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Eye on Ohio joins international consortium recognizing news organizations who pass rigorous standards based on news audience research
Washington Post, Economist, dozens of local news sites among those in the Trust Project Eye on Ohio has always taken seriously the trust that our readers, viewers, and listeners place in us. For that reason, we have always made our financial information publicly available, been certified by nonprofit tracker Candid (formerly Guidestar), and posted our…
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Court hands journalists big Freedom of Information Act win, gun data access
5 media outlets, Harvard Law’s Cyberlaw Clinic, and 16 data journalists, including Eye on Ohio join effort to gain access to federal database records This article is from Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join their free mailing list, as this helps provide more public service reporting. On Thursday, the…
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After seven month legal battle, Eye on Ohio wins public records lawsuit over hospital capacity numbers
Court of Claims Rules that the Ohio Department of Health must disclose the number of beds and other equipment available This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join our free mailing list as this helps us provide more public service reporting. By Bonnie Jean Feldkamp and Kathiann…
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Ohioans Speak Out in Focus Group Project: They Want More Accountability, Less Infighting
By Laura Bischoff, Dayton Daily News Just months before Election Day, voters of all stripes in Ohio are at the same time both worried and hopeful. They’re not sure who to trust in the media and government. They’re concerned about economic security for themselves and fellow Americans. They aren’t sure how the election will go…
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Eye on Ohio Launches Project to Combat Misinformation and Disinformation on the Internet
Shana Black, Eye on Ohio’s First Draft Fellow. On Thursday, a Cleveland man tweeted a picture saying that that local residents had taken to the streets to end COVID-19. The internet launched a vitriolic response, condemning the city for further spreading the disease. But no one, in fact, had marched. The tweet came from a…
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Journalism Collaborative Launches Project on Witness Safety
The press conference in October followed a well-worn script. Community leaders and police gathered on the sturdy stone steps of City Hall, taking turns at a microphone, pleading with Clevelanders to abandon a code of silence. Once again, a child had been gunned down. This time, it was a first grader, who’d been sleeping when…
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Q&A: Experts Discuss How to Find Undisclosed Campaign Donors
On Tuesday, a panel of top researchers, policy experts, and legal minds discussed lessons learned from the 2018 election and how groups- both liberal and conservative- have gotten better at hiding the source of campaign messages. (See video below.) PANEL 1: Following dark money trail through 2020 Michael Beckel, Issue One, Manager of Research, Investigations…
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Q & A: Why is Lake Erie’s algae bloom growing again?
GIBRALTAR ISLAND, Ohio — Four years ago, Lake Erie algae wreaked havoc on the Toledo water system, affecting 400,000 residents in Ohio and Southeast Michigan. Known as harmful algal blooms, the deep green ooze grows by the mile each year, fed by phosphorus-rich runoff from farm fields. Though not always toxic, the eyesores gunk up…
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Ohio Attorney General faces legal action after Eye on Ohio story
Columbus— A new complaint before the Ohio Elections Commission alleges that the Ohio Attorney General’s practice of hiring debt subcontractors violates state law. J. Whitfield Larrabee, a left-leaning activist, filed the complaint Thursday, citing a recent article by the Ohio Center for Investigative Journalism as exhibit A. The article noted that under current Republican Attorney…
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Eye on Ohio hires new Executive Director; Announces Major Changes
Letter From the Editor Dear Readers, We are excited to announce that the Ohio Center for Investigative Journalism will begin regularly publishing again. In January, Eye On Ohio hired Lucia Walinchus as its new Executive Director. Walinchus moved to Ohio from Oklahoma where she freelanced for the New York Times, the Journal Record, and a…
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