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• Campaign finance the data science way

  The Center for Investigative Reporting and IRE teamed up with the San Francisco data science company Kaggle to help bridge the gap in journalism between hacking, math and substantive expertise. They challenged data scientists to approach a database journalists have looked at a million times over: federal campaign contributions. We'll introduce you to the winner of the competition and discuss the tools the data scientists used and their results.

  Tags: hacking; math; data; campaign contributions; campaign finance

  By Chase Davis, Brandon Roberts

  2013

• Investigating Higher Education--Powerpoint

  Perez's Powerpoint presentation offers great examples of resources used and graphics on how to display your findings including personnel investigations, memos, SEC docs and more. Perez was part of the IRE award winning team for "On Shaky Ground".

  Tags: higher education; school safety; EDGAR; PACER; Conflict of interest

  By Erica Perez

  2012

• Investigating Shadowy Organizations

  Whether you're investigating the CIA or a sports team, use this tipsheet from award winning reporter, Apuzzo, to cover that shadowy organization.

  Tags: private business; charity; secret organizations

  By Matt Apuzzo

  2012

• Tracking guns:How to investigate gun dealers and track murder weapons

  Grimaldi, 2010 IRE award winner, provides the PowerPoint he used at this year's conference. Get inside information on how he and his team tracked down guns and the gun dealers who sold them.

  Tags: gun dealers; Washington Post; The Hidden Life of Guns;

  By James V. Grimaldi

  2011

• Reporting on Guns as a Consumer Product

  This Powerpoint comes from IRE award winner, Cohn. It follows how he and his team investigated Remington guns, and what they found.

  Tags: remington guns; gun reporting; a-political

  By Scott Cohn

  2011

• Building a Watchdog Culture

  Learn how to make the best watchdog group out of your news team. From the beginning framework, to selling the pitch to your boss, Taylor provides great tips to get your newsroom where you want it.

  Tags: watchdog; managers; newsrooms; news teams; investigative reporting

  By Jeff Taylor

  2011

• Investigative Breaking News

  This tipsheet helps ready a reporter for breaking news stories. It beings with having the right training and tools at hand, and includes ideas for collaboration and engaging the team when the story breaks. Borowski also touches on what to consider when the dust settles - is there a bigger story here; something to develop down the road?

  Tags: breaking news; databases; social media; reporting; management; sources

  By Greg Borowski

  2010

• Sports business: Investigating teams and companies that own them

  Upton outlines information pertinent to covering sports - from professional teams down to high school athletics. She identifies key issues worth investigating for each category. She has also collected some miscellaneous resources that may be beneficial when covering sports.

  Tags: sports; professional athletes; immigration; unions; NFL; NHL; NBA; agents; endorsements; college athletics; private school; public school; NCAA; Olympics;

  By Jodi Upton

  2009

• International Networking: Investigative Reporting in Asia

  This tipsheet lists examples of investigative reporting teams and organizations in Asia. It includes web sites for many of the organizations mentioned.

  Tags: international reporting; Asia; international relations; nonprofits

  By Sheila S. Coronel

  2008

• The Shrinking Newsroom: Watchdog Work with Limited Staff

  This tipsheet offers some suggestions for doing effective investigations with limited resources. The tips include using everyone in the newsroom instead of just an investigative team, and pairing up with promotions for extra exposure.

  Tags: newsroom management; broadcast reporting; budget; story-telling

  By Doug Smith

  2008