All posts (blog + news) feed for Idealistic Info / The EPIC Files. https://idealisticinfo.com/ 2026-05-02T00:00:00Z Idealistic Infohttps://idealisticinfo.com/ © Idealistic Info. All rights reserved. Idealistic Info SEO pipeline https://idealisticinfo.com/assets/idealistic-info-mark.png https://idealisticinfo.com/assets/idealistic-info-mark.png https://idealisticinfo.com/NewsItem?slug=epic-files-12-publishing-friday 2026-05-02T00:00:00Z 2026-05-02T00:00:00Z Idealistic Info

Our investigation into a nine year recall delay drops at noon UTC on Friday. Trailer up Wednesday. Press inquiries: press@idealisticinfo.com.

https://idealisticinfo.com/NewsItem?slug=studio-joins-global-records-network 2026-04-24T00:00:00Z 2026-04-24T00:00:00Z Idealistic Info

We are now a contributing member of the Global Records Network, a cross border consortium of independent newsrooms that share document caches and translation help.

https://idealisticinfo.com/NewsItem?slug=why-we-publish-source-lists 2026-04-21T00:00:00Z 2026-04-21T00:00:00Z A. Reporter

Source lists are the cheapest accountability tool a newsroom owns. Here is how we build ours, why we publish them, and what changed when we did.

https://idealisticinfo.com/NewsItem?slug=spring-2026-fellowship-call 2026-04-11T00:00:00Z 2026-04-11T00:00:00Z Idealistic Info

A six month paid fellowship for one early career reporter who wants to learn the records pipeline end to end. Applications close 25 May.

https://idealisticinfo.com/NewsItem?slug=small-newsroom-foia-strategy 2026-04-08T00:00:00Z 2026-04-08T00:00:00Z D. Research

The biggest predictor of a strong investigation is not budget. It is whether someone on the team knows how to write a request that lands.

https://idealisticinfo.com/NewsItem?slug=how-we-fact-check-an-image 2026-03-17T00:00:00Z 2026-03-17T00:00:00Z E. Sound

A two second cutaway can survive eight rounds of legal review and still ship wrong. Here is the visual review pass we run on every frame.