Sunday, April 30, 2017

Shortcuts to finding shit out

This page was originally constructed for an internal NZME training session on online geeking. It's intended for reporters to use as a bookmark and will be occasionally updated.

The Internet - FREE


Googlefu

Whois

The Wayback Machine

  • Timestamped grabs of most websites - what’s deleted can be telling archive.org/web


Official Registers - FREE


Companies Office

Charities

Bankruptcies

Court Rulings


Officialish Registers - PAID

All require logins and credit cards. Most newsrooms have access.


Property - owners, mortgages, sale prices


Financing agreements, also contact details

US Court documents