Archive for September, 2008

FINAL DAY OF THE ENDOWMENT MATCHING PROGRAM

The deadline for IRE’s Knight Foundation matching grant is today – Tuesday, Sept. 30th.

Uplink relaunch

A free two-week trial of Uplink, the online computer-assisted reporting publication will begin on Oct. 1.  Watch for the link to the redesigned site on Wednesday.

Housing up-data-ed

NICAR’s copy of the Housing Mortgage Disclosure Act dataset for 2007 has been updated.
Reporters have used HMDA data for years to report housing trends with authority; in the current economic climate, that effort has become all the more important. Did lending institutions in your state grant fewer subprime loans than last year? By how much? This dataset can help answer those questions.