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Storify: Investigating do-gooders and crowd pleasers
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Read MoreIRE by Design winners, schedule announced
All of the following pop-up IRE by Design sessions will take place from 4:50 – 5:50 PM. You can find panel descriptions here. Salon 1-3 | Help shape FOIA reform & join the #FOIAFriday community Salon 4-6 | Managing your manager and wrangling your calendar Salon 10-11 | The freelance dilemma: How to get your…
Read More11 tips for successfully managing investigative projects
By Stephanie Ebbs Investigative reporting is time-consuming and managing such laborious, long-term projects is a common concern for reporters and editors. The “Managing and Juggling Investigative Projects” panel addressed some of the ways journalists can incorporate investigative work while “feeding the beast” of daily news. The panelists came from different types of news media but…
Read MoreSeven members elected to IRE Board of Directors
IRE members elected seven new directors to the IRE board on Saturday evening at the organization’s annual conference in San Francisco. The newly elected members are: Sarah Cohen, The New York Times; Andrew Donohue, The Center for Investigative Reporting; Ellen Gabler, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Jill Riepenhoff, The Columbus Dispatch; Nicole Vap, KUSA-TV in Denver;…
Read MoreU.S. Navy, Missouri and Oklahoma governors win Golden Padlock Award
Investigative Reporters and Editors has named the U.S. Navy and the governors of Oklahoma and Missouri as winners of its second-annual Golden Padlock Award recognizing the most secretive U.S. agency or individual. The U.S. Navy FOIA office was named a winner for blocking access to records about a deadly shooting rampage in Washington, D.C. that…
Read MoreJournalists discuss reporting on wrongful convictions
By Emily Burns David Krajicek was a reporter at the New York Daily News in 1989 when the Central Park jogger case grabbed the attention of all of New York. Krajicek was assigned to report on the case, and at a panel on the media’s role in reporting in wrongful convictions on Thursday, Krajicek said…
Read MoreKnight grant supports DocumentCloud improvements, sustainability
DocumentCloud, a free, open source tool used by hundreds of newsrooms to analyze and publish documents, will improve its offerings and develop a plan toward sustainability with $1.4 million in new support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The two-year support will focus on strengthening the future of DocumentCloud and introducing enhancements…
Read MoreStorify: Conceiving and launching the data-driven story
[View the story “The data-driven story: Conceiving, launching and taking it home” on Storify]
Read MoreSign up for Friday, Saturday Broadcast Show & Tell slots
Sign-ups are open for Broadcast Show & Tell. These sessions allow you to share your investigations with colleagues from around the country. Veteran broadcasters will moderate each session. Each slot runs for 10 minutes and includes a 5-minute break. All of the sessions will take place in Salon 14-15. For the first time this year we’re offering…
Read MorePropose, vote on ‘IRE by Design’ pop-up sessions
How to propose, vote on sessions Wednesday – Friday: Propose a panel online Wednesday – Saturday noon: Vote online for sessions you’d like to attend Saturday, noon – IRE staff announces the winning sessions during the awards luncheon and posts information online Saturday, 4:50-5:50 pm: – Winning sessions take place. Locations for each panel will be posted…
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