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2020 San Juan, Puerto Rico, Watchdog Workshop
Read in English Presentado por: Centro de Periodismo Investigativo (CPI) El IRE ofrecerá varias de sus sesiones de trabajo principales, diseñadas para mejorar tu habilidad de buscar en forma rápida información en Internet y encontrar documentos y datos que ayuden a añadir profundidad en tu rutina de trabajo para producir en un corto tiempo historias…
Call for entries: 2019 IRE Awards
It’s time to gather your best stories of the year! The 2019 IRE Awards contest is now open for submissions, and we can’t wait to see what you’ve done. You’ll notice some changes to the number of or length of stories you can enter. Print entries are now limited to five primary pieces and audio and video…
Open call for IRE Award screeners
Want to get more involved with IRE but aren’t sure how? Consider volunteering your time as an IRE Awards screener. As a screener, you’ll be part of a team of journalists looking for the best investigative reporting in a single category, which means that you may have to read, listen to, or watch a couple dozen…
Nevada dental board lax discipline hurts patients
The Nevada Board of Dental Examiners repeatedly has failed to revoke or suspend the licenses of Las Vegas dentists accused of injuring patients, a breakdown that state officials have known about since at least 2016, a Las Vegas Review-Journal investigation found.
2019 Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival and Symposium
Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival and Symposium returns this October 10-13 to Washington, DC, presenting its milestone fifth edition. This combined festival and professional conference uniquely connects scribes and visual storytellers to each other, and to the industry that supports them. DX offers two days of discussions, workshops, brown bag lunches with directors, a pro…
2019 Lightning Talks lineup announced
Thanks to everyone who pitched and voted on the 2019 Lightning Talks for NICAR19. Here are the talks we’ll be hearing Friday, March 8 at 5 p.m. 1. How to write a data story in five minutes | Youyou Zhou What does it mean to be a data analyst, a coder, a designer, or all of…
San Diego County city managers receive generous salary, perks
One city manager is guaranteed to earn 15 percent more than his second-highest paid employee. Another was granted up to $2,500 in public funds to pay for lawyers or other experts to advise him on his employment contract. The $260,000 base salary awarded to incoming Carlsbad City Manager Steven Sarkozy prompted U-T Watchdog to revisit…
MECA ticket perk has a bonus: free use of private suite
MECA board members used more than 270 free tickets to concerts and sporting events over the past 15 months, sometimes taking four or more guests to the organization’s private suite. Officials with the Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority say the access is crucial for board members, who need to know the ins and outs of…
San Diego Opera officials sought government grants amid financial troubles
San Diego Opera officials seeking millions in government grants painted a picture of financial health over the past few years — a time during which financial troubles were well known inside the organization. In a 2012 application to the city of San Diego the opera noted — as it did in each year the company…
Loving county tickets and criminal cases changed to lesser charges in turn for bigger fines
A CBS 7 investigation into how speeding tickets for CDL drivers are handled in Loving County has uncovered even bigger problems. CBS 7 was first to report Thursday that the county judge and county legal advisor have been writing off speeding tickets as parking violations. However, we found more than just speeding tickets are being…