About the Authors

Jim Bronskill is a reporter in the Ottawa bureau of The Canadian Press news agency, specializing in security and intelligence, policing and justice-related issues. Bronskill also frequently writes about privacy in the digital realm, and has considerable experience using information laws to uncover stories.

David McKie is an award-winning producer with the CBC News parliamentary bureau. He teaches data journalism at the University of King’s College and Carleton University, and has co-instructed a reporting methods class at Carleton with Bronskill since 2003. McKie uses access-to-information laws and data analysis to tell stories about public health and other vital topics. The authors were part of the team that won the 2008 Michener Award for its reporting on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police use of Taser stun guns.