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Numbers from the 2020 Census for every U.S. community – about race, Hispanic origin and more — are coming your way by fall. Are you ready? We’ll talk about basic […]
Learn new and old reporting tricks as two reporters highlight a selection of great local watchdog journalism from the past year. Hear firsthand presentations by local reporters from across the […]
After three children died at unlicensed, unregulated day care operations in summer 2018, Knox News reporter Brittany Crocker began a data-driven investigation which found that amid a surge in demand […]
Dark money is playing a major role in 2020 elections. This panel will provide an overview of what you need to know to uncover dark money activity and try to […]
When big news breaks, the investigator’s role is to dive head-first into the story behind the news story: How did this happen? How do we keep this from happening again? […]
Break open those notebooks and get ready to fill them with story ideas! This fast-paced, 30-minute session will give you months worth of investigative and watchdog story ideas for using […]
Break open those notebooks and get ready to fill them with story ideas! This fast-paced, 30-minute session will give you months worth of investigative and watchdog story ideas for digging […]
In city after city across the United States, the coronavirus has devastated Black and brown communities. In this panel, investigative reporters from three different publications will share their secrets for […]
Journalists who have covered police accountability issues from many different perspectives will share their favorite datasets that can help you look at issues such as hiring, training, misconduct, how cops […]
This half-day workshop will cover the essentials for becoming a public records power sleuth – the key elements for mastering the art of access. David Cuillier, associate professor at the […]
With so much data to deal with these days, we'll give you some guidelines for getting common calculations right, tips for writing/talking about numbers and we'll discuss your questions.
Decisions made locally impact every aspect of a person’s life, from housing and jobs to public safety, recreation and homeless services. But is taxpayer money being efficiently managed and spent […]
In summer 2018, Facebook, Google and Twitter created new political ad archives to help the public and the press track political ads on their platforms, bringing more transparency to the […]
The panelists will discuss and provide strategies for gathering immigration information and data during the pandemic and how that's been made more of a challenge under an administration that's not […]
Thousands of people die or are seriously harmed every year because of poor care in U.S. hospitals. But so much of hospital quality and care is shrouded in secrecy. In […]
In the past few months, the health beat has stormed the homepages of news organizations across America. Whether or not you ever covered health before, chances are you're covering it […]
