Media coverage and appearances

Reporting of my successful FOI request to obtain citations for two of Boris Johnson’s peerage nominations, in the Guardian, the Times (paywalled), and the Mirror (10 January 2025)

Discussion assessing the current state of FOI on the Scandalmongers podcast (11 March 2024)

I was interviewed for Radio 4’s documentary about the death of the biological weapons expert David Kelly and the Hutton Inquiry (22 July 2023)

Interview about the politics of FOI for Steve Richards’ Rock & Roll Politics podcast (23 June 2023)

Interviewed about my work at the BBC, FOI and the Hutton Inquiry, by Roger Bolton for his BeebWatch podcast (15 June 2023)

Discussion panel about the current state of FOI, the culture of government, how the system works and the pitfalls, for openDemocracy (15 June 2023)

Interview on Times Radio on how to use FOI effectively (30 May 2023)

Interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today in Parliament programme to discuss how politicians regard FOI (21 April 2023)

My oral evidence to the House of Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee as part of their inquiry into the Cabinet Office and FOI (25 October 2021) (transcript here). I also provided written evidence.

“Data journalist Martin Rosenbaum studied two council areas in depth, and found candidates who came first alphabetically won on average more than twice as many votes as their party colleagues further down the paper – and were more likely to win a seat as a result.” (BBC Scotland)

Discussion about how well the FOI system currently works, on Times Radio (13 July 2021)

Appearance on The Bunker podcast to discuss the threats to freedom of information (23 June 2021)