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Dasani, a young homeless girl in New York City, belongs to a vast and invisible tribe of more than 22,000 homeless children in New York, the highest number since the Great Depression, the New York Times reports. In the short span of Dasani’s life, her city has been reborn. The skyline soars with luxury towers,…
Read MoreDoctors choose the more expensive drug more than half a million times every year, a choice that costs the Medicare program, the largest single customer, an extra $1 billion or more annually, the Washington Post reports. Spending that much may make little sense for a country burdened by ever-rising health bills, but as is often…
Read MoreAlthough state officials have provided the public scant detail about the troubled launch of Maryland’s version of Obamacare, emails and documents show that the project was beset behind the scenes for months by an array of technical issues, warring contractors and other problems. Since Maryland’s online health exchange opened Oct. 1 for people to buy insurance…
Read MoreWe’re hosting another live Google+ Hangout with Ellen Gabler and Allan J. Vestal of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Watchdog team today, Dec. 9th, at 10:00 am CST. Tune in here as we learn about their Deadly Delays series on processing failures in newborn screening programs. After the broadcast, the recorded Hangout will be posted to ire.org. Please…
Read MoreInvestigative Reporters and Editors is launching a student-journalist mentor program. This one-year program is a rare opportunity for a limited number of student journalists to be paired with a professional journalist for one-on-one guidance, advice, critiques and conversation, and online training opportunities. The goal for students is to gain valuable knowledge, advice and experience by…
Read MoreThis holiday season you can help your audience make sure that the charities they’re supporting are spending donated money wisely. The Center for Investigative Reporting has posted a guide, and CIR reporter Kendall Taggart, along with Tampa Bay Times reporter Kris Hundley, put together a great tip sheet for IRE’s 2013 conference that’s available here…
Read More“Despite the “urgent medical correction letter” posted at FDA.gov a trainer for B. Braun, the German manufacturer that produced the recalled morphine drip machine, came to the Seattle VA to teach nurses how to use the machine. According to the nurses, the trainer told them that a correction was coming soon for the device’s breakable…
Read MoreOn Dec. 9th at 10:00 a.m. CST, IRE will host another live Google+ Hangout with Ellen Gabler and Allan J. Vestal of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Watchdog team. Tune in as we learn about their Deadly Delays series on processing failures in newborn screening programs. Topics for discussion will include how the team uncovered delayed…
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