This is the current staff of the Reporters Committee, including permanent staff, law fellows, and interns.

Lucy Dalglish, Executive Director

Prior to assuming the position of Executive Director in January 2000, Dalglish was a media lawyer for almost five years in the trial department of the Minneapolis law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP. From 1980-93, Dalglish was a reporter and editor at the St. Paul Pioneer Press. She was awarded the Wells Memorial Key, the highest honor bestowed by the Society of Professional Journalists, in 1995 for her work as Chairman of SPJ's national Freedom of Information Committee from 1992-95 and for her service as a national board member from 1988-91. She also was named to the inaugural class of the National Freedom of Information Act Hall of Fame in 1996. Dalglish earned a juris doctor degree from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1995; a master of studies in law degree from Yale Law School in 1988; and a bachelor of arts in journalism from the University of North Dakota in 1980.

Gregg Leslie, Legal Defense Director

Gregg has been a staff attorney with the Reporters Committee since 1994. He worked for a number of years as a Washington magazine writer and research director. He came to the Reporters Committee soon after graduating from Georgetown University Law Center.

Corinna Zarek, Freedom of Information Director

Corinna heads up the Reporters Committee's freedom of information and open government operations. She previously held the McCormick-Tribune Legal fellowship, where she worked on prior restraint and court access issues, and before that served as the Jack Nelson Legal Fellow, concentrating on freedom of information issues, and was also a Reporters Committee summer intern. Additionally, Corinna spent a year as an associate for an affordable housing law firm in Washington, D.C. Corinna earned both her law and bachelor of arts degrees from the University of Iowa and remains a loyal Hawkeye fan. She teaches as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism and American University's School of Communication. Before coming to Washington she reported for The Des Moines Register, wrote for the Iowa Law Review and served as editor of her college newspaper, The Daily Iowan.

Lois Lloyd, Business Manager

She has worked in the non-profit sector for most of her career, having previously served as Office Manager of the Center for Law and Social Policy. Her interest in journalism was sparked in high school where she served as a reporter on the newspaper staff and editor of the yearbook. She enjoys gardening, interior design, playing the piano and most of all grandparenting!

Maria Gowen, Office Manager

Maria helped organize the Reporters Committee's first permanent office in the mid-1970s. Over the years, she has served as bookkeeper, payroll clerk, accounts payable, accounts receivable, proofreader, subscriptions manager, move coordinator, event planner, fundraiser, interior designer, and even recently, photo editor for the magazine. Her interest in law resulted from working for many years for Washington attorney E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr. of Hogan & Hartson -- a position that helped prepare her for her many challenges at the Committee.

Victor Gaberman, Administrative Assistant

Victor has been with the Reporters Committee since late 1998. Prior to joining the committee staff, he worked in book and music stores while studying Central European history. Somewhere along the way he obtained a paralegal degree. He admits to being a lifelong news junkie. His interests include writing and playing music in a variety of styles.

Kathleen Cullinan, Journalism Fellow, 2008-2009

Kathleen is a graduate of Reed College and in 2005, according to the University of Maryland, she became a master of journalism. So far this has meant reporting on grisly crime and ensuing court cases in Baltimore and Florida, plus an occasional, flowery piece on, say, the flight and unlikely return of an exotic house cat named Taz. One of her greatest loves while covering news in Florida was learning and staking out the state’s open government laws. As journalism fellow at the Reporters Committee, she gets to read, write and edit stories on free-press issues every day. Outside the office, she greatly enjoys running along the Mt. Vernon trail, and taking practice LSAT exams.

Rory Eastburg, McCormick Legal Fellow, 2008-2009

Rory focuses on prior restraint, court access, and secret court issues. After graduating from the University of Chicago with a degree in Philosophy, Rory worked as Outreach Coordinator for the Student Press Law Center for three years. He attended the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where he worked at the First Amendment Project in Oakland, the Berkeley Technology Law Journal, and the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic. Before coming to the Reporters Committee, Rory was a Media Associate in the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. offices of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. He is a member of the State Bar of California, a board member of the First Amendment Project, and recently served on the faculty of the Texas State Bar’s Bill of Rights 2008 CLE course.

Hannah Bergman, Jack Nelson Legal Fellow, 2008-2009

Hannah recently graduated from American University in Washington, D.C. where she earned a law degree and a master's degree in journalism. Throughout law school she focused on media law, working as a law clerk at Levine, Sullivan, Koch and Schulz, LLP, the National Security Archive, and the Freedom Forum's First Amendment Center. She also worked as a research assistant for Prof. Dan Metcalfe who established the Collaboration on Government Secrecy at American University. Prior to law school, she earned a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and worked as a financial reporter in Washington. She also worked briefly for the Associated Press in London. Outside work, she enjoys playing softball (badly) and Tivo. She has an odd affection for vampire romance novels and grew up on a farm in rural Missouri (not Missourah).

Samantha Fredrickson, Reporters Committee Legal Fellow, 2008-2009

Samantha recently graduated from New York Law School, where she served as the Coordinating Notes Editor of the New York Law School Law Review. She focused her studies on the First Amendment and constitutional law by working with the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights, the Anti-Defamation League, and the Pro Se office of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She also spent a summer working at a media law firm in Boston. Prior to law school, Samantha earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Nevada, Reno and spent two years as a municipal government reporter for the Bucks County Courier Times in Pennsylvania. In college, she was the news editor for her campus newspaper, the Sagebrush, and spent a summer in Washington, D.C. interning at the Student Press Law Center.

Lucas Tanglen, Legal Intern, Summer 2009

Lucas Tanglen just finished his first year at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he is an assistant editor with the legal news Web site JURIST. He earned a bachelor of arts in journalism from the University of Montana and was chief copy editor of the student newspaper, the Montana Kaimin. As an intern with the Montana Freedom of Information Hotline, he edited the Montana Freedom of Information Deskbook. He was a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund sports editing intern at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel before working at the The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash., and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

Jonathan Jones, Legal Intern, Summer 2009

Jonathan is a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he is working on a law degree and a master's degree in journalism. He is an editor for the First Amendment Law Review and serves as president of The Daily Tar Heel board of directors. Prior to law school, he worked as a reporter for The Calvert Recorder and Carroll County Times in Maryland, The News Leader in Staunton, Va., and the News & Record of Greensboro, N.C. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from UNC-Chapel Hill.

Caitlin Dickson, Journalism Intern, Summer 2009

Caitlin is a student at the University of Iowa where she is working on bachelor's degrees in journalism and political science. She has worked as a metro reporter for her campus newspaper, the Daily Iowan, and recently finished studying abroad for a semester in Sevilla, Spain.