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Podcast: Info Matters
Episode:

From FOI to front page news!
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:31:30
Publish Date: 2021-09-30 01:17:42
Description:

Jim Bronskill is an award-winning reporter with the Ottawa bureau of The Canadian Press news agency, specializing in security and intelligence, policing, and justice-related issues. He also frequently writes about privacy in the digital realm.

  • The path to a career in journalism [2:31]
  • How investigative journalism has changed over the years [4:11]
  • Freedom of information (FOI) requests as an important reporting tool [4:51]
  • The iceberg theory of journalism [5:31]
  • Uncovering the rest of the iceberg through freedom of information [6:20]
  • Balancing FOI response times with news deadlines [6:55]
  • Ways to advance and modernize the access to information system [8:20]
  • Big news stories that began as freedom of information requests [11:15]
  • Learning about the use of Tasers by the RCMP through FOI [12:18]
  • The Tommy Douglas files [15:55]
  • Tips for making access requests [18:43]
  • Key challenges to access to information and the right to know [24:30]
  • The need for strong leadership on access to information, modernized laws, and practical administrative solutions [25:31]

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Info Matters is a podcast about people, privacy, and access to information hosted by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. We dive into conversations with people from all walks of life and hear stories about the access and privacy issues that matter most to them. 

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