Events
FOIA-Fest
Date and Time
Thursday, September 27, 2018 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Description
FOIA-Fest
September 27, from 6-9 p.m.
Kirkhof Center,
room 2270, Allendale Campus
Michael Morisy, co-founder
of MuckRock, a non-governmental organization dedicated to freedom of
information issues, will kick off FOIA-Fest with a keynote address
about a national overview of the freedom of information landscape. He
will explain the process and mechanics of writing a FOIA request. Anne
Jbara, assistant general counsel and Freedom of Information Act
coordinator at Grand Valley, and Patrick Beatty, staff attorney in the
City of Grand Rapids City Attorney’s Office, will explain how to file
an effective FOIA request. Local journalists will also be on-hand to
describe their experiences using FOIA requests in their reporting.
FOIA-Fest will conclude with a hands-on session during which Grand
Valley faculty, members of the Michigan Freedom of Information
Coalition and the presenters will help attendees write and file their
own FOIA requests. This event is sponsored by the School of Communications.
Contact
For more information, visit gvsu.edu/bigdata.