
Database of product injuries, deaths available from IRE
Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) is offering the Consumer Product Safety Commission‘s injury and death database. The 2006-2009 data includes records on more than 13,500

Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) is offering the Consumer Product Safety Commission‘s injury and death database. The 2006-2009 data includes records on more than 13,500

If you listen to public radio, you’ve probably heard your share of pledge drives. But just like the car your parents promised you’d get at

Nick Kusnetz of ProPublica.org didn’t let a lack of information from Chesapeake Energy and state regulators keep him from exploring why it took 13 hours

John Ryan of public radio station KUOW in Seattle has been looking at the pay and perks offered by charitable hospitals in his area. His

Dan Nguyen of the nonprofit investigative site ProPublica.org worked with reporters Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber to produce the “Dollars for Docs” package looking at doctors and

Ben Botkin of the Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho, checked the dates on a local college’s bidding process and found some discrepancies. His story starts:

Susanne Rust and her colleagues exposed the presence of chemicals, including bisphenol A, in a wide range of everyday household products for the Milwaukee Journal

Gary Cohn is an investigative reporter based in Santa Monica, California. He is a 1998 Pulitzer Prize winner and the recipient of the 2009 Barlett

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
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