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A backlash against Minnesota’s growing ranks of Level Three sex offenders
“Despite a state law, many Level Three sex offenders are ending up in the same few neighborhoods,” the Minneapolis Star-Tribune found from its investigation.
Read MoreThe making of ‘K2’
“A trio of men, indicted last week for their role in selling and manufacturing the synthetic marijuana product, were warned about the murky legal territory of their multimillion-dollar K2 operation, as well as the potential health dangers of the substance,” according to an investigation by the Lawrence Journal-World.
Read MoreGranting of some bonds comes through backdoor practice, with no prosecutor input
“In many instances, the decision is in direct contradiction to the recommendations of court workers who assess the defendant’s risk of fleeing or harming the public, an American-Statesman review has found.” Read the American-Statesman’s full investigation here.
Read MorePainkillers not always the solution for gymnasts
“Young gymnasts battling physical discomfort to perform a sport they love is a common, almost clichéd storyline. However, more doctors and researchers now are not only paying attention to the high number of injuries gymnasts suffer but also to the increasing amounts of anti-inflammatory medication they take as a result,” according to an investigation by…
Read MoreMake plans for the 2013 IRE Conference
Marcela Turati Make your plans now to join us in San Antonio for the 2013 Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference. Check out the list of panels and sessions — this isn’t everything, just a sampling of what you’ll be able to dig into when we gather from June 20-23. Keynote speaker Marcela Turati will detail…
Read MoreBehind the Story: America’s Woman Warriors
Staff Sgt. Jessica Keown, with the 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss in El Paso Texas, served with a female engagement team, or FET, in Afghanistan. David Gilkey/NPR From the time NPR corresondent Quil Lawrence spent in Iraq before covering veterans issues, he could tell women in the military were doing more than…
Read MorePoynter: How IRE Award winner Carl Prine tracked killings in Iraq
This animation from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review came out of Carl Prine’s reporting on U.S. killings of Iraqi children. Carl Prine of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review won an IRE Award this week for his project “Rules of Engagement”, which traced the events of March 6, 2007, when U.S. soldiers shot three unarmed deaf Iraqi boys. Prine, a military veteran, got…
Read MoreAnnouncing 2012 IRE Award winners
Investigations that spanned borders and oceans are among the work honored in the 2012 Investigative Reporters & Editors Awards. An intrepid reporter from Pittsburgh followed a story to Iraq to expose the cover-up of a killing. A team of broadcast journalists withstood heated criticism from the U.S. State Department over their work in Benghazi, Libya.…
Read MoreRun for the IRE board
We are now accepting applications for candidates for the IRE Board of Directors. Below you’ll find an article written for the current IRE Journal by Board member Sarah Cohen explaining more about what it means to serve on IRE’s Board, and details on how to file. If you have questions, you can contact me at mark@ire.org.…
Read MoreU-T San Diego may have offered bargain ad deals to candidates they endorsed.
Tom Shephard, a political consultant for Bob Filner, a Democrat running for mayor of San Diego, noticed a lot of full page newspaper ads attacking his client; ads that he was quoted $8,000 for. “Amita Sharma and Ryann Growchowski, with inewsource and KPBS, audited ads in the San Diego Union-Tribune every day between Labor Day…
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