A TV news veteran brings a Chicago watchdog group back to life June 30, 2014 By Rui Kaneya Under Andy Shaw, the BGA has been reinventing itself–and turning heads
Hogs, guns, and money June 27, 2014 By Deron Lee We heard about a Senate candidate’s "Make ’em squeal" ad. The outside spending that supported her? Not so much
TNR’s Scott Walker cover story owed a deep debt to some great local reporting June 26, 2014 By Anna Clark What’s worse than parachute reporting? "Journalists that don’t even get on the damn plane."
When ‘reader engagement’ is more than a buzzword June 24, 2014 By Susannah Nesmith A collaborative investigation seeks to make readers care about rampant problems in Alabama’s prisons
The revolution will be localized June 20, 2014 By Corey Hutchins Eric Cantor, David Brat, and covering the tea party
Local cops can track your phone, and the government doesn’t want you to know how June 20, 2014 By Susannah Nesmith and Jonathan Peters A surveillance technique sparks questions about official secrecy. Reporters, keep digging!
The Plain Dealer drops PolitiFact, but keeps on factchecking June 17, 2014 By Anna Clark Truth in Numbers feature brings reader ratings to the truth squad movement
Allowing police to shoot someone without creating a record you can see June 12, 2014 By Jonathan Peters … And other bad ideas. Monitoring press freedom in the laboratories of democracy
A Chicago anti-violence program gets belated scrutiny June 9, 2014 By Rui Kaneya Why did it take nearly four years for Illinois reporters to start covering the story with gusto?
The case for Voxsplaining the local news June 6, 2014 By Corey Hutchins My adventures in understanding North Carolina’s privilege license tax
Survey: One in five journalists has had a credential request denied June 5, 2014 By Jonathan Peters Freelancers, photographers, activists face the highest barriers to access
The Des Moines Register’s dissent May 30, 2014 By Deron Lee Iowa’s largest paper tries to shift the state’s culture toward transparency
A coal magnate’s latest lawsuit was tossed–but Ohio can do more to defend free expression May 28, 2014 By Jonathan Peters Anti-SLAPP statute could offer greater protections to journalists and commentators
America’s ‘most poli-sci friendly reporter’ delivered a classic–and readers responded May 23, 2014 By Anna Clark Craig Gilbert’s epic series showed how wonky political reporting can prosper on the Web
AG whose office tried to force student to unpublish records had a rep as FOI hero May 21, 2014 By Susannah Nesmith and Jonathan Peters Controversial motion was withdrawn, but broader fight over university records continues
