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Posts Tagged ‘CAR Conference’
Go beyond surface-level coverage when writing about inequality
By Raven Nichols From achievement gaps to the disproportionate impact of the mortgage crisis, the story of inequality takes many different shapes and forms. Holly Hacker, Kimbriell Kelly, Burt Hubbard and Malik Singleton offered tips at a panel on Saturday morning about how journalists can best investigate inequality. Hubbard, a Rocky Mountain PBS journalist, spoke…
Read MoreStorify: How to get citizens involved in investigative journalism
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Read MoreLonely coder? Use these tools and resources to make your job easier
By Carlie Procell In a Friday afternoon panel, Scott Pham, a data journalist and news application developer at the Center for Investigative Reporting, led a discussion on how to more easily integrate data and technology into your newsroom. Pham began the session by talking about The Lonely Coders Club, which is a group of data…
Read MoreGetting to know Paula Lavigne of ESPN
Paula Lavigne | Photo by Maliik Obee Maliik Obee, a Morgan State University student and 2016 CAR Conference Knight Scholar, talks to Paula Lavigne of ESPN. Maliik Obee: How did you get interested in investigative journalism? Paula Lavigne: I’ve been interested in it ever since college. I was on the student paper at my university.…
Read MoreGetting to know Kimbriell Kelly of The Washington Post
Meleah Holmes, a student at Norfolk State University and a 2016 CAR Conference Knight Scholar, talks to Kimbriell Kelly, a investigative reporter at The Washington Post. Holmes: In your own words, what is an investigative journalist? Kelly: A reporter who produces in-depth work using thorough research, analysis and reporting methods to convey what they have…
Read MoreStorify: How to avoid rookie mistakes
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Read MoreGetting to know Lee Zurik of WVUE in New Orleans
Lee Zurik | Photo by Jocelyn Stargell-Zachery Jocelyn Stargell-Zachery talks with Lee Zurik, evening anchor and chief investigative reporter at WVUE-TV in New Orleans. Stargell-Zachery: What sparked your interest in the field of journalism? Zurik: I was kind of a freak, and I wanted to be in journalism since I was like 10 years old.…
Read MoreUse basic Excel tricks to explore health care data
By Jennifer Lu Judging by the “oohs” and “ahhs” of appreciation from the audience, ProPublica reporters Ryann Grochowski Jones and Charles Ornstein reminded us why the humble Excel spreadsheet is still an excellent resource for data journalists. In this hands-on session, they covered how to use Excel for health care reporting. To cover health care…
Read MoreSecurity for journalists: How to keep your sources and your information safe
When you write to your colleagues, text your friends or speak to your sources, it may seem like the only people with access to the conversation are you and the other person. For most people, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Independent journalist Quinn Norton, Andy Boyle of NBC News and Jeff Larson of…
Read MoreHow to look inside the secret world of the juvenile justice system
By Tierra Smith Correctional facilities tend to document everything. But it can be difficult for journalists to get records from the juvenile justice system because cases and incidents involving minors tend to be confidential. Chad Day, a reporter for The Associated Press; Kim English of the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice; and Paula Lavigne, a…
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