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Why We’re Giving Away Our Reporting Recipe

by Paul Steiger and Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica - March 4, 2010 2:15 pm EDT

Over the past two years, ProPublica reporters Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber have done a remarkable job of examining how states oversee misconduct by medical professionals, chiefly nurses.

Today, we are doing something relatively unusual for a news organization in the midst of a running story: We’re publishing the journalistic insights and techniques that have allowed us to do this reporting.

Go to our reporting recipe.

ProPublica was created two years ago to pursue stories that would spur change. As part of this … more

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When an Intelligence Story Isn’t

by Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica - February 16, 2010 2:46 pm EDT

On Jan. 27, The Washington Post published a front-page article with a startling disclosure: American intelligence and military officials … more

In the Eye of New Orleans

by Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica - December 17, 2009 3:05 pm EDT

Readers might be wondering if we at ProPublica are just a little obsessed with New Orleans, specifically what happened after Katrina. … more

Familiarity Breeds Content

by Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica - December 3, 2009 2:39 pm EDT

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When I was a young reporter in the Washington bureau of … more

When News Falls in the Forest

by Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica - November 19, 2009 1:09 pm EDT

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On June 26, a joint ProPublica-Washington Post story … more

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