IRE Radio Podcast | BONUS: In The Clear

On this week’s episode, we’re sharing audio from the 2019 CAR Conference. Reporters from Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, Newsy, KUT Austin and ProPublica explained how they got data on “cleared” cases from more than 100 police departments across the country. The data showed police weren’t solving as many rape cases as they claimed.

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RESOURCES

Looking for links to the stories and resources we discussed on this podcast? We've collected them for you.

• Listen to parts 1 and 2 of the Reveal story, “Case Cleared”.
• Read the Newsy article and watch its video: Case Cleared: Rape Suspects Walk Free. Police Count It As A Success.
• Read about how ProPublica analyzed rape clearance rates.
• Get data from ProPublica to tackle this story in your own newsroom.
• Members only: Download the tipsheet Driving Impact Through Multi-Platform Reporting (2018) by Mark Greenblatt.
• Members only: Download the tipsheet Cultivating Sources (2015) by Bernice Yeung and Ryan Gabrielson.
• Members only: Download the tipsheet When PIOs fight back (2016) by Michael Morisy.

MUSIC

Daymaze (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0

Vernouillet (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0

Basketliner (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0 

Stucco Grey (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0

This is Our Home (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0

Dolly and Pad (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0

Sylvestor (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0

CREDITS

Kelly Kenoyer and Abby Ivory-Ganja co-produced this episode. IRE Editorial Director Sarah Hutchins edits the podcast. We are recorded in the studios of KBIA at the University of Missouri.