Business and Technology

May 21, 2012
Aid in Africa: All hands on deck or passing the buck?
Events of the last few days have rekindled debate about the role of big business in solving humanity’s thorniest problems.
Jon Miller
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May 17, 2012
High-level food meeting to highlight corporate plans for Africa
Big business sees big profits in the growing demand for food over the coming decades, and African governments are rolling out the welcome mat.
Jon Miller
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Apr 18, 2012
Get more TechRaking resources
With all the resources and tips coming out of our TechRaking conference, CIR's distribution and online community manager put together a handy list of useful tools for technologists and journalists alike.
Meghann Farnsworth
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Apr 11, 2012
CIR to launch investigative news channel on YouTube
CIR announced today it will launch a new investigative news channel on YouTube that will be a hub of investigative journalism, with $800,000 in support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Read the full press release, and see more coverage.
CIR Staff
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Apr 03, 2012
African startups use cellphones to help farmers
As mobile technology spreads, low-cost services put power in the hands of the people who keep Africa fed.
Cassandra Herrman
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Mar 27, 2012
CIR, Google to host TechRaking 2012 conference
On April 12, CIR and Google will co-host TechRaking 2012, an event that will bring together technologists and muckrakers to form a more perfect union by exploring the problems and opportunities that lay before us.
David Cohn
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Mar 05, 2012
Notes on svg_mapper, our new vector mapping library
Last Friday, we posted what I suppose we'll call a beta version of svg_mapper, a library of Python code for drawing vector-based maps that will work in both modern and legacy browsers.
Michael Corey
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Feb 19, 2012
California Watch 'Decoding Prime' series honored with Polk award
I am privileged and honored to write today that the Center for Investigative Reporting’s California Watch has won the George Polk Award for our multi-platform series on aggressive billing practices at a Southern California hospital chain, Prime Healthcare Services.
Robert J. Rosenthal
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Feb 12, 2012
Notes on CIR's new website
It's a time of exciting changes at the Center for Investigative Reporting, and today, we're adding another one to the list: a brand-new CIR website. We think you'll agree that the new site is a vast improvement on our venerable 2007 design, with many visual and technical upgrades.
Michael Corey
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Feb 08, 2012
Calif. cement plant has high mercury emission levels
Built in the Central Valley town of Tehachapi in 1908, the Lehigh Southwest Cement plant has emitted high levels of mercury compared with other plants in California and nationwide.
Sam Pearson
Project(s):
- California Watch
- Business and Technology
- Environment
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