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IRE launched a satellite feed on February 4-5 showcasing television investigative stories that used computer-assisted reporting techniques, featuring stories on topics like pension fraud and corrupt elections. The one-hour program was made available free to broadcasters and was organized to demonstrate how TV journalists nationwide are successfully applying CAR skills.

IRE launched on Feb. 4 and 5 a satellite feed featuring TV investigative stories that used computer-assisted reporting. The one-hour feed, "New Adventures in Computer-Assisted Reporting," told stories of pension thieves, license-less cabbies, fraudulent elections and filthy restaurants. The feed was available for free to anyone who could configure a satellite to catch it.

Long-time IRE members Mark Lagerkvist of News 12 Long Island and Stuart Watson of WRAL-TV in Raleigh, N.C., were responsible for the event. They pulled together the stories, the permissions to rebroadcast the stories and the technical requirements for the feed. The purpose was to show how television journalists around the country had successfully used computer-assisted reporting skills in producing stories.

For more information on this, contact the IRE Resource Center at (573) 882-3364.