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TIPSHEETS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art of the Investigative Interview<\/a> – Deb Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video: TEDxUMD | “The Fence, the Hedge and the Moat<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art of the Sensitive Interview<\/a> – Deb Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picking & Pursuing Investigative Projects<\/a> – Deb Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video: National Press Foundation | “‘Shock and Awe’ — How to Dig Up the Real Story<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOI: A Reporter’s Guide to Freeing Data & Documents<\/a> – Deb Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audio: IRE Radio Podcast | Free the Data Step 1<\/a>, Free the Data Step 2<\/a>,  Free the Data Step 3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOI Tip and Links<\/a> – IRE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find People<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

InvestigateLocal DMV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital Verification: If Your Mother Tweets She Loves You Check It Out<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rising sea levels<\/a> – Deb Nelson, Ryan McNeill, Duff Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safety tips<\/a> – Deb Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Write Complex Narratives<\/a> – Jacqui Banaszynski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TOOLKITS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bellingcat’s Online Investigation Toolkit<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Verification Handbook<\/a> – edited by Craig Silverman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Verification Handbook for Investigative Reporting<\/a> – edited by Craig Silverman and Rina Tsubaki<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Media Tools<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

105 Vital Sources for Journalists<\/a> – Sean Flynn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 Expert Tips in Finding Who, Where and When<\/a><\/span> <\/span>– <\/span><\/i>Henk van Ess<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DATA & DATA VIZ <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OPEN SOURCE DATA<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

List of open data sources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data is Plural<\/a> <\/strong>– weekly newsletter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data is Plural database archive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bellingcat’s Online Investigation Toolkit<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Billionaires<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congressional bill status<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congressional Record CapitolWords<\/a> database of words – Sunlight<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courts – Supreme Court case data<\/a> 1791-2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courts bulk data<\/a> – Courts Listener<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cruise ship inspections<\/a> – CDC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disease – Global Burden of Disease Data Tool<\/a> Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drone permits<\/a> for non-recreations use – FAA  CSV version<\/a> from The Verge<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economic typology by county<\/a> – USDA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federal employee data<\/a> – Salary, title and demographic data on every federal employee since 1973 obtained by Buzzfeed through a FOIA request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gun law data by state<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health Inequality Project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health data county-level<\/a> – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Income — Penn World Table<\/a> relative income and productivity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Infrastructure DHS open data on U.S. <\/a> (HIFLD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Higher Ed data for student investigations<\/a> – Journalist’s Resource<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homeless data from HUD by location and year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Land cover<\/a> – NLCD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural amenities scale<\/a> by location – USDA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nuclear plants worldwide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Population subnational numbers<\/a> for the world – WHO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Power plants<\/a> – US Energy Information Administration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rainfall global<\/a> – Climate Hazards Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tide gauge data<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transit stations, schedules – Transitland<\/a>, Transitfeeds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TSA legal claims<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UK property sales<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

War and peace<\/a> – UCDP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DATA VIZ<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 tools for data journalism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manyeyes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OpenData Socrata<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create a Map with Google Fusion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create a Knightlab Timeline<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VIDEO\/AUDIO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

quickQuote<\/a> Open-source app that lets you select quotes from your video and embed in your text story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TapeACall<\/a> Subscription app ($9.99\/yr) for recording calls while on the phone.  (Check the law for your state in the RCFP “Reporters Guide for Recording<\/a>.”)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TIPSHEETS Art of the Investigative Interview – Deb Nelson Video: TEDxUMD | “The Fence, the Hedge and the Moat“ Art of the Sensitive Interview – Deb Nelson Picking & Pursuing Investigative Projects – Deb Nelson Video: National Press Foundation | “‘Shock and Awe’ — How to Dig Up the Real Story“ FOI: A Reporter’s Guide to Freeing … <\/p>\n

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