How to FOIA: A visual guide for obtaining public records

By Nate Jones and Emily Joynton, The Washington Post, March 2, 2024

“I’ve filed thousands of requests in my career. Here’s how I do it, step by step.”

Every day, Washington Post reporters use public records to inform people about our communities and hold powerful people and governments accountable. Government records have helped expose the role of drug companies in the opioid crisis and showed how U.S. officials misled the public about the war in Afghanistan.

To get a PDF of the process steps, go here:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/4072d296-b8a1-4cce-808e-993e7200b110.pdf