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  "year": 1998,
  "month": "June",
  "monthNum": 6,
  "headline": "Bits, Bytes and Barks",
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  "affiliation": "IRE and NICAR",
  "summary": "A journalism newsletter covering resource availability for investigative reporters, including audio tapes from conferences, campaign finance databases, staff announcements, and a new international investigative reporting award.",
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  "full_text": "Indiana CAR Audio Tapes\n\nAudio tapes from the sessions at Indiana CAR are now available for ordering. For more information or an order form, point your browser to www.ire.org/recource/ricari conferences/indianalaudio.html Audio tapes from the IRE National Conference in New Orleans are also available from Sound Images, which can be reached at (303) 649-1811 or by email at sitapes@aol.com\n\nCampaign Finance Information Center\n\nCampaign finance data from thirteen states is freely downloadable from the CFIC at www.campaignfinance.org. We also have links to twelve online search engines hosted by other non-profits and state boards of election. We will soon release our \"universal\" online search engine so you can type in a contributor from your state and see where else they are giving.\n\nThe more inclusive this database, the better for everyone. So, if you have state or local campaign data you want included, contact CFIC Coordinator Jack Dolan at jack@nicar.org or (573) 884-1802. The CFIC credits everyone who contributes data.\n\nSubscribe Online\n\nYou can now subscribe to Uplink online. Point your browser to www.ire.org/resources/nicarluplink\n\nMoving On\n\nBill Loving recently moved from the Minneapolis Star Tribune to the Los Angeles Times. He can be reached by email at bill.loving@latimes.com. If you have switched locales, please let us know. Contact Brent Johnson at bjohnson@nicar.org.\n\nNew Deputy Director at IRE\n\nLen Bruzzese has joined IRE as its new deputy director. Bruzzese comes to IRE after serving as the editor of The Olympian, an award-winning state capital daily in Olympia, Wash. Bruzzese will oversee IRE's publications, its World Wide Web site, its resource center and the Campaign Finance Information Center. He also will assist in the administration of IRE and its conferences.\n\nInternational Investigative Reporting\n\nA new $20,000 award recognizing the best international investigative reporting in the world has been announced by the Center for Public Integrity. The award, part of the Center's new International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), will go to a journalist or team of journalists who have demonstrated excellence in transnational investigative reporting during the previous year.\n\nENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY AUG. 15. For more information on the award, including how to apply, visit the ICIJ Web site at www.icij.org or call (202) 783-3900.",
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