F.Y.I.

ABC News hires Freedom of Information editor

November 7, 2013 4:47

ABC News has created a new role for a Freedom of Information editor, to help make and coordinate FOI applications for ABC News and current affairs.

The announcement:

Today it was announced that Michael McKinnon will be joining the ABC News Division as the corporation’s Freedom of Information Editor. This is a new role for the ABC.

Acting Director of ABC News, Alan Sunderland said, “Michael McKinnon is the most experienced and highly regarded FOI Editor in the country. In fact Michael virtually invented this role in Australia and over the years has extracted thousands of documents from State and Federal governments and public bodies.”

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