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  "id": "1996-november-journalists-can-get-help-with-foi-issues-by",
  "slug": "1996-november-journalists-can-get-help-with-foi-issues-by",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1996-november-journalists-can-get-help-with-foi-issues-by.html",
  "year": 1996,
  "month": "November",
  "monthNum": 11,
  "headline": "Journalists can get help with FOI issues by:",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "",
  "summary": "Journalists facing freedom of information obstacles can seek legal assistance through the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press hotline, email, or website, or contact the Justice Department's FOIA ombudsman hotline.",
  "keywords": [
    "FOIA",
    "journalists",
    "access"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Journalism & Newsroom"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "Internet",
    "World Wide Web",
    "Email"
  ],
  "full_text": "Journalists can get help with FOI issues by: Calling the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Hotline for legal advice at (800) 336-4243. The committee receives 3,000 calls annually, 60 percent of which come from reporters whose access to public records has been thwarted in some way. E-mailing the Committee at RCFP@CAIS.COM. Calling the Justice Department Hotline, which acts as an ombudsman for FOIA fights, at (202) 514-FOIA. Also, check the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Web site at http://www.rcft.org/rcft",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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      "score": 0.382
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      "slug": "1996-november-access-these-foi-sites",
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    },
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      "slug": "1995-october-access-to-electronic-records",
      "score": 0.214
    },
    {
      "slug": "2006-november-december-on-the-foia-front",
      "score": 0.2
    }
  ],
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