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March 15, 2010
Jaimi Dowdell, training director for IRE, recommended that you have a strategy when it comes to using the Web as an investigative tool. “Know what
Jaimi Dowdell, training director for IRE, recommended that you have a strategy when it comes to using the Web as an investigative tool. “Know what
Mark MaremontSenior editor for the Wall Street Journal. His team won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its stories on the back-dating of
Bill Sizemore Government/military reporter at The Virginian-Pilot Age: 60 Home: Norfolk, VA What I do: Government/military reporter at The Virginian-Pilot Hours worked per week: 40-plus
ALEXANDRA BERZONReporter for the Wall Street Journal, whose work led the Las Vegas Sun to the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Age: 30 Home:
Reuters reporters Matthew Goldstein and Svea Herbst-Bayliss offer a speculative article on the next potential insider-trading arrest. The article uses an FBI agent involved in
Age: 28 Home: Richmond, Va.What I do: Run a business news Web site in RichmondPrevious life: Led backpacking trips after college, then started writing for
Age: My agent suggests I not say.Home: New York City.What I do: Freelance as journalist in radio, TV and print.Previous life: Left a full-time job
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