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Behind the Story: Questionable border patrol shootings

Published: January 30, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
In December, Tim Steller, a reporter and now columnist for the Arizona Daily Star, reported on the increasing number of shootings occurring between Border Patrol and illegal immigrants along the […]
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Money trail for Sandy begins as Congress approves $51 billion in disaster aid

Published: January 29, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
On Monday Congress approved $51 billion in disaster aid for victims of Hurricane Sandy, three months after the storm that killed more than 130 people and caused billions in damage […]
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Behind the Story: Post-Dispatch mapping finds 'hot spots' of pedestrian railroad deaths

Published: January 25, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
Photo courtesy of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Photo courtesy of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In December, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch released Death on the Rails, a special report on the […]
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Deadspin reporting of Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax highlights need for backgrounding story subjects

Published: January 23, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
The ability to background a person  is an essential tool for journalists regardless of beat, as shown by news of Lennay Kekua, the deceased girlfriend of Notre Dame linebacker Manti […]
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Using DocumentCloud, FOIA Project to track requests, responses by agency

Published: January 18, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
The FOIA Project has documented more evidence of what its staff calls apparent failure of the Obama administration to fulfill transparency promises, and an upcoming expansion of the project could […]
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San Antonio withholds employee identifiers, with backing from Attorney General

Published: January 17, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
By Joe Yerardi Back in September, I filed a public records request with the City of San Antonio asking for their last five years of payroll data. When I received […]
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Introducing Total Newsroom Training, a new program from IRE

Published: January 16, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
IRE is launching a new program and is looking for news organizations dedicated to doing watchdog work. This is your newsroom’s opportunity to have intense, in-house investigative training -- for free. If […]
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Diversity fellowships available for CAR Conference

Published: January 12, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
Through the generosity of the Philip L. Graham Fund and the Chicago Tribune Foundation, IRE is pleased to offer Minority Fellowships to allow a limited number of professional journalists to attend the […]
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The 2012 IRE Awards contest deadline is today

Published: January 11, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
The IRE Awards is our annual contest recognizing the best in investigative reporting by print, broadcast and online media. Enter the 2012 IRE Awards contest, now online! The official deadline for […]
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Learn about online storytelling with data at Tapestry

Published: January 10, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
Tapestry is a new conference about online storytelling with data. Tapestry is bringing together people from the worlds of design, academia and data journalism, each of whom has been thinking […]
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