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Behind the Story: How USA TODAY pieced together a confidential FBI database to count fugitives who go free

Published: March 31, 2014 | Written by: Erica Martin
Brad Heath Lamont Pride was a wanted man the day he fatally shot a New York City police officer during a 2011 robbery. Officials had already passed up opportunities to […]
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Coming soon: Learn how to use online genealogy records in your reporting

Published: March 28, 2014 | Written by: Erica Martin
Photo from "A letter from England," courtesy of the Providence Journal If you’ve ever struggled to find relatives of a person you’re profiling or verify a source’s story, we’re putting […]
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IRE welcomes new Google Journalism Fellow

Published: March 27, 2014 | Written by: Erica Martin
This summer IRE will welcome Aram Chung, a student at Columbia University in New York, as its Google Journalism Fellow. Chung is working on a dual graduate degree in journalism […]
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IRE nomination call for most secretive government agency or individual

Published: March 27, 2014 | Written by: hdcoadmin
The Golden Padlock Award. Photo: Travis Hartman Investigative Reporters and Editors is now welcoming nominations for its second annual Golden Padlock award recognizing the most secretive government agency in the […]
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Behind the Story: How the Chicago Sun-Times helped bring a nephew of Mayor Richard M. Daley to justice in a 10-year-old homicide

Published: March 25, 2014 | Written by: hdcoadmin
By Paul Saltzman, Chicago Sun-Times On Jan. 31, 2014, a nephew of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a death a decade earlier. Richard […]
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Updated HAZMAT database available from NICAR

Published: March 24, 2014 | Written by: Erica Martin
Now current through March 2014, the Hazardous Materials Incident Reports data contains information on unintentional releases of hazardous materials during transportation in air, over water, on highways and on railroads. Available fields […]
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Sunshine Week audio playlist, tipsheets and more

Published: March 22, 2014 | Written by: Erica Martin
All week long we've been celebrating Sunshine Week by sharing some of our best tips, tricks and techniques for filing successful Freedom of Information Act requests. Deborah Nelson, Kirsten Mitchell, […]
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Join IRE at Meetups in Chicago, San Francisco

Published: March 21, 2014 | Written by: hdcoadmin
Come see old friends, make new ones, network and exchange your favorite tools for investigative reporting at two IRE Meetups next month. IRE Bay Area: Tuesday, April 22 from 7-9 […]
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Sunshine Week: A look at what's coming up in freedom of information legislation

Published: March 20, 2014 | Written by: hdcoadmin
In many states, recent or pending legislation could impact the transparency of public information. Though several states are taking strides to make public records more open and accessible, a few […]
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Sunshine Week: File better, smarter public records requests

Published: March 19, 2014 | Written by: hdcoadmin
[View the story "Free the data: How to get government agencies to give up the goods" on Storify]
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