Radley Balko joins #FOIAchat this Friday!

The Radley Balko is joining #FOIAchat this week to answer questions and share his experience attaining public records, especially on police militarization, forensics, and the criminal justice system. His investigations led to the termination of a Mississippi medical examiner named Steven Hayne, whose testimonies led to four wrongful convictions.

He is currently an investigative reporter for the Huffington Post, and previously was a senior editor for Reason Magazine. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist, and the Showtime program Penn & Teller’s Bullshit!.

His 2009 investigative report on expert witness fraud in a Louisiana death penalty case won the Western Publication Association’s “Maggie Award.” In 2011 the L.A. Press Club named him “Journalist of the Year,” and The Week named Balko a finalist for “Opinion Columnist of the Year.”

This is some serious talent coming to #FOIAchat boys and girls. Take advantage of it and show up with plenty of Q&A.