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Congratulations to IRE member Martha Mendoza of The Associated Press for winning the 2016 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting. USC Annenberg recognized Mendoza, along with Esther Htusan, Margie Mason and Robin McDowell, for their project, “Seafood from Slaves,” which investigated the multi-billion dollar Thai seafood export industry. According to the USC news release, the judges commented:…
Read More“Race is the original problem in this country.” That’s from IRE member Nikole Hannah-Jones, one of the nation’s most well-respected investigative and data reporters, who visited the University of Missouri earlier this week to present a lecture called “Covering racial injustice in the age of Black Lives Matter.” It was an appropriate and timely topic…
Read MoreLooking at the CAR Conference schedule can be a little overwhelming. With so many classes, panels and special events taking place in Denver, we thought it might be helpful to put together a short guide to help everyone navigate the world of NICAR16. In alphabetical order: Conference app: The 2016 CAR Conference app will be…
Read MoreThe votes are in and the 2016 NICAR T-shirt has been selected! Casey Miller of Vox Media won our annual contest with an orange and purple NICAR logo. You’ll be able to buy her design at the 2016 CAR Conference in Denver. Any extra shirts will be available for purchase online in the IRE Store.…
Read MoreReporters from all over will gather in Denver for the 2016 Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference in just a few short weeks. From spreadsheets to data visualization to the latest technological advances, the conference offers endless opportunities to learn and grow as a journalist. But the range of choices can be overwhelming, especially for those new to…
Read MoreLightning Talks are back for the 2016 CAR Conference in Denver. Pitch your ideas at lightningtalks.ire.org by Feb. 21. What are lightning talks? 5 minute talks on any subject. Anyone who is attending NICAR 2016 can pitch and the attendees vote on the talks they want to see. The 10 talks with the most…
Read MoreWhat works in your college-level computer-assisted reporting or data journalism course? Is there one piece from your syllabus that you find to be especially successful with your students? Is there an approach to teaching this that works every time? Is there a data set that is a sure bet? Is there a magical exercise that…
Read MoreOn this episode, reporter A.C. Thompson discusses his investigation into the deaths of five Vietnamese-American journalists between 1981 and 1990. Officials seemed to think that an anti-Communist group called the Front had been behind the slayings, but law enforcement agencies never charged anyone and the cases went cold. Thompson reopened the investigation for ProPublica and…
Read MoreBy Sacha Pfeiffer, The Boston Globe ‘Spotlight’ on the IRE Radio Podcast Listen to Pfeiffer, Walter Robinson and Marty Baron discuss the Globe’s reporting in 2002 and 2003. Fourteen years ago, my Boston Globe Spotlight team colleagues and I published our first story about the Catholic Church’s widespread cover-up of clergy sex abuse. It was…
Read MoreNICAR received 14 submissions for its annual T-shirt contest, and voting is now open! Voting will stay open for about one week, ending Sunday, Feb. 7 at midnight. The proposal with the most votes will be sold as a T-shirt at the upcoming CAR Conference, March 10-13 in Denver. Runners-up will be sold as laptop…
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