Jennifer LaFleur
Jennifer LaFleur was ProPublica's director of computer-assisted reporting (CAR).
Jennifer LaFleur was ProPublica's director of computer-assisted reporting (CAR). She was also the CAR editor starting in 2003 for The Dallas Morning News, where she worked on the investigative team. She has directed CAR at the San Jose Mercury News and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and was IREâs first training director. She has won awards for her coverage of disability, legal and open government issues. Ms. LaFleur is the co-author of IREâs Mapping for Stories: A Computer-Assisted Reporting Guide.
Agencies Open to the Public – Some Not So Much
Under a directive from the White House's Office of Management and Budget, federal departments and agencies were to have created open-government Web pages by last Saturday. A few stragglers didn't make it.
by Jennifer LaFleur,
Obama Backtracking on Transparency Promise?
Despite the Obama administration's push for more openness in the federal government, a report says the White House has agreed to extend a deadline for intelligence agencies to review millions of documents that were scheduled to be declassified this year.
by Jennifer LaFleur,