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Liberate the data with ScraperWiki at the CAR Conference

Published: December 20, 2011 | Written by: hdcoadmin
Tired of government agencies that care more about protecting their data than the public? Frustrated by official websites that defiantly offer no easy way to download vital data sets? It’s […]
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Behind the Story: Tracking problem police officers in Florida

Published: December 20, 2011 | Written by: hdcoadmin
It was an unbelievable record for anyone, let alone a public employee. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported that one Opa-Locka, Fla., officer had been: “Fired five times and arrested three, he […]
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Using documents to cover religious organizations

Published: December 8, 2011 | Written by: hdcoadmin
Covering religious organizations can be difficult, because it can be tough to get public documents. Kansas City Star reporter Judy Thomas, spoke at an IRE training session for McClatchy journalists […]
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IRE members find their fashion sense in NICAR T-shirt contest

Published: November 28, 2011 | Written by: hdcoadmin
There are two things we know data journalists love: nerdy jokes and T-shirts.  When we asked for suggestions for a NICAR T-shirt to be sold at the 2012 CAR Conference […]
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IRE mentors guide journalists' international investigative projects

Published: November 25, 2011 | Written by: hdcoadmin
(Washington) — During the past year and a half, more than twenty experienced reporters and news executives have mentored Fund for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) grantees, lending a hand in the reporting, writing […]
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Welcome to IRE’s new website

Published: November 17, 2011 | Written by: hdcoadmin
Welcome to IRE’s new website. All the resources you count on are still available, from tipsheets and the vast story library to our unmatched data collection. Our goal with this […]
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New York Times' Abramson to keynote 2012 IRE Conference

Published: November 17, 2011 | Written by: hdcoadmin
Jill Abramson, who took over as executive editor of The New York Times in September, will deliver the keynote address at the 2012 IRE Conference in Boston. She is the first woman […]
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Doctor data back online, but shackled by new restrictions

Published: November 11, 2011 | Written by: hdcoadmin
Open government advocates were outraged when the Department of Health and Human Services decided to cut off access to The National Practitioner Data Bank, a data set that has long […]
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Guidelines for dealing with confidential sources

Published: November 9, 2011 | Written by: hdcoadmin
Avoiding landmines when dealing with confidential sources was the focus of one of the panels highlighting a joint workshop held last week by IRE and the Canadian Association of Journalists. […]
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New IRE Award categories better reflect changes in news industry

Published: November 7, 2011 | Written by: hdcoadmin
We have rebuilt our IRE Awards categories to better reflect changes in our industry that have had great impact on the ways in which news is gathered and presented. Over […]
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