Class Information

for Online Investigative Reporting, Spring 1998 

• Class Syllabus
• Assignment 1 - Due Feb 27

  Optional Assignment:

  1. Sample Data
  2. Record Layout

Links to Investigative Reporting Resources

Links of Interest for Class

• New York City Greenbook - a guide to New York public records
• Metropolitan Transit Authority
• New York Public Records Law - from Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
• New York City Public Advocate - nice list of city publications
• New York City Website
• New York City Council Page

Industry Links

• Investigative Reporters and Editors
• Center for Investigative Reporting
• Center for Media and Democracy
• UNC Investigative Reporting Links
• FAIR - Fairness and Accuracy in Media

FOIA/Access links

• State Access Laws - Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press
• 1st Ammendment Handbook - Reporter's Committee
• List of FOIA officers for most federal offices
• FOIA primer from Department of Justice

Investigative Stories

• IRE Resource Center
• Miami Herald - Voter Fraud
• Palm Beach Post - Lobbying
• Baltimore Sun - The Cigar Caper
• Baltimore Sun - Shipbreaking
• PR Watch Recent Issues
• Frontline - recent shows

Links to Other Computer Assisted Reporting Resources

• Texas Journalist's Toolbox by UT-Austin CAR class
• News and Numbers  by Victor Cohn
• Spreadsheets 101 by Bill Doskoch
• Statistics Every Writer Should Know by Robert Niles
• Computer Assisted Research by Nora Paul
• CAR Links by Dean Tudor
• NICAR Cleveland Handouts by NICAR
• Dictionary of Computer Terms by O'Reilly and Assoc. (very good for the more technical stuff)