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Databases: Investigating Locally and Around the World
Donald's presentation explores the importance of a "data state of mind" for reporters. Beyond knowing FOIA laws, he outlines the (at least) 25 databases every newsroom should have and use in their reporting. The databases cover several different beats, and Donald details the value of each.
Tags: databases; reporting; census data; budgets; audits; tax data; personnel files; campaign finance; financial disclosure reports; voter registration; election results; crime statistics; sexual predators; business demographics; SEC 10K: EDGAR; 990s; EPA Toxic Release Inventory; EPA Enforcements; water quality data;
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Tipsheet No: 219
Series of documents from the Big Mountain Support Group detail their attempts to get the EPA to enforce a presidential directive concerning pollution on reservations; residents on reservations in the Black Mesa area (Arizona) have been fighting some of the worst pollution in the country with little success; also at issue are land use disputes wherein coal companies and the Bureau of Indian Affairs are apparently attempting to remove Navajo indians from their land or make them sign leases; documents include descriptions of the poisoning of indians, letters written to and received from the EPA, a brief history of environmental exploitation on the reservation, news stories documenting the continued struggle and a letter of requests sent to a mining corporation which operates in the area.