Jason Leopold — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Recipient of the 2023 Gerald Loeb award for investigative reporting and a 2022 George Polk award for health reporting.
Senior investigative reporter on the Bloomberg News investigations team.
Co-founded the web-based political magazine The Public Record.
Hosts the 'Disclosure' podcast and the 'FOIA Files' weekly newsletter.
Identified by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse as "by far the most active individual FOIA litigator in the United States today."
Forced the release of all Hillary Clinton's emails through the Freedom of Information Act.
Lead reporter on the FinCEN Files investigation, a Pulitzer finalist project revealing how banks profit from corruption.

Biography

Jason Leopold is a senior investigative reporter on the Bloomberg News investigations team. Prior to his current role, he served as a senior investigative reporter at BuzzFeed News and VICE News. His career also includes positions at Al Jazeera America, Truthout, and as a co-founder of the web-based political magazine The Public Record, where he is Editor-at-Large.