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Study: Two-thirds health reporters say FOIA delays have killed stories

FOIA delays can be harmful to story health, according to a survey of reporters who cover health care. Graduate students at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism surveyed 169 members of the Association of Health Care Journalists to find that only a third of reporters have received a response to FOIA requests within the required 20 days. Nearly half said they were "very dissatisfied" with the Food and Drug Administration's processing of FOIA requests. See more.

Published Friday, April 11, 2008 11:50 AM by DavidCuillier

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