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:
Search results for "Agriculture" ...
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Getting the Most out of the Census Web site
LaFleur describes the myriad uses for census data, including details on Census Bureau surveys including the decennial census, American Community Survey and current population survey. Census information is dense, so LaFleur helps show how to navigate the various levels of data available.
Tags: census; Census Bureau; American Community Survey; decennial census; margin of error; population; business; agriculture; construction; Ethnic Media Workshop - Washington, D.C. (Oct. 2009)
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www.farmsubsidy.org tipsheet
Alfter and Mulvad detail how they built farmsubsidy.org using data from EU countries. They suggest you find partners to do stories on AMerican investors, farm-bill consequences, WTO negotiations or how farm subsidies in devloped world impact developing countries like the Dominican Republic.
Tags: None
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Agriculture subsidy stories
Tips for stories within your state and possible sources of information on US farm subsidies.
Tags: farms; databases; Internet; subsidy; agriculture; government
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Harvesting Cash: Tracking the money in U.S. farm subsidies
Cohen discusses her 2006 investigation into farm subsidy and crop insurance fraud. She explains the records and data she analyzed to report the story and the results she found.
Tags: farming; industry; federal government; fraud; data analysis; agriculture
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Farming for Stories
Clarke offers some ideas about how to use USDA data for agricultural CAR projects. She includes tips about how to spot fraud, along with other story ideas. Clarke also lists several resources that could be useful for this sort of project, such as the Environmental Working Group and the Census of Agriculture.
Tags: agriculture; farming; subsidies; computer-assisted reporting; farmers; non-profits; data anlysis
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Investigating European Farmbusinesses: Networking is the key
Brigitte Alfter provides tips about how to investigate the farm and agriculture industry in the US and the EU. She also gives information about FOI in the EU. Furthermore, she provides many helpful Web links which can aid reporters in their reporting. Spanish version: 2868
Tags: Agriculture; European Union (EU); Freedom of Information (FOI); Spanish; Espanol
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Farming Subsidies in Key to Investigate Fraud in EU
EU farming subsidies account for nearly half of all EU grants. So, finding fraud in the farming subsidies can lead to some great investigative reporting. This tipsheet discusses the various aspects of these subsidies, and where one is most likely to find fraud.
Tags: farming; agriculture; fraud; European government
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The Border: From immigration to crime data
This tipsheet lists helpful resources to consult when reporting on various topics related to the U.S. - Mexico border. The resources (mostly websites) are organized into 6 categories: Immigration and other population issues; Justice, Transparency, Corruption; Health and Environment; Economic and other Statistics; General Border and Mexico-US Information; and, Agricultural and rural issues.
Tags: Latin America; foreign relations; globalization; trade; foreign aid
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Investigating Agriculture: Down on the Farm
Stapleton provides ways to identify federal agencies that oversee farming. She has tips on understanding the regulations and regulators. The tipsheet tells where data can be obtained regarding violations, fines, penalties and suspensions. Stapleton provides agricultural information on pesticides, comparative analysis, politics, and labor. The tipsheet has links to websites that have important agricultural data. Additionally, the tipsheet has a printout from the U.S. Department of Labor which tells what information this agency collects.
Tags: agriculture; farmer; pesticide inspector; U.S. Department of Labor; wage and labor disputes; Migrant and Seasonal Workers Protection Act; Farm labor; contracting; transportation; housing regulations; politics; Social Security Administration; Labor; disability; pesticides; EPA's Worker's Protection Standards; United Farm Workers; National Agriculture Workers Survey; Wage and Labor violation data; Census of Agriculture
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When the data you want just isn't there
This tipsheet, which is a copy of McCall's PowerPoint presentation, focuses on a study done by the Daily News that analyzed animal waste regulations in Ohio. He uses his own example to help guide others through the process of building a database when data is not available from regulatory or state agencies.
Tags: Database building; agriculture; animal waste; regulations; Ohio; data; survey