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Countries with longtime FOI laws have less corruption, better human development

Published: July 31, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
The Center for Law and Democracy rates FOI law effectiveness by country. Freedom of Information Act advocates have consistently claimed that institutionalizing the right to information will benefit countries, particularly […]
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Next week: Tune in the results of a national research study into investigative journalism

Published: July 25, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
Next week the results of a national survey research project conducted by AR&D and IRE will be revealed. Join us for a webinar on Tuesday, July 30 at 11 a.m. […]
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How to use boating accident data in an investigation

Published: July 25, 2013 | Written by: Erica Martin
FCIR created this map of boating accidents. Click the map for the interactive version. Last January, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting and NBC 6 in Miami announced a partnership to […]
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Boating accident data for 2012 now available

Published: July 25, 2013 | Written by: Erica Martin
Labor Day is just around the corner, and we all know that boating enthusiasts (and wannabes) are getting as much boating in as possible before it gets too cold. Hence, […]
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FOIA Machine sees early success on Kickstarter

Published: July 23, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
On July 16, a team of journalists and developers launched a Kickstarter campaign for a project called FOIA Machine. They asked for $17,500 to build a tool to help journalists […]
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Child deaths in India push global issues of pesticides, food safety into news

Published: July 19, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
Food safety is a global issue. I was reminded of that with the news that more than 20 children in India died after consuming school lunches provided by a government-run program. […]
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California transit agency changes records policy in midst of investigation

Published: July 19, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
inewsource out of San Diego reports that in the midst of an investigation into a local transportation agency, the North County Tranist District, the agency voted to adopt a policy […]
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In a big freelance project, a little organization up front goes a long way

Published: July 18, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
By the time I sat down to write the 6,000 word article I’d been reporting for the past several months, I was ready to quit. I had over 50 interviews, […]
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Behind the Story: Solving the mystery of the porn copyright troll

Published: July 18, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
By Dalton Barker Researching the connection between copyright lawsuits and a porn company can be tricky -- especially while at work. Claire Suddath, a Bloomberg reporter based in New York […]
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ProPublica releases open source version of Free the Files

Published: July 17, 2013 | Written by: hdcoadmin
The ProPublica News Apps team on Tuesday released Transcribable, an open source version of its Free the Files project, a web application that enabled the team to crowdsource a massive […]
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