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We have a highly contested Congressional seat here in New York’s 24th District and pundits are predicting the ad spending might top the record $9 million spent two years ago.  You can trace some of this TV spending.  Here is one … Read More →

Here are five more tips from the Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference: In a breaking news situation, use life360.com to keep track of where all your reporters are and to keep them organized. Designed for families, but who says newsrooms … Read More →

One of the best conferences each year is at the 2014 IRE Annual Conference. Here are five great tips I picked up last week: 1. If you need to search Instagram, try iconosquare.com 2. Trying to check family relationships from … Read More →

I didn’t know that it wasn’t easy to email members of Congress directly or that most members don’t publish an email address. You have to go to their websites and fill out a form. Apparently one of the reasons is … Read More →

In the last post, I talked about finding people through public records.  What about finding data in public records or knowing what available in databases? When you are in a crunch in a breaking news story or when you need … Read More →

Public records have a lot of information about people, as well as records.   Here are 5 tips for ferreting out people through government records: 1. Get the county or region’s pet registry. People who won’t give their names or addresses … Read More →

One of our recent alums, a new TV reporter, emailed me recently asking for my handouts and tips on finding stories.  She’s struggling to come up with a couple pitches each day.  I think it’s one of the hardest parts … Read More →

Covering the Nobel Peace Prize Friday? It will be announced at 5 a.m. EST. Many are hoping for Malala Yousafzai, but many other deserving people have been nominated from across the world. To help you prepare, here are 5 helpful resources: … Read More →

It’s the time when professors are readying their syllabi and class preps. I always do a session on how to be a good researcher early in every journalism class. So as I was working on that today I found a … Read More →

If you’re like most people,  you don’t scroll down the page of results from a search engine. Research shows most people look at the top 3 or 5. That means you might be missing a great new feature from Google … Read More →