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 "Center for Public Integrity" ...
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Cracking Codes
Learn about datasets that can help localize health stories, including pharmaceutical company spending on doctors, nursing home violations and hospital quality, among others. We will dive into Medicare data and data that local and state reporters can use.
Tags: health data; Medicaid; nursing homes; drugs
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The data-driven story part 1: conceiving and launching
Start with the data basics: where to get data, how to request it, how to "interview" the data and analyze the information.
Tags: Database; story visualization
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Managing the CAR Project
Donald, Sallah and Stapleton created an extensive list of almost every step you should take while managing a computer-assisted reporting project.
Tags: CAR; managing; computer-assisted reporting
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Social Network Analysis: Tools for connecting the dots
Donald gives examples of some great tools you can use when investigating social networking and provides some cool graphics on how you can display your findings.
Tags: social networks; NodeXL; UCINET; Analyzethe.US; Muckety; They Rule
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Evaluating State Open Records Laws and Practices
Use Ginley's Powerpoint to check up on your state's open records law and how they match up to others.
Tags: open records; public access
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The FOIA Maze: Tips for getting the records you need
Donald offers his years of wisdom to help navigate the FOIA maze with great tips and reminders. Follow his instruction and you should get just what you need.
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Environmental analyses for any newsroom
Lucas and Golden walks through the steps to analyze and extract information from environmental data.
Tags: environment; environmental analysis; environmental data; pollution; data; epa
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One big-ass(arse) database – and other medical issues
"Health databases can unlock important clues about matters of life and death in your community. From identifying unsafe hospitals to detecting questionable treatments used by doctors and their escalating costs, you can write important stories that have an immediate impact and lead to lasting change."
Tags: health care; databases
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Looking into tax liens
Follow the money with the help of The Center for Public Integrity's, Schulte, and along the way get great sources and contacts. These tips include online tax sales in Baltimore and several big Florida counties.
Tags: taxes; tax liens; online tax sales
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Math for Journalists: Stats you need to know
Donald's presentation discusses why the use of statistics is important for journalists, and how stats enable the reporter to say the most with the data they're using. The tipsheet talks you through some of the lingo you need to know when dealing with stats, and provide a list of helpful resources.
Tags: stats; regression; dependent variables; independent variables; data; mean; median; range; rank