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Aniruddha Bahal, Editor Cobrapost, talks about The perils of investigative journalism at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
Thu Aug 30 2018
Editor of Cobrapost, Aniruddha Bahal, spoke at the UNESCO Head Quarters on August 29...
Why Did Facebook Stop The Promotion Of The Caravan’s Story On Amit Shah And Jay Shah?
Thu Aug 30 2018
On 10 August, The Caravan published an article detailing how the BJP’s national president Amit Shah mortgaged two of his properties to enable his son Jay Shah’s firm Kusum Finserve...
Senators Seek Answers From HUD About Public Housing Crisis in East St. Louis
Thu Aug 30 2018
Last year, HUD Secretary Ben Carson gave control of the city’s public housing complexes back to local officials after a lengthy federal receivership. He said problems had been fixe...
Marines Move to Tackle Racial Extremists in the Corps
Thu Aug 30 2018
An updated order emphasizes that participating in white supremacist groups is prohibited and calls on service members to report those who violate the policy....
Muslims to Mecca, Women (Not) in Netflix, Inside Airbnb Europe, London’s Foul Air
Thu Aug 30 2018
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week?...
India's Supreme Court criticises police for arresting activists
Thu Aug 30 2018
Activists' arrest over alleged caste incitement also draws condemnation from rights groups and opposition parties....
White, male and millennial: Hate groups tap bro culture to recruit members
Thu Aug 30 2018
This report is part of the “Hate in America" project produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative, a national investigative reporting project by top college journalism student...
Why I Think Slovak Journalist Jan Kuciak’s Murder Will Never Be Investigated
Wed Aug 29 2018
The Slovak authorities are not doing enough to investigate the murder of my friend and colleague. If journalists have to do the police’s job to discover the truth, then we will....
Is the U.S. government wasting millions on trips abroad?
Wed Aug 29 2018
Compared to other countries, American officials often receive more generous reimbursements for food and lodging...
Nuclear Safety Board Slams Energy Department Plan to Weaken Oversight
Wed Aug 29 2018
The Trump administration defended an order that could be used to withhold information about nuclear facilities from a federal board, but its leader says the action is not consisten...
Elgaar Parishad probe: 3 arrested activists to be produced in Pune court today
Wed Aug 29 2018
Elgaar Parishad probe: Pune police sources have claimed that Tuesday's arrests followed a probe into at least 200 communications between the five people arrested in June....
US, Russia engage in war of words as Syria attack looms
Wed Aug 29 2018
Washington and Moscow trade chemical attack warnings as Russian naval buildup grows ahead of strike on Syria's Idlib....
10 Investigative Tools You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
Wed Aug 29 2018
Investigations, the saying goes, are just regular stories with a lot more labor put in. Investigative reporters spend inordinate amounts of time sifting through documents, verifyin...
Asbestos concerns arise at the Federal Election Commission
Wed Aug 29 2018
Union representing agency employees warns of ‘potential exposure’...
US vows to fight Iran lawsuit in international court
Tue Aug 28 2018
Tehran accuses Washington of 'naked economic aggression' and urges UN's top court in The Hague to nullify US sanctions....
When The Solution Became The Problem: The Controversy Over Failing VVPATs
Tue Aug 28 2018
Since their first use in 2013, for the Noksen assembly seat in Nagaland, the VVPAT slips have been tallied over 500 times. In each case, the EVM votes have matched the VVPAT slips....
Bias-response teams criticized for sanitizing campuses of dissent
Tue Aug 28 2018
Conservatives and alt-right followers claim colleges are sanitizing campuses of dissent, in violation of the First Amendment’s right to free speech....
How Local News Outlets Can Build an Online Audience
Tue Aug 28 2018
We lead a research project at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School called the Single Subject News Project, funded by the Knight...
Embattled Garbage Hauler Co-Owns Dump With Person Expelled From Trash Industry, Records Show
Tue Aug 28 2018
A ProPublica review found that the agency that oversees New York City’s commercial trash industry may have overlooked another potential impropriety involving Sanitation Salvage....
JNU Is Being Destroyed So The Jio Model Can Succeed
Mon Aug 27 2018
In the past two years of the JNU vice chancellor's tenure, the university’s students witnessed crackdowns on nearly every expression of free thought and critical thinking....