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Anyone who has filed a public records request has likely been met with frustration after frustration. In this session, we'll give specific advice on overcoming FOIA roadblocks. We'll walk through […]
One major byproduct of COVID 19 was exposing the failures and weaknesses in the U.S. unemployment system. In California, where the unemployment system was problematic for years, the system nearly […]
This panel will cover ideas on how to do local accountability stories paired with suggestions on public records attendees can request and questions they should ask in their own communities. […]
Electrical fires are often treated as accidents in Milwaukee, but they are actually foreseeable tragedies with the government doing little to fix the problem, a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigation found. This […]
Vulnerable accident victims across the nation have been exploited by a largely unregulated corner of the financial industry that each year persuades them to sell $1 billion in future legal settlement […]
What began with a broad-daylight raid on a state lawmaker’s office in Springfield has since grown into one of the most sprawling public corruption probes in Illinois history – a […]
TAKEN explored the roots of civil asset forfeiture in South Carolina and how law enforcement and prosecutors abused a broken system to seize millions of dollars in cash and property […]
E&E News investigates and reveals how a changing energy market, financial mismanagement and a failed endangered species recovery program has thrown the Bonneville Power Administration, the federal hydropower giant of […]
A police car chase sparked by a traffic infraction killed two men in 12 seconds. A man's life was ruined by a cop's lie. Women were flunked out of police […]
For nearly a year, the Texas Tribune’s Shannon Najmabadi and Jay Root have been on the hunt for records detailing the state’s spending on Gov. Greg Abbott’s 2019 inauguration. From […]
Break open those notebooks and get ready to fill them with story ideas! This fast-paced, 30-minute session will give you months worth of investigative and watchdog story ideas on the […]
Tactical — and practical — tips and advice on how to use federal FOIA and state open records laws to get the documents you requested. This session is sponsored by […]
Journalists who have covered police accountability issues from many different perspectives will share their favorite datasets that can help you look at issues such as hiring, training, misconduct, how cops […]
Decisions made locally impact every aspect of a person’s life, from housing and jobs to public safety, recreation and homeless services. But is taxpayer money being efficiently managed and spent […]
A ProPublica Illinois and Chicago Sun-Times investigation revealed four decades of failures by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to serve Spanish-speaking families whose children enter the foster care system.
LAPD’s elite Metropolitan Division employed aggressive policing tactics that disproportionately affected black residents in a city still healing from a troubled racial history. Metro officers stopped black drivers at a […]
