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:
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Dissecting the recession for local impact
Mellnik details the information you can mine to determine how the recession in impacting your local economy.
Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics (LAUS); Current Employer Statistics (CES); Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW); MLS; Office of Federal Housing Enterpirse Oversight (OFHEO); Economy.com; FHA
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A Neighborhood Built to Fail
Mellnik discusses how to identify foreclosures, starter homes and lenders from various public records. He explains how to use the register of deeds, county property records, FHA data, building permits, bankruptcy filings, and consultant reports to find data for a story about property records. He also includes some tips about mapping foreclosures.
Tags: property; foreclosure; mapping; data analysis; public records; real estate; beat reporting
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Tipsheet No: 355
This packet includes a list of phone numbers and names of Deputy Inspectors General and Special Agents in Charge, the key to CDBG and Home Reports, a comprehensive chart listing the kinds of grants available under CPD, FHA and PIH funding, as well as a sample audit report from the office of the inspector general.
Tags: House and Urban Development Department HUD Low-Income Housing