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The Scripps Howard Fund, in partnership with the Adam R. Scripps Foundation, will provide a four-year grant of up to $300,000 for the University of Memphis to create an open-source investigative program at its Institute for Public Service Reporting.
The Institute for Public Service Reporting is a nonprofit investigative newsroom on the university’s campus. The goal of the program is to help journalists with all levels of experience learn how to find, explore and report using publicly available information on the internet (open sources), social media, public databases, maps and videos. The program will include a master’s degree in journalism in open-source investigative reporting.
“We believe so strongly that open-source investigative reporting is vital to the future of journalism that we have decided to fund a second open-source program,” said Mike Canan, Scripps Howard Fund senior director of journalism strategies. “The Institute for Public Service Reporting will not only train and mentor the next generation of journalists, but it also will provide investigative journalism for a community that really needs it.”
The Institute, led by director and veteran investigative journalist Marc Perrusquia, will include:
A one-week immersive open-source investigative boot camp that introduces the research methods that will be used throughout the year-long program. In addition to working journalists, the bootcamp is open to all college-level students, from rising freshmen to graduate students. A 12-hour core slate of courses that consists of open-source investigative reporting, social justice writing/reporting, data writing/reporting and advanced multimedia storytelling. A 12-week paid practicum at