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@branthouston

Journalist/Educator, Knight Chair@MediaAtIllinois,
Co-founder @gijn and @inn, co-author Investigative Reporter's Handbook; author, Data for Journalists

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In December, Kenny Jacoby dropped a USA TODAY investigation showing how the NCAA lets athletes found responsible for sexual assault keep playing. On May 1, the NCAA adopted a new policy to make it harder for such athletes to slip through the cracks. #JournalismWithImpact

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Proud to say Block Club Chicago was just voted Best Neighborhood News Site in the Headline Club's annual Lisagor Awards. Normally, we'd tear up the town after the ceremony. This year, we behave at home. Thanks, Chicago!

Proud to say <a href="/BlockClubCHI/">Block Club Chicago</a> was just voted Best Neighborhood News Site in the <a href="/headlineclub/">Headline Club</a>'s annual Lisagor Awards. Normally, we'd tear up the town after the ceremony. This year, we behave at home. Thanks, Chicago!
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(French) With support from the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Journalism Fund, grantee Didier Mukaleng M. reports two years after the ban on the extraction and trade of rosewood (mukula) in the Democratic Republic of Congo for CONGODURABLE.NET. bit.ly/3dK96eo

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Pleased to announce the new Executive Director at InvestigateWest @AllisonAugustyn to @invw! Allison has a #journalism background with the Chicago Sun-Times and a strong #Seattle history with #nonprofits. She will work in tandem with Robert McClure Robert McClure, executive editor

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Happy to announce that in the midst of all the crises the new edition of The Investigative Reporter's Handbook is published ire.org/archives/41937

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Students at the University of Illinois that I work with did a comprehensive review of state public health sites and put together a story on how "recovered" Covid-19 cases are inconsistently defined and how the term can be misleading. investigatemidwest.org/2020/07/10/def…

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Seresto, one of the most popular flea and tick collars in the U.S., has been linked to hundreds of pet deaths, tens of thousands of injured animals and hundreds of harmed humans, EPA records show. usatoday.com/story/news/inv…

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New independent watchdog nonprofit newsroom, Flat Water Press, nebraskajournalismtrust.org/work-with-us/o… in Nebraska ...more here lincolnsouthrotary.org/Speakers/a9928…

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Jim Polk, a long-time IRE leader and member, died on July 15th in his home in Atlanta. Polk, 83, had a distinguished career as an investigative journalist in both print and broadcast, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1974 for his coverage of Watergate. fredrickandson.com/obituary/James… .

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Look at the 5.11 Tactical ballcap on one of the Taliban fighters behind Khalil Haqqani in Kabul here, mimicking the aesthetics of the western SOF who’ve fought them Quite the evolution that company’s fan base has undergone over the past 20 years, from climbing pants to this

Look at the <a href="/511Tactical/">5.11 Tactical</a> ballcap on one of the Taliban fighters behind Khalil Haqqani in Kabul here, mimicking the aesthetics of the western SOF who’ve fought them

Quite the evolution that company’s fan base has undergone over the past 20 years, from climbing pants to this
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Did an update on the history of data journalism. Impossible to include all that has happened and everyone involved in the last 50 years or so (that is a book) but mentioned as much as I could.datajournalism.com/read/longreads…

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As the end of the year requests for donations pour in, I hope you will consider this one. The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting does crucial in-depth coverage of agribusiness. Donations by Dec. 31 matched $ for $ & are for a reporter's salary mailchi.mp/investigatemid…

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EXCLUSIVE: A Congressional report published today found Seresto pet collars pose “too great a risk to animals and humans” and should be removed from the market. A hearing will be held today at 1:30 p.m. Eastern. investigatemidwest.org/2022/06/15/con…

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Congrats to all INN winners, especially Chuck Lewis for lifetime award. Proud to join colleagues at EdSource on two honorable mention wins. Kudos on collaboration HM with BIG LOCAL NEWS, The New York Times inn.org/about/our-work…

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Inasmuch Foundation is proud to announce $6.3 million in grant funding this spring. Our awards are distributed amongst 62 nonprofits in the focus areas of Journalism, Education, Human Services, and Community. 🎉 Congrats! We look forward to supporting your missions this year.

Inasmuch Foundation is proud to announce $6.3 million in grant funding this spring. Our awards are distributed amongst 62 nonprofits in the focus areas of Journalism, Education, Human Services, and Community.

🎉 Congrats! We look forward to supporting your missions this year.
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Tomorrow is the second round of layoffs from the Center for Public Integrity publicintegrity.org that leaves it with very little editorial and administrative staff. Hoping tboard can find a way forward to preserve this center that inspired the creation of so many others