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Investigative Business Reporting
This tipsheet lists 22 websites helpful for business reporting.
Tags: business reporting; web sites; federal lawsuits; nonprofit; locating people; Congressional Research; politics; backgrounding; Freedom of Information
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Some tips on backgrounding a Member of Congress
Sources for backgrounding a member of Congress include the Congressional Record for verbatim transcriptions of speeches, the Federal Election Commission report for the names of campaign managers, old newsletters to constituents, transcripts from news shows, research dug up by the opposition, yearly financial disclosure forms, and the college archives of places the Congressional member taught or studied.
Tags: Backgrounding; Newsgathering; Political Profiles; Gingrich