Introduction to Research Tactics

Lee gives you tips, advice, and guidance on how to execute the tactics and actions required to get to the truth in complicated stories. An introduction to what you’ll need to do in the process of investigating stories with conflicting perspectives and many facets.

Course Information

Tracks: Researching

Course Instructor

Lee Author

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Intro to 990s

Lee teaches you how to research 990 forms. This is important for any kind of in-depth organizational research. One of the most important tactics used for connecting financial dots.

Follow the Money: Intro to Open Secrets

A guide on using the website OpenSecrets.org to trace flows of money.

Hiring Assistants for Data Work Part 1

Lee gives advice on hiring assistants to help you with data-based research. This could save you massive amounts of time and help you to find information much faster than doing this work on your own.

Hiring Assistants for Data Work Part 2

Lee teaches you how to work with assistants in more depth. This is the second part in a course on hiring assistants to help you collect and maintain records as a part of any research you’re doing based on data.

Finding Out How Narratives Change

Lee teaches you how to use a subscription with a news service to find differences between how stories are portrayed across time.