Links
More links for computer assisted reporting, freedom of information and investigative reporting.
Online Democracy CAIRS search page. You can search for access to information requests filed over several years to federal departments and agencies. An excellent resource for researching your own requests and seeing what other kinds of requests have been filed. Does not include all requests. Ottawa no longer provides the information, so the data is no longer up to date.
David McKie, an investigative journalist at CBC and part-time journalism instructor at Carleton University maintains this course syllabus along with CP Reporter Jim Bronskill. The site is rich with useful information and links.
Powerreporting is a repository of links, CAR and otherwise, from Pulitzer Prize winner Bill Dedman of MSNBC.com
Julian Sher’s Journalismnet is a portal to countless reporting resources.
The Journalist’s Toolbox from the Society of Professional Journalists.
Poynter Institute CAR bibliography.
This excellent page of links for political reporting comes courtesy of David Akin of CTV news, a longtime friend of CAR.
The Scoop database of CAR stories.