12/2/08 Posted in IRE News, Member News
Holly Whisenhunt Stephen was the best executive producer an investigative reporter could ever ask for.
Holly, an award-winning journalist and a longtime IRE member, died Nov. 28 after a long battle with cancer. She was 38.
Holly spent much of her career in Texas, working for TV newsrooms in Stephenville, Waco, Austin, Houston and San Antonio, before [...]
12/1/08 Posted in Data Library Blog, IRE News, Member News
We reached have yet another milestone in the services we are offering our members: the Database Library can now create interactive maps for news Web sites connected to investigative projects.
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When Tisha Thompson of WTTG in Washington, D.C., gets a call from a tipster who’s afraid to leave a name or phone number, she has a surefire way of staying in touch.
Thompson suggests that the source set up an e-mail account with an alias on AOL, Google or another national provider. To help protect potential [...]
11/18/08 Posted in IRE Board, IRE News
The members of the Board of Directors of Investigative Reporters and Editors would like to express our regret and indignation over the murder of veteran crime reporter Armando Rodriguez. His complete coverage of more than 1,300 murders in Ciudad Juarez this year provided key information to all of us about the changing nature of the [...]
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Today in Ciudad Juarez, Armando Rodriguez, the crime reporter at the Diario de Juarez, was murdered in front of his own home this morning as he got in his car to drive his daughter to school. Rodriguez has covered nearly every murder in the unprecedented wave of violence in Ciudad Juarez — which is right [...]
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Chris Halse of KIRO-Seattle recently used federal transportation data to uncover design flaws in high-end recreational vehicles. Learn how Halsne obtained and analyzed the data in this article from Uplink, IRE and NICAR’s online computer-assisted reporting newsletter.
This story is available as free site content. Uplink subscribers get full access to the articles and blog posts [...]
11/4/08 Posted in Breaking News, IRE News, Resource Center
The 2008 Election Day is upon us!
IRE and NICAR have compiled a list of resources to aid in your coverage of stories as they unfold on this historic election day.
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An extensive series by The Los Angeles Times details the war on drugs underway in Mexico. [Link]
Steve Eder of The Toledo Blade reports that the embattled U.S. auto industry is facing yet another threat — India. In a three-part series, The Blade shows how India's automakers ... [Link]
USATODAY looked at the majors of more than 9,000 junior and senior athletes in football, baseball, softball, and men's and women's basketball and found high rates of concentrations of athletes ... [Link]
William Booth of The Washington Post reports that journalists are finding themselves at increased risk as violence escalates in Mexico’s drug war. On November 13, Armando Rodríguez, a reporter for ... [Link]
A report by David Barstow of The New York Times reveals how Barry McCaffrey, a retired four-star Army general, has parlayed his stature and influence into lucrative opportunities, including a ... [Link]
Investigator Keli Rabon of WREG-TV in Memphis uncovers a multi-million dollar charitable project that was supposed to rebuild 100 homes ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi. [Link]
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