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A vote for CAR
IRE Executive Director Mark Horvit explains how computer assisted reporting played a role in the 2012 elections.
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A vote for CAR
Awareness has grown that those who spent time to crunch the data provided better pre-election coverage than those who didn't.
Tags: Computer-assisted reporting; election coverage; data; IRE
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Opening up open government
IRE director Mark Horvit explains why our open government isn't as open as we might think and how the government can improve transparency.
Tags: open government; Mark Horvit; transparency; selective access
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IRE's long reach, wide impact
Horvit recalls IRE's accomplishments in 2011, including three national conferences and dozens of training workshops.
Tags: Mark Horvit; IRE 2011
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Can't we all just get along?
Horvit shares how this issue of the IRE Journal highlights collaboration among media organizations. In a field where competition once dominated, now media partnerships are forming that lead to "great journalism." Several of these collaborating teams have even won IRE awards.
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Big duties in small towns
As large daily newspapers continue to cutback on their coverage due to economic concerns, small newspapers continue to step up their coverage and fulfill the watchdog role. Mark Horvit reminds readers of the importance of these rural news organizations and of the challenges they face living among the very people and events that they cover.
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IRE budget includes new programs
Horvit outlines some new programs that will be covered in this year's IRE budget. In addition to some of IRE's staple programs, the budget will also include The Campus Coverage Project, Bilingual Border Workshops and a Community Partnership Pilot Program.
Tags: budget; Better Watchdog Workshop; programs; grants; Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
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Filling the vacuum on campus
As newsroom cutbacks continue, Horvit stresses the importance of journalists fulfilling the watchdog role of higher education. Student journalists have stepped up to keep tabs on their local college campuses as fewer professional reporters are on the beat.
Tags: watchdog; Campus Coverage Project; CUNY
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From the IRE Office: Partnerships help us train the newest wave of journalists
Horvit addresses this year's kickoff of the Campus Coverage Project, a project designed to "train college and university students in investigative reporting methods." IRE has held many conferences and workshops over the years targeting students and other journalism groups, including the IRE-Mexico project, the Better Watchdog Workshop and the Ethic Media Workshop.
Tags: IRE-Mexico project; Better Watchdog Workshop; Campus Coverage Project
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"Celebrate watchdog successes"
Horvit reminds readers of the importance of locally investigated, enterprise stories. In the summer 2009 issue of The IRE Journal, he praises journalists who go beyond the headline to find the real story and who are not deterred by long-term, intensely investigative reporting.
Tags: executive director; IRE