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Today’s great Google tip is how to find more sites like one you know of.  Especially if you are researching something that is not very common, you might need more information than the one specialized website you have just found. … Read More →

Today’s helpful tip is on how to filter searches in another way — by a  certain website title or address. If you put intitle: or allintitle” before terms then Google will look for those terms you list in the web address (properly known … Read More →

Filtered search — that’s another of my favorite tricks to help you be a better searcher when using Google or another search engine. If you know that you want to search just one website, or you know the address of … Read More →

One of the new social media apps that has great promise for reporting  is ban.jo, as outlined in the last post (below). But when touting her new product before an audience of investigative reporters at IRE last month, Jennifer Peck … Read More →

A lot of the buzz at IRE was about the app ban.jo, which is a two-year old social media platform that combines Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest all together for quick review. It’s searchable and the best part — can … Read More →

My mind is swimming with all I have learned at IRE. And I have a lot of apps, programs, websites to check out and tell you more about over the coming months.  Here are some of the top quick points … Read More →

More than 1200 journalists are in San Antonio for the annual conference of Investigative Reporters and Editors. If you’ve never been, put it on your list for June 2014 because you’ll learn a lot from reporters ready to share their … Read More →

Sorry for the lack of posts — the professor behind Ready Reporter is teaching an intensive summer school course which is keeping her pretty busy. But check back and you’ll see more here soon…

Ricin makes news on Wednesday, and now anhydrous ammonia on Thursday. Here are tips on how to search quicker,  better and smarter to get quick facts about those chemicals. 1. Don’t just plug terms into a search engine That generally … Read More →

Since it’s Sunshine Week, how about taking 40 minutes to study up on the open meetings laws and public records laws in your state(s) so the next time you need to stand your ground, you’re sure of yourself. Here are … Read More →