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Investigations 2.0: IPaidABribe.com
January 5, 2012Alex Roslin – Just discovered this great site about corruption stories in India: IPaidABribe.com. Created by the Bangalore-based Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, it harnesses citizen participation to collect stories of corruption and attempted corruption, including details to give a broader picture of the problem and to help the group press for change.
Investigations: Consumer Group Finds Arsenic in Juices
December 5, 2011Alex Roslin – U.S. watchdog group Consumer Reports is advising parents to limit their kids’ juice consumption after this investigation found 10 percent of fruit juice samples from five brands exceeded federal drinking-water standards for arsenic. Most of the arsenic found was inorganic arsenic, a carcinogen. Also, one in four samples exceeded the Food and
Read More…Da Biz: CCIR Profiled in Latest Issue of RRJ
October 5, 2011Bilbo Poynter — Executive Director of the CCIR Bilbo Poynter (that’s me) is interviewed in the latest issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism about bringing our model to Canada. The article delves into what some of the ethical pitfalls are for the CCIR, and groups like ours, and of course the agonizing financial woes.
Read More…Investigations: HuffPo on Big Techs’ Big Lobbying
September 26, 2011Bilbo Poynter – An interesting examination this week in the Huffington Post of Big Tech’s (you know, Google, Microsoft) ramped up use of lobbyists and influence peddlers in Washington, D.C.. The report relies on data compiled and analyzed by the watchdog Center for Responsive Politics, whose bread and butter it is to take candidate filings
Read More…Tools: New Safety Training Opportunity for Canadian Freelancers Covering Conflicts
September 21, 2011Bilbo Poynter – Our friends at the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma have an exciting new opportunity for Canadian freelancers wanting to cover conflict zones and other hostile environments. It’s called the Forum Freelance Fund, and interested freelancers can apply for bursaries of up to $2,500 to attend training in the U.S. and
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