IRE Journal
Complaints: A road map for killer investigations
By Hannah Schmidt Jill Riepenhoff, a projects reporter at The Columbus Dispatch, and Tisha Thompson, an investigative reporter for WRC-Washington D.C., use consumer and professional complaints to fuel their investigations. In these audio clips the two reporters offer advice on where to look for complaints and how to use them. In Columbus, Ohio, landlords allowing homes…
Read MoreHow to use CDC data to report on gun deaths
Dan Keating of the Washington Post used the CDC Wonder database to explore the racial breakdowns of gun deaths. What he found challenges the idea of having a gun for protection — at least for some. “A white person is five times as likely to commit suicide with a gun as to be shot with a…
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
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