This fund is for journalists who cover a lot of territory with limited resources. It has one main purpose: To help unearth important stories that otherwise won’t get told. R-CAR fellows spend five days learning how to build and query databases at Investigative Reporters & Editors Inc. in Columbia, Mo. They emerge with the tools to convert spreadsheets into sources. Fellows are chosen based on their journalistic ability, motivation, and ideas to pursue stories of consequence for their communities. (more…)
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