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Reporting

How they did it: Reporters enlist teachers to investigate ‘toxic schools’

Chloe Reichel | March 12, 2019
The Philadelphia Inquirer found over 9,000 environmental problems in the city’s public schools through an investigation that used community-based testing.
Reporting

How he did it: A reporter investigates an Alabama sheriff who pocketed over $2 million in jail food funds

Carmen Nobel | March 11, 2019
Alabama Media Group reporter Connor Sheets single-handedly revealed how a local sheriff had pocketed more than $2 million in municipal, state and federal funds meant to feed inmates in the county jail.
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Foundations

Digging deep: Strategies for investigations

Chloe Reichel | November 28, 2017
Tips from seasoned investigative journalists on FOIA requests, working with sources and more.
(Nilagia McCoy, Shorenstein Center)
News Media

Shorenstein Center fall 2015 speaker series highlights: Snapchat, investigating race and more

Tim Bailey | December 18, 2015
Highlights of the fall 2015 event series at Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, including Peter Hamby of Snapchat and Nikole Hannah-Jones of The New York Times Magazine.

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