Broadcast

TV and radio journalists make up a sizable portion of IRE's membership. To better serve their platform-specific needs, IRE makes available training and resources geared toward investigative broadcast journalists. A partnership with Knight Foundation provides funding for specialized workshops and resources aimed at elevating the caliber of watchdog reporting in local TV newsrooms across America.

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We've gathered resources from our TV workshops here. Please note that sessions with the same title contain different materials in different cities, as those sessions were presented by different speakers. Here's our TV workshop resource roundup:

Detroit (October 2019): Watchdog state of mind; Digging into public records; Breaking news exercise; Art of the investigative interview; Digital detective work

Denver (Sept. 2019): This just in: An interactive exercise in breaking news; How to be a digital detective; Digging into public records; Art of the interview; From roadmap to test-drive: Putting our skills to the test

Philadelphia (April 2019): Prying loose public records; Master the investigative interview; Show me, don’t tell me!; Enterprise stories for TV; Turning data into TV and online gold; 30 stories in 60 minutes

Seattle (April 2019): 30 stories in 60 minutes; Turning data into TV and online gold; Art of the investigative interview; Prying loose public records; Social media search and verification

Baltimore (Sept. 2018) (Part of the National Excellence in Journalism conference): Digital storytelling; Prying loose public records; 30 stories in 60 minutes; Digital sleuthing

Dallas (Sept. 2018): Watchdog state of mind; Prying loose public records; FOI Laws for Texas Journalists; Digital storytelling; Digital state of mind; Art of the interview; Accountability interviews; 30 stories in 60 minutes; Digital sleuthing on deadline

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I-Team Toolkit Newsletter

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I-Team Toolkit: Pitch Perfect (January 2020)

I-Team Toolkit: Best Practices for DIY Graphics (February 2020)

I-Team Toolkit: Investigating Child Care (March 2020)

I-Team Toolkit: Remote Reporting During COVID (April 2020)

I-Team Toolkit: A Culture of Safety (May 2020)

I-Team Toolkit: Making The Most Of A Big Interview (June 2020)

I-Team Toolkit: Follow The Money (July 2020)

I-Team Toolkit: Coping With Occupational Stress (August 2020)

I-Team Toolkit: Mid-Market, Big Story (December 2019)

I-Team Toolkit: Investigating Food (November 2019)

I-Team Toolkit: Collaborating Across Newsrooms (October 2019)

I-Team Toolkit: Investigating Sports (September 2019)

I-Team Toolkit: Hit The Books / Back To School (August 2019)

I-Team Toolkit: Investigating Boating Accidents (July 2019)

I-Team Toolkit: The Best Of The 2019 IRE Conference (June 2019)

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I-Team Toolkit: Breaking Down 911 Records (April 2019)

I-Team Toolkit: Meet IRE Trainer Patti DiVincenzo (March 2019)

I-Team Toolkit: Investigating Sexual Abuse (February 2019)

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I-Team Toolkit: Investigating Airbnb (October 2018)

I-Team Toolkit: Investigating Private Schools; Solo Camera Work (September 2018)

I-Team Toolkit: Investigating Local Churches (August 2018)

I-Team Toolkit: Investigating Traffic Fatalities (July 2018)

I-Team Toolkit: Investigating The Opioid Crisis (June 2018)

I-Team Toolkit: Investigating Natural Disasters (May 2018)

I-Team Toolkit: Investigating Local Nonprofits (April 2018)

I-Team Toolkit: Making voting graphics that leave an impression (September 2020)

I-Team Toolkit: Best of the virtual IRE20 conference (October 2020)

I-Team Toolkit: Making sense of voting in Georgia (November 2020)

I-Team Toolkit: Nailing the web story (December 2020)

I-Team Toolkit: Covering new administrations (January 2021)

I-Team Toolkit: Keeping it together on air (February 2021)

I-Team Toolkit: The Best of the #NICAR21 Virtual Conference (March 2021)

I-Team Toolkit: Investigative tips to tackle an energy crisis (April 2021)

I-Team Toolkit: An inside look at 2020 IRE Award winners (May 2021)

I-Team Toolkit: The best of #IRE21 (June 2021)

I-Team Toolkit: Investigating transportation (July 2021)

I-Team Toolkit: How to track your story pitches (August 2021)

I-Team Toolkit: Finding the facts in the mask debate (Sept. 2021)

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I-Team Toolkit: A look at Florida's unemployment software shortcomings (Nov. 2021)

I-Team Toolkit: A closer look at nursing home finances during COVID-19 (Dec. 2021)

I-Team Toolkit: Investigating 911 dispatch (Jan. 2022)

I-Team Toolkit: Investigating abuse in the Catholic Church (Feb. 2022)

I-Team Toolkit: The best of NICAR22 (March 2022)

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