Corinna "Cori" Zarek is an American lawyer, public interest technologist and adjunct professor of media law.

One notable case she worked on included ACLU v. Department of Defense, the litigation to release images of prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, where she led the amicus curiae effort for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 16 news media organizations in filing a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and a further brief in the Supreme Court of the United States.

[13][14] In 2000, Zarek was named Editor-in-Chief[15] of The Daily Iowan, the student-run newspaper at the University of Iowa for the school year 2000–2001.

Zarek also coordinates U.S. involvement with the global Open Government Partnership, a 70-country platform driving greater transparency and accountability around the world.

[20] Zarek has also served as an expert in the U.S. Speaker Program with the U.S. Department of State where she has engaged with government and civil society to provide technical support on freedom of the press, freedom of information, open data, open government, anti-corruption efforts, whistleblower protection, and civic technology.