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IRE announces winners of Freelance Fellowship competition
Columbia, Mo. – A very strong group of stories were submitted for the IRE Freelance Fellowship competition. The winners of the Freelance Fellowship for 2012 are: Stephy Chung, freelance journalist working in Beijing, for her story “Rising Prostitution among Migrant Workers in Beijing” and Brendan Borrell, a freelance journalist who won for his story “The…
Read MoreHospitals charging up to 10 times the amount for state-mandated test
In a report by the Springfield New-Leader, it has been found that some hospitals in the southwest Missouri region are charging close to 10 times the amount for a state-mandated blood test on infants. “The state charges $65 for the blood test which includes processing the blood, delivering it to the state lab, receiving the…
Read MorePanel highlights for this year’s IRE Conference in Boston
We’ve got a fantastic line-up of panels for the IRE Conference in Boston. The speaker list includes winners of most of this year’s major investigative awards and other top journalists from news organizations throughout the U.S. and internationally. You can check out the schedule, but here are just a few of the great sessions we’ve got…
Read MoreImprove your skills with data-focused sessions at IRE ’12
If you’re planning to come to the IRE Conference in Boston next month, we’ve got a strong line-up of data-focused panels and hands-on training sessions that you won’t want to miss. A major focus of Thursday — the conference pre-day — is dedicated to computer-assisted reporting. We’ll have sessions on negotiating for data, analyzing unstructured…
Read MoreGhost Factories: Behind the Story and Interactive
By Anthony DeBarros USA TODAY In April, after USA TODAY published its Ghost Factories investigation into forgotten lead smelters, we heard from several people who wanted to know more about how the project came together — particularly the online package that included details on more than 230 of the former factories. The following is an…
Read MoreFollow the campaign money trail at the 2012 IRE Conference
Learn how to follow the campaign money trail and track political influence in a series of panels at next month’s IRE Conference in Boston.Our focus on Campaign 2012 kicks off with a free pre-day workshop focusing on companies’ influence on politics and the election. The sessions, sponsored by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for…
Read MoreMilwaukee Police Department misreporting violent crime
“A Journal Sentinel investigation has found that even though the Milwaukee Police Department have been touting a fall in crime for four years, hundreds of beatings, stabbings and child abuse cases were missing from the count.” “More than 500 incidents since 2009 were misreported to the FBI as minor assaults and not included in the…
Read MoreHumanitarian institutions contributing to deforestation
“An investigation by Haiti Grassroots Watch (HGW) in the Upper Turgeau region of Port-au-Prince discovered that about 100 “transitional shelters” – often called “T-Shelters” –were donated to earthquake victims and built in places where, prior to the 2010 catastrophe, there were trees, bushes, or at the very least, no houses.” “Today, thanks to the donations…
Read MoreChildren who skip vaccinations raise threat of dangerous outbreak
An Arizona Star investigation has found that “one in three Arizona schools last year had kindergarten classes with vaccination rates so low children were left vulnerable to infectious disease outbreaks such as measles, mumps or pertussis.” It was discovered that “the worst offenders, by far, are charter and private schools, some with vaccination rates as…
Read MoreIRE Voting Deadline Approaching
Tomorrow, May 22nd is the last day to request an absentee ballot to vote in our 2012 BOD elections. If you are unable to attend our 2012 conference in Boston, and your membership is current to 7/1/12, then you can vote for your favorite candidate via absentee ballot. Candidates and their statements can be viewed…
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