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IRE Preview: How to fight (and win) open records battles
Get the tools and inspiration you need to successfully fight for records at the IRE Conference in June. Jason Leopold, a self-described FOIA terrorist and a winner of this year’s IRE FOI Medal, will share his strategies and advice on how to wrangle information from recalcitrant officials. He’ll be joined by Brandon Smith, the journalist…
Read MoreIRE Radio Podcast | Los Desaparecidos
[For the English version of this episode, click here.] No es un secreto en México, ni en Colombia, que la gente desaparece, muchas veces por los carteles y sin razón clara. Daniela Guazo y su equipo de datos de El Universal trabajo con El Tiempo de Colombia para darle una cara humana a la grave…
Read MoreIRE Radio Podcast | The Disappeared
[Looking for the Spanish version of the podcast? Click here] It’s no secret to Mexicans or Colombians that people are disappeared, all the time, often at the hands of cartels and with seemingly no reason. We talked with Daniela Guazo from Mexico’s El Universal about the work she and her team did along with Colombia’s…
Read MoreIRE Radio Podcast | The Disappeared – Transcript
The follow is an abbreviated transcript of Daniela Vidal’s interview with Daniel Guazo for the IRE Radio Podcast. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. Daniela Vidal (IRE): Could you tell me a little bit about what this project is about, The Disappeared? Daniela Guazo (El Universal): The objective of this project was…
Read MoreIRE Preview: From investigation to movie, behind the scenes of Spotlight
Get an insider’s view of the Oscar-winning movie that featured the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team at our Friday showcase panel. Three members of the Globe staff who played key roles in the Catholic Church investigation – Spotlight editor Walter Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes and Sacha Pfeiffer, and executive editor Martin Baron – will be joined…
Read MoreWill readers pay for local news? A digital startup in Tulsa bets that they will
By Deron Lee, CJR Editor’s Note: This article first ran on April 26, 2016 on the Columbia Journalism Review’s website. About 500 subscribers over the course of eight months: If your reference point is Facebook-fueled pageviews, or even a typical newspaper’s print circulation, it might not sound like a lot. But for the leaders of The…
Read MoreThe Center for Investigative Reporting bets it can change audio journalism—and itself
By David Uberti, CJR Editor’s Note: This article first ran on April 25, 2016 on the Columbia Journalism Review’s website. In 2014, The Center for Investigative Reporting found itself at a crossroads: Cut much of its staff or create a full-time radio show. That was the choice then-editorial director Mark Katches says the organization faced. “The…
Read MoreSheila Coronel to deliver IRE Conference keynote
Sheila Coronel We hope you’re making plans to join us in New Orleans June 16-19 for the IRE Conference. We’ve already published a list of expected sessions, and we are excited to announce that Sheila Coronel will deliver our keynote address. Coronel is academic dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. She…
Read MoreIRE Radio Podcast | The Fairbanks Four
For nearly 15 years, a journalism professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been investigating the case of the Fairbanks Four, a group of men convicted in the 1997 beating death of a teenager. And he hasn’t been working alone. Each year, students in Brian O’Donoghue’s investigative reporting class picked up the case. Their…
Read MoreTotal Newsroom Training is back!
IRE is happy to announce the return of the Total Newsroom Training program for the fourth year. This is your newsroom’s opportunity to have intense, in-house investigative training – for free. If your organization is hungry for customized investigative training and can’t afford it, apply today. Spots are limited. Total Newsroom Training is designed to increase…
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