Leslie Kean

is an investigative journalist whose articles have appeared in numerous
newspapers and magazines around the world such as the Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun,
Providence Journal, Sacramento Bee, Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Newark Star Ledger,
The Nation magazine, International Herald Tribune, Globe and Mail, the Sydney Morning
Herald, the Bangkok Post, the Kyoto Journal, and the Journal of Scientific Exploration.
Her stories have been syndicated through Knight-Ridder Tribune, Scripps-Howard, New
York Times Wire Service, Pacific News Service and the National Publishers Association.

She is the co-founder of the Washington-based Coalition for Freedom of Information.