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Open data benefits many, but cost breakdown unclear

Editor's Note: This article first ran on July 20, 2017 on the Investigative Reporting Workshop's website. By Clairissa Baker and Yang Sun, Investigative Reporting Workshop A new citywide data policy […]
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IRE Radio Podcast | One Killer Algorithm

Thomas Hargrove spent decades reporting for the Scripps Howard News Service — until he was abruptly laid off in 2015. Then things got interesting: Court battles, destroyed records, and an […]
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Using data to investigate the planet

By Haotian Mai A panel of environmental reporters gathered at the 2017 CAR Conference to discuss stories based on public and private data sources. Dinah Pulver of the Dayton Beach News-Journal […]
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Securing data, sources and yourself

By Uliana Pavlova We live in the age of cybersecurity, when it is more important than ever to protect our information and sources digitally. Olivia Martin from the Freedom of […]
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Data on the radio: How to turn numbers into characters in your story

By Anadil Iftekhar Data is boring. Numbers are confusing. Limit them, hide them, focus more on people. Haven’t you been hearing this a lot lately?  “We are here to say […]
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How to find and use housing data

By Haotian Mai "It’s a fascinating time to be studying housing,” said Skylar Olsen, a senior economist from Zillow. On Thursday, Olsen sat on a housing data panel with Tim […]
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How journalists can distill wide, complicated data

By Dariya Tsyrenzhapova How do journalists make sense out of the abundance of data out there? Are medians and averages actually accurate representations of reality? What are the best ways […]
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Playing money ball: how to investigate sports institutions

By Daniel Levitt Sports data often gets overlooked as a source of investigative stories. But Steve Doig of Arizona State University and Paula Lavigne of ESPN showed journalists that we […]
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Investigating hacks and data breaches (plus preventing your own)

By Carlie Procell Julia Angwin of ProPublica and Sri Sridharan of the Florida Center for Cybersecurity spoke about ways to cover data breaches as a journalist, along with ways to […]
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How to execute big data stories in small newsrooms

By Huilan Zhan How do you plan, pitch, and execute a data project when you’re the only data reporter in your newsroom? How do you collaborate with other members in […]
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