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Investigations today are full of data, documents and computer programming, but that wasn’t always the case. On this bonus episode, we’re sharing audio from the 2019 CAR Conference. Data journalism pioneer James B. Steele discusses his work with longtime reporting partner Donald L. Barlett. He also offers tips for finding stories and staying curious.
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Dusting (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
These Times (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Palms Down (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Up Up Up and Over (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Abby Ivory-Ganja and Kelly Kenoyer co-produced this episode. IRE Editorial Director Sarah Hutchins edits the podcast. We are recorded in the studios of KBIA at the University of Missouri.
For decades, children passed through the doors of Catholic orphanages. Some never walked out. On this week’s episode, Christine Kenneally takes us behind her work investigating hidden abuses in orphanages around the world. Her BuzzFeed News investigation uncovered that dozens of children had died violently, their deaths covered up and lost to time.
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Tessalit (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Uncertain Ground (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Mercurial Vision (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Sensitive (Podington Bear) / CC BY-NC 3.0
Time Waste (Podington Bear) / CC BY-NC 3.0
Darklit Carpet (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Blue (Podington Bear) / CC BY-NC 3.0
Airliner (Podington Bear) / CC BY-NC 3.0
Simple Melody (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Kelly Kenoyer reported this episode. Abby Ivory-Ganja is our host. IRE Editorial Director Sarah Hutchins edits the podcast. We are recorded in the studios of KBIA at the University of Missouri.
Think about the last time you got a call, email or direct message from someone who wanted to share a crazy story. You might have thought there was no way what they were telling you could be true. That’s what happened to Brett Kelman, a reporter at the Tennessean. A tip about military health care fraud back in 2015 seemed too wild to be true — until it wasn’t. On this episode, Brett breaks down how he reported the story years after getting the tip and how there’s still more fraud to be uncovered.
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Noe Noe (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Cloud Line (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Illa Villardo (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Heather (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Inamorata (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Town Market (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Abby Ivory-Ganja reported this episode. IRE Editorial Director Sarah Hutchins edits the podcast. We are recorded in the studios of KBIA at the University of Missouri.
On high school graduation day, the future looks bright, especially for Boston’s valedictorians. But as years pass, things come to look quite different for the city’s top students. A quarter of them didn’t finish college within six years. Many wanted to be doctors, and today, none of them are. On this episode, Meghan Irons and Malcolm Gay of the Boston Globe take us behind their investigation into how the city’s valedictorians are fairing more than a decade after graduation. The project offered a new approach to investigating inequality and could be replicated in any community.
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Donnalee (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
True Blue Sky (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Lakeside Path (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Insatiable Toad (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Lupi (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Boston Landing (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Abby Ivory-Ganja reported this episode. IRE Editorial Director Sarah Hutchins edits the podcast. We are recorded in the studios of KBIA at the University of Missouri.
In Oregon’s memory care facilities, confirmed abuse cases are more than twice as common as in other types of senior centers. Residents live in filthy conditions, develop bedsores, even die in the care of overworked and overwhelmed caregivers. But the failures of that system can be opaque unless you’re already trapped inside it. On this episode, Fedor Zarkhin walks us through The Oregonian’s investigation into memory care centers and discusses a tool his team made to help Oregonians find safe elder care facilities for their family members.
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Vanagon (Podington Bear) / CC BY-NC 3.0
Alley Crawler (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Closing (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
The Dustbin (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Thumbscrew (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
La Iglesia (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Castor Wheel Pivot (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Kelly Kenoyer reported this episode. Abby Ivory-Ganja is our host. IRE Editorial Director Sarah Hutchins edits the podcast. We are recorded in the studios of KBIA at the University of Missouri.
Journalism has always been a stressful job, but new challenges and pressures have made the work even more daunting. On this bonus episode, we’re reaching into our archives for audio from the 2018 IRE Conference. During a panel about managing stress, reporters Ken Armstrong, Mike Hixenbaugh and Lulu Ramadan recounted difficult experiences and talked about how they balance their jobs and personal lives. Ken also surveyed three dozen journalists to find out how they unwind.
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Nesting (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Doubled (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Bogo (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Setting Pace (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Borough (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Claire Mitzel reported this episode. IRE Editorial Director Sarah Hutchins edits the podcast. We are recorded in the studios of KBIA at the University of Missouri.
Mice, mold and lead paint. Tenants in Illinois public housing complexes were doing their best to make their conditions more livable. But even after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development swooped in and seized control, change wasn’t swift. On this week’s episode, Molly Parker, an investigative reporter for the Southern Illinoisan and a member of ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network, walks us through her deep dives into public housing. Her reporting found the federal government failed many of the citizens it was supposed to be sheltering.
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Tarte Tatin (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Calisson (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Coulis Coulis (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Waltz and Fury (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Manele (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Palms Down (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Tessa Weinberg hosts the IRE Radio Podcast and reported this episode. IRE Editorial Director Sarah Hutchins edits the podcast. We are recorded in the studios of KBIA at the University of Missouri.
As podcast audiences continue to grow, more newsrooms are making the leap to telling stories with sound. Podcasts can be a great vehicle for investigations, allowing journalists to reach interested audiences around the world. But the format also presents challenges, especially when it comes to working with watchdog staples like data and documents. On this episode, Robin Amer takes us behind her USA TODAY podcast "The City" and shares how she made the 10-episode investigation work for audio.
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Roundpine (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Borough (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Bogo (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Ultima-Thule (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Balti (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Clay Pawn Shop (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Gullwing Sailor (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Abby Ivory-Ganja reported this episode. Tessa Weinberg is our host. IRE Editorial Director Sarah Hutchins edits the podcast. We are recorded in the studios of KBIA at the University of Missouri.
In 2016, nearly 2.2 million adults were behind bars. If that were a city, it would be the nation’s fifth largest. That’s a critical community and one journalists often struggle to reach. On this episode, we’ll be exploring ways journalists can amplify the voices of inmates. The Marshall Project’s Eli Hager discusses the nonprofit’s popular “Life Inside” feature that highlights first-person essays from inmates and others close to the criminal justice system. Next, Shaheen Pasha and Razvan Sibii, senior lecturers in UMass Amherst’s journalism department, walk us through their prison journalism course. Their class pairs university students with inmates to tell stories from inside and out.
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Three Stories (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 3.0
Greylock (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 3.0
Kid Kodi (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 3.0
Walking Shoes (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 3.0
Begrudge (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 3.0
Algea Trio (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 3.0
Home Home at Last (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 3.0
Tessa Weinberg reported this episode. IRE Editorial Director Sarah Hutchins edits the podcast. We are recorded in the studios of KBIA at the University of Missouri.
Every year, more than 2,000 women in Minnesota report to police that they were raped or sexually assaulted. So, the Minneapolis Star Tribune decided to take a look at what happens after a report is made, analyzing more than 1,000 cases. They found that in almost half, police failed to interview potential witnesses. In roughly a third, the investigator never interviewed the victim. And in a quarter, police never assigned an investigator to the case. Reporter Brandon Stahl takes us behind the investigation.
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Noe-Noe (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
McCarthy (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Threads and Veils (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Are We Loose Yet (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
ZigZag Heart (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Liptis (Blue Dot Sessions) / CC BY-NC 4.0
Abby Ivory-Ganja reported this episode. Tessa Weinberg is our host. IRE Editorial Director Sarah Hutchins edits the podcast. We are recorded in the studios of KBIA at the University of Missouri.
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