The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
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Tipsheet No: 737
This handout includes advertisements for books on the Religious Right and a sample story on racist "revolutionaries." Audio tape is available for purchase from the IRE Resource Center. Contact us at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org.
Tags: 6 pgs.
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Tipsheet No: 689
This handout includes a brochure from FACSNET, an Internet service designed to help journalists use the Internet to cover stories more effectively. The brochure provides information on how to use FACSNET to find out more about reporting tools, online sources and top issues. No audio tape available.
Tags: 6 pgs.
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Profiling your data with Census data
This handout lists reliable government sources for 1990s demographics data on countries and smaller areas. The handout covers tips on how to read and analyze computer census data.. Audio tape is available through Gaylor MultiMedia, Inc., (615) 361-3611, for $6. Order form also available at http://www.gaylor-multimedia.com - ask for tape #08.
Tags: Profiling your community with Census data (and without the 1990 Census) 3 pgs.
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Tipsheet No: 573
Jerry Lanson's handout provides a listing of several guides for producing well-written stories, as well as tips for sharpening leads.
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Tipsheet No: 458
The highlight of this package is a 6-page detailed bibliography of articles and books dealing with cyberlaw and the Internet, First Amendment issues, copyright and intellectual property issues, publishing, newsgathering and privacy, obscenity and censorship and computer assisted reporting. Also included in this package is the option of obtaining 5 cases that pertain to above issues (32 pgs.) Audio tape is available for purchase from the IRE Resource Center. Contact us at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org
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Tipsheet No: 401
This handout was sent to IRE from the Center for War, Peace, and the News Media conference on the US and European Integration from June 1995. It includes addresses for usenet groups with European themes, numbers for commercial services and listservs with European subjects.
Tags: CAR World Wide Web 6pgs.
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Tipsheet No: 257
"Paper Trails: How To Background a Business in a Hurry" is a complete list of how to track any business or individual. It includes a complete checklist of both online and traditional sources of information, where and how to find them, and how to use them.
Tags: CAR Banks Pensions Real estate Insurance regulators 6 pgs.
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Tipsheet No: 79
"Connecting Campaign Contributions and Public Policy" is a listing of policies and lobbyists to check on influence-buying connections. Jackson is author of the book "Honest Graft: Big Money and the American Political Process." File also includes two Wall Street Journal articles co-authored by Jackson that reveal evidence of Sen. Alfonse D'Amato's connections to the securities industry and Rep. Robert Matusi's favors to utility companies.
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Tipsheet No: 42
Basic records for backgrounding individuals and getting information from federal agencies.