Information is increasingly being stored in electronic form. But how do you get that data in the first place? And what do you do when you’ve got it?
What is freedom of information?
David Banisar from the University of Leeds and Privacy International looks at what Freedom of Information means for journalists.
MPs’ expenses
Heather Brooke talks about how she used the Freedom of Information Act to get the MPs’s expenses story.
FOI sample letter for a contract, tender or other commercial information (Word doc)