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Expert Commentary

medicare advantage
Health, Media, Politics & Government

How they did it: Wall Street Journal reporters identify $50 billion in Medicare payments made to insurers for diagnoses doctors never treated

by Clark Merrefield | April 1, 2025

Reporters reveal how they accessed a huge tranche of Medicare data and offer tips on notetaking for data analysis, using AI for coding and exercising persistence when seeking sources.

Expert Commentary

police chases
Criminal Justice, Media, Politics & Government, Race & Gender

How they did it: San Francisco Chronicle reporters uncover national spate of deadly police chases

by Clark Merrefield | March 28, 2025

San Francisco Chronicle investigative reporters Jennifer Gollan and Susie Neilson share tips for building a national database from scratch, interviewing trauma survivors, negotiating with public records officials and more.

Expert Commentary

Criminal Justice, Health, Media

How she did it: Marshall Project reporter reveals hospitals drug tested pregnant patients then reported false positives to authorities

by Denise-Marie Ordway | March 26, 2025

Reporter Shoshana Walter shares tips on using confidential child welfare records and interviewing traumatized parents.

Expert Commentary

Health, Media, Politics & Government

How he did it: New York Times reporter exposes devastating impact of chronic low-level head trauma in the military

by Naseem S. Miller | March 24, 2025

Dave Philipps of The New York Times shares how he reported his stories despite extremely limited access to military officials and personnel. We have summarized his advice in nine tips.

Expert Commentary

California police officers clean-record agreements
Criminal Justice, Health, Media, Politics & Government

How they did it: Reporters in UC Berkeley journalism program expose system California police used to hide officer misconduct

by Denise-Marie Ordway | March 19, 2025

The series, a collaboration with the San Francisco Chronicle, shows how hundreds of officers used clean-record agreements to conceal their past.

Expert Commentary

Health, Media, Politics & Government

How they did it: Minneapolis KARE 11 team uncovers Medicaid fraud in peer recovery services

by Naseem S. Miller | March 18, 2025

KARE 11 journalists explain how they found alarming fraudulent Medicaid billing practices at several addiction recovery centers and share reporting tips.

Expert Commentary

minority-serving institutions MSIs higher education
Education, Politics & Government

Minority-serving institutions: 8 key facts about colleges that serve many underrepresented students

by Denise-Marie Ordway | March 12, 2025

Executive orders President Trump has signed in recent weeks carry significant implications for minority-serving institutions, which rely heavily on federal funding.

Expert Commentary

immigration
Media, Politics & Government

Covering immigration in 2025: 3 reporting tips and a list of data resources

by Carmen Nobel | March 11, 2025

We share expert insights from attorney Linda Dakin-Grimm, researcher Austin Kocher and investigative reporter Caitlin Dickerson — along with some of their favorite data sources.

Expert Commentary

AI
Media

AI in the newsroom: What researchers learned from the AP and the BBC

by Clark Merrefield | March 4, 2025

Managing expectations, gaining buy-in from newsroom leaders and more: What two research teams found after months embedded in global newsrooms experimenting with artificial intelligence tools.

Expert Commentary

childhood vaccines
Health, Politics & Government

Childhood vaccines: What research shows about their safety and potential side effects

by Naseem S. Miller | February 26, 2025

In this piece, we share reporting tips, explain how vaccine side effects are tracked in the U.S., and discuss research on the safety of childhood vaccines.

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Covering immigration in 2025: 3 reporting tips and a list of data resources
Media, Politics & Government

Covering immigration in 2025: 3 reporting tips and a list of data resources

March 11, 2025

We share expert insights from attorney Linda Dakin-Grimm, researcher Austin Kocher and investigative reporter Caitlin Dickerson — along with some of their favorite data sources.

Covering Trump’s proposed tariffs? Here are 4 things you need to know
Economics, Politics & Government

Covering Trump’s proposed tariffs? Here are 4 things you need to know

January 28, 2025

The Journalist’s Resource and Econofact recently hosted a webinar featuring two trade economists and an NPR producer whose reporting teams have covered tariffs. Watch the recording and read key takeaways.

The future of the US Department of Education: 8 tips for journalists covering the agency under Trump’s second term
Education, Politics & Government

The future of the US Department of Education: 8 tips for journalists covering the agency under Trump’s second term

January 23, 2025

These tips will help you interrogate President Trump’s proposal to close the U.S. Department of Education, provide historical context and evaluate the agency’s effectiveness.

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