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Send a team to free training in Connecticut, Oregon or Ohio
Do you have reporters or editors on your staff who would benefit from training to help them produce enterprise and investigative stories? Thanks to a grant from Sigma Delta Chi Foundation, the Society for Professional Journalists (SPJ) is working with Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting (NECIR) to…
Read MoreLook for election and security tracks at the 2016 CAR Conference
While you’re planning your days at the upcoming CAR Conference in Denver, keep in mind that we’ve planned special tracks on covering elections and digital security. Here’s a rundown of the sessions in each track. You can learn more about each session by clicking through to the session description. Election track: From campaign finance…
Read MoreNICAR Guides: Attending the conference as a data journalist
Data journalists of all stripes will gather in Denver for the 2016 Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference in just a few short weeks. From spreadsheets to data visualization to the latest technological advances, the conference offers endless opportunities to learn and grow as a journalist. But the range of choices can be overwhelming, especially for those new…
Read MoreVote for the Lightning Talks you want to see in Denver
Thanks to everyone who submitted a Lighting Talk idea for the 2016 CAR Conference. Now it’s time to narrow the nearly 50 ideas down to the 10 talks we’ll hear in Denver. Go online and vote for your favorite proposals. The polls close at 11:59 pm (Eastern) on Feb. 28. What are Lightning Talks? Lightning Talks are 5-minute…
Read MoreIRE Radio Podcast | America’s Exploited Guest Workers
All across America, you can find foreign guest workers peeling crawfish, setting up carnival rides and trimming trees. But the visa program that legally brings them here is rife with problems. On this episode, Ken Bensinger and Jessica Garrison take us through their BuzzFeed News investigation into H-2 visas, a program that condemns thousands of…
Read MoreExplore Denver’s craft beer scene at the CAR Conference
Photo: Quinn Dombrowski/Flickr Denver has one of the best craft beer scenes in the country, and we’re giving a limited number of CAR Conference attendees a way to visit some of the coolest spots. Sign up for our Denver Brewery Tour! When: Thursday, March 10 from 7:30 – 11 p.m. (3.5 hours total) Price: $45/person (Price…
Read MoreUse NICAR’S fatal accident data on deadline
We’ve updated our simple, one-table database on fatal accidents in the US; the data now has information on every reported accident from 2003 through 2014. We created the data from the full DOT Fatality Analysis Reporting System database (FARS), which has 19 tables and almost 800 columns of detailed information about fatal car accidents. The…
Read MoreIRE members honored with Polk Awards
Several IRE members were named winners of the 2015 Polk Awards in Journalism by Long Island University on Sunday, Feb. 14. The awards honor special achievement in many areas of journalism, especially in enterprise and investigative work. The following IRE members were honored this year: Margie Mason and Martha Mendoza were part of the Associated…
Read MoreNICAR Guides: Attending the conference as a student
Students from all over will gather in Denver for the 2016 Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference in just a few short weeks. From spreadsheets to data visualization to the latest technological advances, the conference offers endless opportunities to learn and grow as a journalist. But the range of choices can be overwhelming, especially for those new to…
Read MoreCovering racial injustice in the age of Black Lives Matter
“Race is the original problem in this country.” That’s from IRE member Nikole Hannah-Jones, one of the nation’s most well-respected investigative and data reporters, who visited the University of Missouri earlier this week to present a lecture called “Covering racial injustice in the age of Black Lives Matter.” It was an appropriate and timely topic…
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