Demand for Training in Business Arena Leads to Partnerships, Resources

Houston, Brant, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. The IRE Journal

Keeping government and business accountable is the mission of investigative journalism. Government always receives attention because its meetings and records are supposed to be public. But businesses often require more intense effort since many of its decisions and activities are done in private.

Thus, over the past three years, we at IRE have been focusing on improving our training and resources for probes into businesses.

We understand that every journalist - not just business reporters - needs to know the basic resources, methods and approaches to digging deeper into a business, whether it's a publicly traded company or a privately held corporation.

In fact, a …

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Publication information: Article title: Demand for Training in Business Arena Leads to Partnerships, Resources. Contributors: Houston, Brant - Author. Magazine title: Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. The IRE Journal. Volume: 28. Issue: 5 Publication date: September/October 2005. Page number: 4. © Investigative Reporters & Editors Nov/Dec 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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