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The Center for Campus Investigations: 06/10/09
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009. About the Center for Campus Investigations. The Center for Campus Investigations was founded at Humboldt State University in 2007 as a place on the Internet geared to encouraging investigative reporting at the college level. Its mission is to give advice to student journalists and highlight and share investigative projects done by student journalists. You can find us online at http:/ campusinvestigations.org. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Don't know how to create a mashup map?
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The Center for Campus Investigations: 06/21/09
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Sunday, June 21, 2009. That's the advice from investigative reporters who cover higher education. Here's some tips on what to ask and look for:. To your college president or athletic director. That will tell you about all the problems people complain about. All public records of academic misconduct. Ask for every case for the last five years. A list of all public records requests. If lawyers are snooping for information because someone is thinking about suing, you will be able to get the same information.
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The Center for Campus Investigations: 06/12/09
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Friday, June 12, 2009. Great ideas from the IRE conference in Baltimore. I'm at the yearly gathering of Investigative Reporters and Editors. And am going to report to you some of great ideas for student journalists that I'm getting here. First Off: Use maps and timelines to report your story not just to present it to readers. That's the advice from. Washington Post Sarah Cohen. She's the author of. The book Numbers in. Which is a great guide for the math-challenged. It can help you spot trends. Ng tool&#...
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The Center for Campus Investigations: 05/11/09
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Monday, May 11, 2009. Now that the school year is over. Think about that investigative story you didn't get a chance to do. This is the time to plan out a project for your student paper for next term. Here's what you can do over the summer:. 1 File those public records requests. It has a briefing for the laws for each state. Also the Student Press Law Center has a great letter generator. That will give you a boiler plate public records request letter to print out according to your state's law. Will I hav...
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The Center for Campus Investigations: About the Center for Campus Investigations
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009. About the Center for Campus Investigations. The Center for Campus Investigations was founded at Humboldt State University in 2007 as a place on the Internet geared to encouraging investigative reporting at the college level. Its mission is to give advice to student journalists and highlight and share investigative projects done by student journalists. You can find us online at http:/ campusinvestigations.org. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A week-by-week plan of action.
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The Center for Campus Investigations: 01/29/09
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Thursday, January 29, 2009. It's the beginning of the term. It's time to find an idea for an investigative story. Here's some tips for doing that:. Begin with a small idea. Barbara Ehrenreich's bestselling book Nickel and Dimed. Which explored the world of minimum wage work, began with a high priced lunch and the notion that it must be tough to live on minimum w. Be observant. When you see anything out of whack or that seems wrong, consider that the starting point to an investigation. Humboldt students f...
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The Center for Campus Investigations: Investigate your school
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Sunday, June 21, 2009. That's the advice from investigative reporters who cover higher education. Here's some tips on what to ask and look for:. To your college president or athletic director. That will tell you about all the problems people complain about. All public records of academic misconduct. Ask for every case for the last five years. A list of all public records requests. If lawyers are snooping for information because someone is thinking about suing, you will be able to get the same information.
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The Center for Campus Investigations: Now that the school year is over...
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Monday, May 11, 2009. Now that the school year is over. Think about that investigative story you didn't get a chance to do. This is the time to plan out a project for your student paper for next term. Here's what you can do over the summer:. 1 File those public records requests. It has a briefing for the laws for each state. Also the Student Press Law Center has a great letter generator. That will give you a boiler plate public records request letter to print out according to your state's law. Will I hav...
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The Center for Campus Investigations: Don't forget the News Angle
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009. Don't forget the News Angle. Great ideas for investigative stories don't always involve something new. Sometimes the best investigative stories come about when a reporter decides to expose a long-standing problem that people have chosen to ignore. But it is difficult to sell an investigative idea to an editor without a news angle. And without a good one, you won't get good play for your story on your organization's web site or paper edition. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Center for Campus Investigations: Great ideas from the IRE conference in Baltimore
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Friday, June 12, 2009. Great ideas from the IRE conference in Baltimore. I'm at the yearly gathering of Investigative Reporters and Editors. And am going to report to you some of great ideas for student journalists that I'm getting here. First Off: Use maps and timelines to report your story not just to present it to readers. That's the advice from. Washington Post Sarah Cohen. She's the author of. The book Numbers in. Which is a great guide for the math-challenged. It can help you spot trends. Ng tool&#...
