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Why (and how) you should include public lands, tourism and Indigenous issues in your climate change coverage

Public lands visitation is skyrocketing across the country and the fight over land is boiling along with the environment, while locals and Native Americans are caught in the middle. Now, […]
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Behind the story: FBI Use of Force

More than a year after the killing of George Floyd, the FBI's new national Use of Force database has yet to be released publicly. While participation is rising, the FBI […]
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Investigating equity during the pandemic through solutions journalism

The pandemic has exposed equity gaps throughout our society, leaving room for groups to step in with solutions to address the problem — but are those solutions really working and […]
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Investigating state unemployment systems

One major byproduct of COVID 19 was exposing the failures and weaknesses in the U.S. unemployment system. In California, where the unemployment system was problematic for years, the system nearly […]
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Broadcast Track: Juggling investigations and GA

Learn how to balance being an investigative journalist who also needs to contribute daily to the news cycle. You can do both effectively! Hear from reporters about both quick-turn investigations […]
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Deep dive: OpenLux investigation

The OpenLux project uncovered years of dubious financial activity involving celebrities, organized crime groups, and politically connected persons that had been hidden for years thanks to Luxembourg’s corporate secrecy laws, […]
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Data and documents for your arsenal

Get your FOI templates ready to roll. In this quick-paced, lightning-round style session, two investigative reporters and public records geeks will cover their favorite, most unique, overlooked and under-appreciated records […]
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Covering domestic extremism

People inclined toward domestic terrorism and extremism are in all of our communities, and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot exposed that this issue goes well beyond protected speech and ideology. […]
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Watchdog story ideas on the local government beat

This panel will cover ideas on how to do local accountability stories paired with suggestions on public records attendees can request and questions they should ask in their own communities. […]
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Tips for mining your beat for the bigger stories

Not every newsroom has an investigative team, so watchdog reporting needs to come from reporters finding stories on their beats. Hear from reporters who will share their tips for working […]
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2020 Census: What you need to know

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 […]
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Year in investigations: Local showcase

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 […]
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Story idea blitz: Local government accountability

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 on the […]
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Story idea blitz: Education

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 on the […]
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Story idea blitz: Data

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 […]
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Story idea blitz: Census

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 […]
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