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Alfred Friendly Fellow falls in love with Excel during IRE training
By Mugambi Mutegi Editor’s note: in July, IRE hosted the 2013 class of Alfred Friendly Fellows for training in training in computer-assisted and investigative reporting, covering Excel spreadsheets and more. One of the fellows, Mugambi Mutegi, wrote about his experience using Excel for the Alfred Friendly Press Partners, republished below. In the short time I have been alive,…
Read MorePolitically active ‘social welfare’ nonprofits get IRS approval with cash, connections
The Sunlight Foundation reports that in the wake of Citizens United, tax-exempt social welfare groups, 501(c)4 organizations, have becoming increasingly popular as conduits for big, anonymous campaign donations. A survey by the Sunlight Foundation found dozens of groups in Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia that appear to benefit Republican and Democratic politicians, despite being set…
Read MoreCritics question billion-dollar tutoring program
“A decade after schools were required to offer tutoring sessions by third-party vendors, an increasing number of school districts and researchers say the multibillion-dollar system is broken,” according to The Sacramento Bee.
Read MoreAlexandria Police Shield Information on Officer-Involved Shooting
“No video. No audio. No transcripts. The Virginia Supreme Court operates in a total blackout. The Alexandria Gazette Packet exposes the shocking lack of transparency at the commonwealth’s top court.”
Read MoreSuffolk street gang said to be recruiting as young as 9
According to a Newsday report, “a North Bellport street gang that calls itself the “Natural Born Killers” is recruiting children as young as 9 years old to join the group, said residents and the head of the Suffolk County Legislature’s public safety committee.”
Read MoreESU Foundation: Where did the $250G contribution go?
The Pocono Record posted nearly 14,000 public documents (won in a protracted public records court battle) in a search for clues about what happened to money pledged to project at a public college. The effort paid off as a reader flagged a needle in the haystack.
Read MoreU.S allowed Italian kidnap prosecution to shield higher-ups, ex-CIA officer says
“A former CIA officer has broken the U.S. silence around the 2003 abduction of a radical Islamist cleric in Italy, charging that the agency inflated the threat the preacher posed and that the United States then allowed Italy to prosecute her and other Americans to shield President George W. Bush and other U.S. officials from…
Read MoreU.S. Spends $24 Million on ‘Propaganda Plane Few Can See or Hear
Foreign Policy reports: “For the last six years, the U.S. government has spent more than $24 million to fly a plane around Cuba and beam American-sponsored TV programming to the island’s inhabitants. But every day the plane flies, the government in Havana jams its broadcast signal. Few, if any, Cubans can see what it broadcasts.…
Read MoreExtra paid sick days costing city millions
“According to a Los Angeles Times examination of data obtained under the California Public Records Act, Los Angeles’ Department of Water and Power has paid thousands of employees a total of $35.5 million since 2010 in extra sick days under an unusual program that the utility’s top executive acknowledges has been vulnerable to abuse.”
Read MoreNext week: Tune in the results of a national research study into investigative journalism
Next week the results of a national survey research project conducted by AR&D and IRE will be revealed. Join us for a webinar on Tuesday, July 30 at 11 a.m. Central Time. What types of investigative stories are the most compelling? Why might investigative reporting save your newsroom? Is the crowd ready to help you…
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