NPR has created a team devoted to covering President Trumps conflicts of interest

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How have news organizations covered Donald Trump’s potential conflicts of interest? Very creatively, so far.

The New York Times created a series of circular graphics showing how Trump’s business efforts potentially intertwine with the federal government.

Buzzfeed logged more than 1,500 people and organizations connected to the Trump family and their advisers, which independent designer Kim Albrecht turned into a complex data visualization.

And ProPublica has been on the paper trail for weeks, reporting in early February on Ivanka Trump’s lack of documents divesting her of Trump business interests. That mirrored ProPublica's reporting on Inauguration Day concerning the President’s "then-absent paperwork."

NPR, meanwhile, created an entirely new initiative to cover possible conflicts of interest. They tapped veteran business editor Marilyn Geewax to lead the Conflicts Team, which has three full-time staffers and an intern.

http://www.poynter.org/2017/npr-has-created-a-team-devoted-to-covering-president-trumps-conflicts-of-interest/448886/

The interview with Marilyn Geewax is an inside look at how their team will tackle the work. Her concluding paragraph is important too:
"We – meaning all journalists — have to use this experience to examine our conscience. I get a lot of tweets and notes from people saying: Why didn’t you do this work a year ago? At the debates, why didn’t a moderator ask Trump to explain in detail how he planned to handle his role in developing hotels in the Middle East with his role as president? There were so many debates; why wasn’t that question asked? It’s something we all need to think about."