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How They Did It: Uncovering the Top 15 “Dark Money Groups” in US Politics
In 2010, the political advertising game changed. | Read more|
Meet the Chinese Journalist Taking on Public Records Obstacles
On the Record: JSK Journalism Fellow Feng Xin is trying to help reporters in China use public records in their reporting. Photo: Courtesy Feng Xin | Read more|
In Conversation with Carole Cadwalladr: The Features Writer Who Broke the Cambridge Analytica Story
Editor’s note: This year, Carole Cadwalladr, features journalist at The Observer, broke the story that became the Cambridge Analytica scandal. | Read more|
Delhi Pollution: Why Does Fixing The City's Air Seem Like An Impossible Task?
Depending just on policies like GRAP to solve the pollution problem is like using band-aids to heal a fracture, say activists. So what’s the solution? | Read more|
MOUs: How to Get Everyone on the Same Page for Collaborative Projects
As collaborative journalism becomes a common practice across the media industry, news outlets need clear documentation to guide their projects. | Read more|
You Snooze, You Lose: Insurers Make The Old Adage Literally True
Millions of sleep apnea patients rely on CPAP breathing machines to get a good night’s rest. Health insurers use a variety of tactics, including surveillance, to make patients bear the costs. Experts say it’s part of the insurance industry playbook. | Read more|
A Tiered Approach to Researching and Pitching Investigative Stories for Freelance Writers
I discovered investigative reporting while still in school, and decided it was my calling. | Read more|
Democrats plan ‘aggressive’ oversight of Federal Election Commission
Among their concerns: agency vacancies, campaign finance law enforcement | Read more|
How Satellite Imagery Became an Indispensable — and Easily Accessible — Tool for Journalists
In July 2018, a disturbing video began circulating on social media. It shows two women and two young children being led at gunpoint away from a village by a group of soldiers. | Read more|
Mining bitcoin to back political candidates?
Election watchdog asked to weigh in on new blockchain frontier in politics | Read more|
Want People to Read Your Investigation? Make Sure You Tell a Good Story
Great investigative reporting often turns into bad, hard-to-read articles. At best, stories like these are boring; at worst, they are impossible to understand. Sadly, these stories can have little or no impact, meaning months of difficult investigative work is largely wasted. | Read more|
“Pretty Much a Failure”: HUD Inspections Pass Dangerous Apartments Filled With Rats, Roaches and Toxic Mold
The system for inspecting federally subsidized properties is failing low-income families, seniors and people with disabilities and undermining the agency’s oversight, The Southern Illinoisan and ProPublica have found. | Read more|
GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson is winning a medal. But are Republicans losing the political money war?
Conservatives at odds over whether they’re cultivating enough new donors | Read more|
Latin American Investigations Honored in Bogotá
Winners of the Javier Valdez Latin American Award for Investigative Journalism in Bogotá, Colombia. Image: Courtesy of COLPIN. | Read more|