Jenna is a journalist for openDemocracy’s UK investigations team. You can view her work here.
In 2021, she was shortlisted for Private Eye’s Paul Foot Award for an openDemocracy investigation into the Cabinet Office’s ‘Clearing House’ and the state of freedom of information.
In 2019, she was longlisted for the Paul Foot Award and shortlisted for the investigations category for the British Journalism Awards.
She is the co-author of the Centre for Investigative Journalism’s handbook ‘DPA without the Lawyer‘ and has worked for VICE News as a researcher and writer.
She has been involved in multiple (and successful) FOI battles against the UK government, including:
- Cabinet Office v Information Commissioner and Jenna Corderoy
- Corderoy and Ahmed v Information Commissioner, Attorney General’s Office and Cabinet Office
- Jenna Corderoy v Information Commissioner and Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
She holds a law degree from King’s College, Cambridge University, and has given talks to journalists and campaigners on how to use the Freedom of Information Act and the Data Protection Act effectively.
On completion of her Masters in investigative journalism at City University, she became an information law researcher for Request Initiative, sending FOIs on behalf of charities.
Jenna has also produced reports for the charity Action on Armed Violence, and has volunteered for Full Fact, an independent factchecking organisation. She was also a researcher for Iain Overton’s ‘Gun Baby Gun: A Bloody Journey into the World of the Gun.’
She can be contacted via Twitter @JennaCorderoy.
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