FOI & EIR
Amin, Lucas & Montague, Brendan. FOIA without the lawyer: freedom, information and the press. TCIJ, 2012
Amin, Lucas & Montague, Brendan. EIRs without the lawyer: the journalist’s guide to the Environmental Information Regulations. TCIJ, 2013
Bartlett, Rachel. How to submit a freedom of information request. Journalism.co.uk, 2012
BBC & Miller, Charles. Five ways to stop your FOI request being rejected. 2015
Brooke, Heather. Your right to know. A citizen’s guide to the Freedom of Information Act. 2nd ed., Pluto, 2007. Library resource
Burgess, Matt
— Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists. Routledge, 2015. Library resource
— FOIA. 103 stories that prove Chris Grayling wrong. Guardian, 2015
— Some of the best stories based on FOI requests in 2017
Campaign for Freedom of Information
Committee Evidence on Cabinet Office FOI Clearing House, Oct 2021
Harrison, Sian & Hanna, Mark. The Freedom of Information Act 2000. McNae’s Essential Law for Journalists, 26th ed., 2022, Chapter 37 (online). Library resource
Gibbons, Paul. The Freedom of Information Officer. Open Data Institute. 2019. 40’ Video
GIJN. FOIA this! (article series)
Geoghegan, Peter. FOI. London Review of Books. 43/4, 2021
Goldberg, Kevin. FOI resources. GIJN. 2019
Harris, Kelly, Metcalfe, Eric & Wadham, John. Blackstone’s guide to the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 5th ed., OUP, 2013. Library resource
Higgerson, David. FOI ideas. 2016
Information Commissioner’s Office
— Guide to authorities that respond to FOI. 2017
— How to get information from a public body (for individuals)
— A guide to freedom of information (for organisations)
Legal-leaks. Legal leaks toolkit. A guide for journalists on how to access government information
McIntosh, Toby. Walking the FOI beat. Tipsheet. GIJN. 2019
Miller, Claire, A great big list of FOI ideas. Jan 2013
Morrison, James. Freedom of Information. Essential public affairs for journalists (7th ed.). OUP, 2021, p. 436-52. Library resource (6th ed)
Open Democracy. Freedom of Information (article series)
Reid, Alastair. Ten years of FOI. Resources and tips for journalists. Journalism.co.uk. 2015
Rosenbaum, Martin. 10 things we found out because of FOI. BBC Online. 2015
TBIJ. Bureau launches action over hidden council finances. October 2020