#194 - FOIA request exposes FOIA-reform obstruction attempt

Published: April 1, 2016, 12:30 a.m.

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, Producer Michael O'Connell talks to Jason Leopold, investigative reporter for VICE News, about a recent story he wrote about how the Obama administration has worked behind the scenes to scuttle legislation aimed at reforming the Freedom Information Act. Leopold talks about the importance of FOIA to investigative journalists and the public, and how he used the law to uncover documents to expose the administration's actions.