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Behind the Story: How KDNK investigated gas spills on private property
Photo courtesy of KDNK Oil and gas companies reported about 90 spills last year in heavily-drilled Garfield County, Colorado. Many of the leaks happened on private properties leased to drilling companies, said Ed Williams, a reporter at community radio station KDNK. But when unsafe levels of dangerous chemicals like arsenic and benzene contaminated the land,…
Read MoreInvestigating the mental health system? We’ve got tips from a pro.
Tasked with reporting on mental health? Take a few minutes to listen to tips from Meg Kissinger of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Kissinger attended a recent Watchdog Workshop to talk about her series of award-winning stories investigating caregivers. “We found people living in squalor,” Kissinger said. “It really upset people.” So how did she find…
Read MoreWelcome to IRE Radio, our new audio blog
If you’ve been spending time on our site recently, you’ve likely noticed something new – audio. For the last three months we’ve been working with a team of Mizzou journalism students to highlight and share our extensive library of audio recordings. On IRE Radio you’ll find a collection of short audio clips pulled from our…
Read MoreInside the IRE Awards: Secrecy for Sale
This week on IRE Radio we’ll be taking you inside the 2013 IRE Awards with audio from some of the reporters, editors and producers who worked on prize-winning stories. View the complete list of winners here. Secrecy for Sale The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) “Secrecy For Sale: Inside The Global Offshore Money Maze” is one…
Read MoreInside the IRE Awards: The Prescribers
This week on IRE Radio we’ll be taking you inside the 2013 IRE Awards with audio from some of the reporters, editors and producers who worked on prize-winning stories. View the complete list of winners here. The Prescribers ProPublica reporters Charles Ornstein, Tracy Weber, Jennifer LaFleur and others were able to get Medicare Part D data released…
Read MoreInside the IRE Awards: Deadly Delays
By Hannah Schmidt This week on IRE Radio we’ll be taking you inside the 2013 IRE Awards with audio from some of the reporters, editors and producers who worked on prize-winning stories. View the complete list of winners here. Deadly Delays “Deadly Delays” exposed processing delays that put newborn lives at risk. Ellen Gabler is the reporter and…
Read MoreInside the IRE Awards: The Child Exchange
This week on IRE Radio we’ll be taking you inside the 2013 IRE Awards with audio from some of the reporters, editors and producers who worked on prize-winning stories. View the complete list of winners here. The Child Exchange Members from the Reuters investigative team spoke at the NICAR conference about the 2013 IRE Award-winning…
Read MoreWhen does web-scraping become unethical or illegal?
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Read MoreProtect your work (and your sources) from snoops and thieves
[View the story “How the Internet watches you” on Storify]
Read MoreThink your computer is safe? Think again.
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