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• Follow the Money: The Coming Boom in Toll Roads

  Use this Powerpoint presentation to learn how to follow the toll road money. Overberg gives a brief history and explains how highway design, finance, construction and operation is changing.

  Tags: toll roads; private investors; following the money

  By Paul Overberg

  2012

• Anatomy of an Investigation

  Use these tips when investigating safety issues involving construction sites and buildings that are already in use.

  Tags: construction; school safety; oversight; public records; mismanagement; documents

  By Kendall Taggart

  2012

• Investigating Public School Construction

  Holland gives tips on how to use public records, confidential sources and computer-assisted reporting to expose reckless spending and shoddy construction in your public school's construction.

  Tags: construction; school safety; oversight; public records

  By Gale Holland

  2012

• Covering schools and school construction. Ideas for spotting corruption, mismanagement, and wasted funds.

  Review these tips and you'll gain valuable skills on covering your schools. From overcrowding to construction nepotism.

  Tags: school; construction; over-population; school board

  By Megan O'Matz

  2011

• Getting the Most out of the Census Web site

  LaFleur describes the myriad uses for census data, including details on Census Bureau surveys including the decennial census, American Community Survey and current population survey. Census information is dense, so LaFleur helps show how to navigate the various levels of data available.

  Tags: census; Census Bureau; American Community Survey; decennial census; margin of error; population; business; agriculture; construction; Ethnic Media Workshop - Washington, D.C. (Oct. 2009)

  By Jennifer LaFleur

  2009

• Six tips to help you dig deeper

  Waite offers suggestions for constructing environmental investigations. His tips cover conceptual issues, data gathering techniques, sources to consult and project management methods

  Tags: environment; pollution; databases; data analysis; environmental reporting

  By Matthew Waite

  2006

• Investigating the past with results in the present

  Mitchell summarizes methods for constructing investigations that probe beyond the recent past. He suggests research methods, useful records and human sourcing techniques that he employed in his IRE Award-winning investigation of unresolved murder cases during the civil rights era in Mississippi.

  Tags: open records; courts; law enforcement; justice; criminal justice system; crime; public records; history; historical investigations; law

  By Jerry Mitchell

  2006

• Investigating the health industry

  McKie and Reber outline the investigative process behind their IRE Award-winning series, Prescribed to Death. They summarize ten strategies that enabled them to construct and original, comprehensive investigation.

  Tags: health care; health; medicine; pharmaceuticals; drugs; medical; doctors; hospitals; research; prescriptions; senior citizens; retirees

  By David McKie, Susanne Reber

  2006

• Reporting on Federally-Funded Transportation Projects

  This is a copy of David Barnes' speech about reporting on transportation projects. En espanol: #2871

  Tags: U.S. Department of Transportation; fraud; roads; transit; airports; construction

  By David Barnes

  2006

• Reporting on Federally-Funded Highway and Transit Projects

  This tipsheet provides assistance for reporters who are covering highway, transit and airport construction projects that involve the use of federal funds. Barnes provides an oversight of federal transportation funds, common contract fraud schemes, ways to find problems during construction projects and helpful Web sites, along with much more. En espanol: #2870

  Tags: U.S. Department of Transportation; fraud; roads; airports; construction

  By David Barnes

  2006