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  "id": "1998-july-chasing-the-big-story",
  "slug": "1998-july-chasing-the-big-story",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1998-july-chasing-the-big-story.html",
  "year": 1998,
  "month": "July",
  "monthNum": 7,
  "headline": "Chasing the big story",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "Hector San Miguel",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "Lake Charles American Press",
  "summary": "A curated list of useful websites for journalists to improve their reporting, including databases, archives, and reference resources covering public records, newspapers, and consumer information.",
  "keywords": [
    "research",
    "databases",
    "journalism"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Technology",
    "Business & Economy"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "Internet",
    "World Wide Web"
  ],
  "full_text": "The following Web sites will make your reporting job easier.\n\nPublic Integrity Research Corporation: www.pihome.com/pirc/pirc11.html. What a site. It contains great links for general reference, fact searches, statistics, phone directories, search engines, government databases, miscellaneous references, statutes text, and business reference.\n\nThe Internet Sleuth: www.isleuth.com/arts.html. Web sites don't get any cooler than this one. It contains more than 3,000 databases you can access.\n\nNewspapers Online: www.newspapers.com. This amazing site gives you access to U.S. and foreign newspapers and other publications on the Web. Many of the newspapers online feature searchable archives.\n\nConsumerworld: www.consumerworld.org. This is a great \"public service site\" that has access to more than 1,700 consumer resources on the Internet. It has everything from product reviews to consumer rights booklets. This is a definite bookmark for the business reporter.\n\nHector San Miguel can be reached at (318) 494-4084.",
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    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
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