Georgia prep football is big business, big bucks
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An investigation into how a Macon, GA, high school was able to raise $2 million to build a football complex on private property revealed much about the status of high school football throughout the state. The reporter who began the investigation obtained help to compile a database about the salaries of football coaches at the state's high schools. He describes how he would have done his investigation differently.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 2000
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On the clock: country's top cop makes private use of disputes
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The murder of Derwin Brown, sheriff-elect in GeorgiaEs DeKalb County on December 15, 2000 is argued not to derive attention immediately. However, perspectives changed when a tip-off received from a stranger revealed that Brown used his department's on-duty deputies to staff positions for his private security company, S-I-D Inc.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 2001
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Open records fight reveals Olympic misdeeds in Atlanta
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An account of a corruption racket in the Salt Lake City as to buying the 2002 Winter Olympics is discussed. The man in question is Billy Payne who allegedly rigged the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 2001
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