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Read MoreAn ABC15-Phoenix investigation has found years of lawsuits, dozens of complaints and even a warning from Ford itself in regards to a discovery of an acceleration problem in ’02-’04 Escapes. Documents obtained suggest Ford may have known about the problem for years but are just now issuing a recall.
Read MoreBy Laura KrantzGatehouse Media This summer I attended my first IRE conference, in Boston. I really wanted to learn Microsoft Excel skills and I did, thanks to patient IRE staff. But more importantly, I was inspired by all the ruthless journalists using creative ways to mine for data and writing compelling stories. I left itching to…
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Read MoreThe News & Observer exposed employers who cheat, misclassifying construction workers to avoid taxes and buying fake workers’ compensation policies. A three-part series, “The Ghost Workers,” also showed a state government inept at — and not interested in — finding the dishonest businesses. However, Governor Bev Perdue has already ordered reforms.
Read More“A months-long WNYC investigation has revealed that those accused of crimes in the Bronx have a greater chance of walking away without any charges than anywhere else in the city.” “In the Bronx, if a victim isn’t interviewed by prosecutors within 24 hours after an arrest, the DA will almost always decline to prosecute the…
Read MoreAlex Remington, a research assistant for Journalist’s Resource and a Harvard Kennedy School graduate student, sat down with Steve Doig, Knight Chair in Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, to ask him about the pros and cons of doing data journalism. Doig thoroughly recounts the limits…
Read More“WTSP-Tampa has found, through federal filings, that the Republican & Democratic national conventions promise economic windfalls to host cities but most of the money spent comes from the U.S. Treasury, including money spent on alcohol and parties.“
Read More“The FBI’s crime reporting program is considered the final word on crime trends in the United States, but the agency rarely audits police agencies providing the information and when it does its reviews are too cursory to identify deep flaws, an investigation by Ben Poston of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel found.”
Read MoreWhen officials from Sensient Flavors explain their work, they sometimes compare it to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. But working at the food and beverage flavor manufacturer on Indianapolis’ Southwestside is no child fantasy. Some workers were exposed to more than 400 times the generally recognized safe level for a chemical associated with a life-threatening lung condition, according…
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