{"id":169,"date":"2011-05-10T11:22:31","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T18:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/seattlejournalismcommons\/?p=169"},"modified":"2011-05-10T11:22:31","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T18:22:31","slug":"event-beyond-google-exploring-the-visible-and-invisible-web-monday-may-9-7-p-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/seattlejournalismcommons\/2011\/05\/10\/event-beyond-google-exploring-the-visible-and-invisible-web-monday-may-9-7-p-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Google: Exploring the Visible and Invisible Web"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/seattlejournalismcommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2011\/05\/sjc-post-image-beyond-google.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-170\" title=\"sjc post image beyond google\" src=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/seattlejournalismcommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2011\/05\/sjc-post-image-beyond-google.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Where do investigative journalists go to dig up their dirt?<\/h3>\n<h3>How do you rake through all the muck?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/malexjohnson.com\">Alex Johnson<\/a>, investigative reporter for msnbc.com, and <a href=\"http:\/\/search.nwsource.com\/search?searchtype=cq&amp;sort=date&amp;from=ST&amp;byline=Cheryl%20Phillips\">Cheryl Phillips<\/a>, Data Enterprise Editor at the Seattle Times gave us a guided tour through the vast jungle of data, telling us which plants are edible and which snakes may be poisonous (i.e. the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/about-us\/cjis\/ucr\/ucr\">FBI Uniform Crime Database<\/a> only gives you the law enforcement side of the story).<\/p>\n<p>This was the last installment of the Spring Continuing Ed series presented by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spjwash.org\/\">Society of Professional of Journalists &#8211; Western Washington<\/a>, and it was definitely a diamond in the rough.<\/p>\n<p>Alex and Cheryl are true professionals, and were very open about sharing the secrets they worked so hard to develop over the years.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Alex very kindly <a href=\"http:\/\/malexjohnson.com\/2011\/05\/10\/workshop-exploring-the-visible-and-invisible-web\/\">published his entire slideshow<\/a>, it&#8217;s chock full of links that&#8217;ll get any gumshoe journalist through puberty overnight.<br \/>\nHe also compiled a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinkypage.com\/105449\">free reference dashboard<\/a> that can serve as a great sidekick while you do research. (Seriously though, download the slideshow because there are wayyyy to many links to post here).<\/p>\n<p>Besides the deluge of links to awesome databases, Cheryl and Alex showed off their <a href=\"http:\/\/chris.pirillo.com\/what-is-google-fu\/\">Google-Fu<\/a> and gave some tips on crawling like a ninja.<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google now does <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/realtime\">realtime search<\/a>, so if something is trending on Twitter for example, you can see new search results appear live in real time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Try the Google cache if something is missing from a site that should be there, but remember that there&#8217;s probably a reason why it was taken down and it may not be accurate. There&#8217;s also the <a href=\"http:\/\/waybackmachine.org\/\">WayBack machine<\/a> by the Internet Archive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> You can search Google by file type (i.e. <strong>filetype:pdf<\/strong> or <strong>filetype:xls<\/strong>) and often get stuff you would never have found otherwise.\n<ul>\n<li> Cheryl Alex both had stories about how using this search method to find a PDF file for training manuals that disclosed the exact opposite of what the officials were saying about certain controversial programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> GoogleGuide.com is fabulous. For example, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.googleguide.com\/advanced_operators.html\">this guide to advanced operators<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> There are other search engines out there! i.e <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hurisearch.org\/\">HuriSearch<\/a> (for human rights issues) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotbot.com\">HotBot<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wolframalpha.com\/\">Wolfram Alpha<\/a>, and others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A few other hot tips:<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0IRS 990 forms (the one all federally tax exempt organizations are required to fill out) are the most valuable thing published by the government. Also check the audits.<br \/>\n\u2043\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Cheryl found a big story about KCTS using money that was earmarked for special programs to cover their deficit and keep the lights on by investigating a government audit which wasn&#8217;t included in the original 990 form.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Inspector Generals are lonely. Get on their mailing list and make friends with them, all federal agencies have an Office of the Inspector General and they like to sniff out fishy odors.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Sometimes the internet isn&#8217;t the first place to look. Try calling an expert on the subject<\/p>\n<p>And most importantly&#8230;trust but verify! &#8220;If your mother says she loves you, check it out&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Also check out some great resources form the SPJ, such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journaliststoolbox.org\">journalists toolbox<\/a> and IRE (Investigative Reporters and Editors), such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ire.org\/extraextra\/\">Extra! Extra! feed<\/a> of breaking investigative stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where do investigative journalists go to dig up their dirt? How do you rake through all the muck? 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