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 "CAR in the Workplace" ...
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From Database to Story - A Step-by-step Guide
Harbord and McKie show how you can utilize OSHA data to tell the story of workplace safety in non-traditional industries such as healthcare, schools (e.g., violence) and business (carpal tunnel syndrome). Their tipsheet walks you through the process of analyzing the data. And how to compare this information to other data sets to obtain a more complete sense of "the story."
Tags: data; database; OSHA; query; NAICS; excel; pivot tables; inspections; NICAR; National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting
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Weaving the Web into Workplace Reporting
These session notes are a primer for members of the media covering the workplace. It starts with a brief overview of laws affecting workplace reporting. Next it reviews some of the agencies that oversee employers. Finally it talks about sources valuable to writing and producing stories about work. The packet includes a listing of Web sites designed to introduce you to government databases on workplace-related information, help you find out about laws affecting the workplace and steer you to reliable sources to help you bring the issues alive in you r reporting.
Tags: CAR
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The Matching Story
This tipsheet provides advice for integrating Computer-Assisted Reporting skills into your newsroom. Learning how to do a matching story is one of the skills that is addressed in detail.
Tags: CAR
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Covering the Workplace
This handout covers how to analyze public pension funds, and how to cover safety in the workplace. The handout includes agencies to contact and Internet sites to access for information on workplace safety. Audio tape is available for purchase from the IRE Resource Center. Contact us at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org.--ask for tape #28.
Tags: Cracking open state nest eggs; CAR in the Workplace; Safety in the workplace
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Ohio, Ohio
The Dayton Daily News created an information packaged called infoPLUS in fall 1994. The package uses traditional and computer-assisted reporting with graphics to provide area readers extensive information on topics that interest them. Included in this handout are the actual graphics used. Topics include workplace issues, traffic and travel, crime and safety, education and government and community. 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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