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Anthony DeBarros joins DocumentCloud as Director of Product Development
DocumentCloud is pleased to announce that Anthony DeBarros is joining our team as Director of Product Development. DeBarros joins DocumentCloud from Gannett Digital, where he was Director of Interactive Applications, leading a team that built data-driven interactives for investigations, elections and the Gannett platform as well as publishing tools for the company’s journalists. Before joining Gannett Digital, he…
Read MoreDon’t forget to enter 2014 IRE Awards
It’s time to consider entering your best work into the IRE Awards. Among the most prestigious in journalism, the IRE Awards recognize outstanding investigative reporting across all media. Eligible entries must have been published or aired between January 1 and December 31, 2014. The deadline for submissions is January 9, 2015. How to enter the…
Read MoreAlex Richards joins IRE training team
Alex Richards is joining IRE as a member of our training team. Richards comes to IRE from the Chicago Tribune, where he had been a reporter specializing in investigative data journalism. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer prize in 2011 and was awarded the Goldsmith and the Scripps Howard Farfel investigative reporting awards, among others,…
Read MoreIRE Office Closed for the Holidays
In celebration of the coming holidays, the IRE and NICAR offices will close Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 23 through Friday, Jan. 2 . While staff will be checking in periodically, coverage will be sporadic. We appreciate your patience and will see you in the new year.
Read MoreSeveral IRE members win 2015 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards
Congratulations to the several IRE members who recently were recognized with 2015 duPont-Columbia Awards. Their hard work and dedication to good investigative journalism helps keep the public informed and educated on important topics that affect their daily lives and communities. Wendy Halloran, Mark Phillips, Bryan West and Mark Casey, along with colleagues at KPNX 12…
Read MoreDatabase quantifies wasted natural gas from Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas
An interactive map shows how the volume of flared gas in Texas counties has increased over time – especially in the Eagle Ford Shale. By John Tedesco, San Antonio Express-News The energy boom that’s showering rural South Texas with money is also wasting an irreplaceable natural resource. Drive through the bustling oil patch of the…
Read MoreEnter your best investigative work in the 2014 IRE Awards
It’s that time of year again – time to consider entering your best work into the IRE Awards. Among the most prestigious in journalism, the IRE Awards recognize outstanding investigative reporting across all media. Eligible entries must have been published or aired between January 1 and December 31, 2014. The deadline for submissions is January…
Read MoreStory Shorts goes behind the scenes with NBC Bay Area
A tip from a source prompted the NBC Bay Area team to launch a major investigation into Sysco Corporation, the world’s largest food distributor. Using a wide variety of cameras and surveillance techniques, the station exposed the company’s dangerous practice of storing fresh food in unrefrigerated storage sheds. The food was then delivered to restaurants, hotels,…
Read MoreIRE collaborates with Pew Research Center on electronic security survey
IRE is working in partnership with the Pew Research Center to survey investigative journalists – including many IRE members – about challenges and concerns surrounding electronic surveillance, digital privacy and protections for investigative journalism in the U.S. today. The survey is confidential, and selected participants will receive an invitation via email. Findings will be available…
Read MoreBehind the Story: How NPR and ProPublica exposed problems with the Red Cross’ response to Superstorm Sandy
Justin Elliott of ProPublica Justin Elliott, Jesse Eisinger and Laura Sullivan turned a vague tip about the American Red Cross’ inefficiency into a powerful report about the organization’s failings after Hurricane Isaac and Superstorm Sandy. The joint project between ProPublica and NPR revealed that hundreds of millions of dollars pouring in from donors in 2012…
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