read more about our work: www.muckrock.com/news/archive...