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Sep 28

2012

iPost hosting panel on investigative reporting

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The economic decline of mainstream news outlets has lead to major cost cutting at newspapers and television stations, limiting their capacity to produce investigative reporting that is vital to our democracy. Yet advances in technology and research provide reporters more tools than ever to produce and distribute their work. Against this backdrop, Investigative Post, a non-profit investigative reporting center serving Buffalo and Western New York, is hosting a speakers panel Oct. 23 at the Burchfield Penny Art Center to discuss the challenges and opportunities for investigative journalism in the 21st Century. The panel, “The State of Investigative Reporting,” features David[...]

Posted 13 years ago

Sep 5

2012

Knight Foundation funds Investigative Post

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The prestigious Knight Foundation has awarded Investigative Post, in partnership with the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, a major grant to help fund environmental coverage and research collaborations with local colleges and universities. The non-profit investigative reporting center, serving Buffalo and Western New York, also announced Wednesday the hiring of a development director and its first full-time investigative reporter. “Investigative Post has made steady progress since launching in February and the Knight Foundation grant enables us to take the next step,” said Jim Heaney, editor and executive director of Investigative Post. The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, on behalf of[...]

Posted 13 years ago

Aug 10

2012

Get ready

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WGRZ promo featuring Jim Heaney and Investigative Post.

Posted 13 years ago

Jul 23

2012

iPost, WGRZ partnership makes a smart list

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Declares the local website Trending Buffalo: “WGRZ has … recently teamed up with Investigative Post to co-produce the kind of in-depth investigative journalism segments you don’t typically find on local TV news broadcasts … A recent story about unpaid housing fines was really well done.”

Posted 13 years ago

Jun 10

2012

Investigtive Post is hiring

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Buffalo’s investigative reporting center is accepting applications for a senior investigative reporter and editor, an environmental reporter and a fund-raising and community outreach coordinator.

Posted 13 years ago

Jun 3

2012

Change in commenting policy

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Reader comments must now be posted through Facebook. We’ve experimented the past three months with accepting comments through multiple services and have decided a single platform is best. Our complete commenting policies can be found here.  

Posted 13 years ago

May 11

2012

Investigative Post launching interview segment with WGRZ

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In addition to co-producing investigative stories, Investigative Post and WGRZ 2 On Your Side will broadcast weekly interviews with newsmakers that will air on Daybreak Sunday. Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney will conduct the interviews. This Sunday he puts questions to Phil Rumore, president of the Buffalo Teachers Federation. Rumore has lead the BTF since 1981. He and the union are currently embroiled in a dispute with state education officials over proposed teacher evaluations. In their interview, Heaney quizzes Rumore about the quarrel over evaluations and a number of other topics, including whether the BTF president intends to seek another[...]

Posted 13 years ago

May 9

2012

Coppola elected Investigative Post board president

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Lee Coppola, whose career has included stints as an investigative reporter, journalism school dean and federal prosecutor, has been elected president of the board of Investigative Post. “Lee has been a practitioner and champion of investigative reporting his entire career. I’m very excited to have someone with his depth and breadth of experience leading our board,” said Jim Heaney, editor and executive director of Investigative Post, a non-profit investigative reporting center focused on issues of concern to Buffalo and Western New York. “Being elected president of the board of directors is an honor I will try to uphold by helping[...]

Posted 13 years ago
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