Of course you can use the data to look at time-trends — are they getting worse with climate heating and higher water temperatures? At a global and national scale, it really matters, but there is more to report about than just the global heat wave. gijn.org/stories/data-s…

#JobAlert Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is hiring a deputy investigations editor who will play a lead role across the newsroom, helping to conceptualize, launch, and execute deeply reported enterprise stories. ire.org/job-center/pit…

HAPPENING THIS WEEK: We'll be training students in Atlanta with Investigative Reporters & Editors! We’ll teach techniques to conduct investigative interviews, how to access public information, and tapping into the power of data and AI. idabwellssociety.org/news/hbcu-inve…

Investigating real estate developments and the trusts that finance these projects can lead reporters to powerful figures, stories linked to acts of corruption, and reports of construction projects that bypass the rights of people and communities. gijn.org/stories/invest…

#JobAlert Connecticut Mirror is hiring a Statewide Policy Editor who will be responsible for conceptualizing, assigning and editing stories, with a particular emphasis on helping to develop and support young reporters in our growing newsroom. ire.org/job-center/con…

The health department has rarely blocked practitioners from joining Pennsylvania’s medical program based on past discipline, records obtained by Spotlight PA show. Several physicians who are active in the program have past disciplinary history. spotlightpa.org/news/2024/08/m…

.ProPublica has updated the Nonprofit Explorer to highlight organizations that may be in the news or be getting shared a lot on social media. The feature lists the eight organizations with the most unique views and will update multiple times per day. propublica.org/article/nonpro…

Our day-and-a-half-long training workshop with Investigative Reporters & Editors starts tomorrow (Sept. 5)! Atlanta-area student journalists, join us to learn how to conduct investigative interviews, access public information, and tap into the power of data and AI. idabwellssociety.org/news/hbcu-inve…

Insurers have wide latitude on when and how they can deny mental health care. ProPublica looked at the laws in all 50 states and found that some are charting new paths to secure mental health care access. propublica.org/article/mental…

High-powered tax attorneys bemoaned the 2010 legislation meant to crack down on big-dollar tax shelters. They ended up writing parts of an IRS directive that essentially undid it. icij.org/news/2024/08/u…

#JobAlert ProPublica is hiring a Product Manager, for Engagement and Crowdsourcing Tools who will work alongside engineers, designers and data analysts to build the systems that enable ProPublica to fulfill its mission. idabwellssociety.org/job/propublica…

I'm serious about this. For a month and a half, journalists can just fling voting questions out to like two dozen experts and see which one answers first i am not making this up has sourcing ever been easier it has not

And again, if you don't know why you should not contact the federal election commission for issues pertaining to the administration of elections and voting, please take advantage of our free training. accounts.muckrock.com/election-hub/r…

The plastics industry uses a controversial accounting method to inflate the recycled content it advertises in products. A new EPA policy won’t allow it for any products it endorses as a “Safer Choice.” propublica.org/article/epa-re…

IRE and Ida B. Wells Society are hosting an HBCU Investigative Reporting Workshop in Atlanta! We’re so grateful for all the students who have shown up eager to learn, from more than a dozen different colleges in the region. This is the next generation of investigative journalists!

More than 250 people across the country have died over the last decade when trenches they were working in collapsed, according to an investigation by NPR, Texas Public Radio and 1A. In every instance, the deaths were preventable, experts say. npr.org/2024/07/20/g-s…

Day 2 Investigative Reporters & Editors Ida B. Wells Society HBCU workshop underway AUCC (Atlanta University Center Consortium) library in Atlanta!

This edition of Global Investigative Journalism Network's Top 10 in Data Journalism highlights an investigation into the use of cheap drones in the war between Russia and Ukraine; a timeline of tensions in the Middle East; and an analysis of the sinking of the Bayesian superyacht. gijn.org/stories/kamala…

.Nicole Carr, Morehouse College professor and general icon, speaks to students at our HBCU workshop today!

.Ida B. Wells Society co-founder nixonron speaks to students at our HBCU workshop today! In one of our last sessions of the day, “The blueprint for great college journalism,” he talked about how students can also pursue investigative stories.