▶ Apply for grants to investigate election integrity: Flashlight, an organization that pools money and provides grants to investigative journalists, is seeking applications from freelance journalists working on projects about election integrity. The grants range from $500 to $1,000, and grantees "retain complete editorial control" of their projects. The deadline is this Sunday, November 20; learn more and apply here.
▶ DOJ is developing a new FOIA search tool: The Department of Justice is working on a tool that will help potential records requesters find documents that are already public, thus avoiding duplicate requests, reports Natalie Alms at FCW. While DOJ is developing this search feature, it will be available to other federal agencies, ideally helping requesters search for documents across multiple jurisdictions.
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