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 "EPA" ...
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A Neighborhood In Peril
Fallon's Powerpoint presentation lays out how he covered the secret chemical spill that happened years ago and the story that followed: "A Neighborhood in Peril, How New Jersey environmental regulators failed the people they were supposed to protect".
Tags: pollution; environment; EPA; chemical spill
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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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Covering the big disaster (and quick-hit story ideas)
Dowdell offers step by step instruction on how to cover big disasters and quick-hit stories. She also includes many helpful database links such as OSHA, EPA, and FAA.
Tags: natural disasters; OSHA; EPA; FAA; IRE; lotteries; taxes
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Strategies for the Continuing Investigation
Regan lays out the top ten databases for your toolkit. He links to many helpful government websites so that you get the most out of your investigation.
Tags: health and safety; medicare; FAA; EPA; DOT
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Water and Politics: Tips for Covering the Local Water Utility
This tipsheet details the sort of information you should be keeping tabs on when covering the local water utility. It also offer story ideas for the beat, while also providing links to useful data online.
Tags: water; utilities; EPA; Environmental Protection Agency; National Water Quality Assessment Program; pollution; waterways
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Databases: Investigating Locally and Around the World
Donald's presentation explores the importance of a "data state of mind" for reporters. Beyond knowing FOIA laws, he outlines the (at least) 25 databases every newsroom should have and use in their reporting. The databases cover several different beats, and Donald details the value of each.
Tags: databases; reporting; census data; budgets; audits; tax data; personnel files; campaign finance; financial disclosure reports; voter registration; election results; crime statistics; sexual predators; business demographics; SEC 10K: EDGAR; 990s; EPA Toxic Release Inventory; EPA Enforcements; water quality data;
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Pesticides
This tipsheet details various pesticide databases including where they can be found, how to use them and potential issues with the data. Included are pertinent web resources and tips for covering pesticide related stories
Tags: pesticides; Environmental Protection Agency; EPA; extoxnet; Pesticide Action Network; National Pesticide Information Retrieval System; Pesticide Incident Data System; SENSOR
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Environment
Morrison discusses how to do a meaningful story on the environment - beginning with pitching a story "with a clear question whose answer is newsworthy." He discusses the use of data in doing the story, and how to validate your findings.
Tags: environment; EPA; Environmental Protection Agency; science; expert;
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Understanding EPA
Sullivan discusses how to bring yourself up to speed on the topic of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Sullivan explains how committed efforts to understand the agency pay-off in terms of having a working knowledge of the subject of your investigation.