“The job is hazardous, the returns are paltry and they say their work is illegal. But that doesn’t stop the miners – mostly adults and some children – from diving into the mud to find gold,” The Center for Investigative Reporting writes. Read the full story here.
Read More“CBC Toronto crunched the numbers and found that a Scarborough restaurant tops the list of violations with more than thirty – resulting in eight yellow signs – in just two years.” Read the full story here.
Read MoreIRE is bringing Watchdog Workshops to Washington D.C. and New York City in January. The line-ups for both workshops are fantastic. In Washington, we’ll be at the National Press Club with sessions focused healthcare, national security, Congress and more. In New York City, we’ll be at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism with not only…
Read MoreENTER YOUR BEST INVESTIGATIVE WORK INTO THE 2013 IRE AWARDS. Did you do some great investigative reporting in 2013? Then you should consider entering your best work into the IRE Awards. Among the most prestigious in journalism, the IRE Awards recognize outstanding investigative reporting across all media (Broadcast/Video, Radio/Audio, Print/Online, Books, Multimedia and some categories…
Read MoreOregon State University student media adviser Kate Willson thought she was just doing her job when she filed a public records request with the university. Now she’s worried it could get her fired. OSU’s chief spokesman says Willson’s job is safe and the university was not trying to muzzle her. But he also says Willson…
Read MoreIn celebration of the coming holidays, the IRE and NICAR offices will be CLOSED Friday 12/20 through Wednesday 1/1/14 . While staff will be checking in periodically, coverage will be minimal and sporadic. We ask for your patience and understanding during this time and offer our apology for any inconvenience this may cause.
Read MoreA New York Times investigation highlights a central, unresolved issue in the debate over balancing public safety and the Second Amendment right to bear arms: just how powerless law enforcement can be when it comes to keeping firearms out of the hands of people who are mentally ill. A vast majority of people with mental…
Read MoreMedicare’s massive drug program has a process so convoluted and poorly managed that fraud flourishes, giving rise to elaborate schemes that quickly siphon away millions of dollars. Among the findings of an ongoing investigation by ProPublica and NPR: ProPublica identified scores of doctors whose prescribing in Medicare’s drug program bore the hallmarks of fraud…
Read MoreThe latest entry in Reuters’ “Breakout” series focused on China’s military buildup reveals that the US government has more than 350 active military-technology smuggling cases linked to China, up by more than 50 percent since 2010. The report details how China is recruiting amateurs to buy weapons and significantly complicates U.S. efforts to stop the…
Read More“A USA TODAY examination finds that MRSA infections, particularly outside of health care facilities, are much more common than government statistics suggest. They sicken hundreds of thousands of Americans each year in various ways, from minor skin boils to deadly pneumonia, claiming upward of 20,000 lives. The inability to detect or track cases is confounding…
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