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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Contact List for Aviation Stories and Data
This tipsheet is a list of sources for reporters beginning investigations about aviation. The tipsheet includes contact information for NASA, NTSB and the FAA.
Tags: aviation; sources; federal government; airplanes; flying
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Covering transportation
This tipsheet is a primer on the transportation beat. Milliron gives some general tips and then delves into specific web links and other info on planes, trains and automobiles.
Tags: planes; trains; automobiles; transportation; FAA; NTSB; National Transportation Safety Board
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Polk Seminar on Public Safety
This 11-point tip sheet offers helpful advice on how and when to use data in the event of an airline crash, how to prepare the newsroom, which agencies are helpful sources of information.
Tags: NTSB; DOT; aviation; crash; transportation; airplane; CAR
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Using aviation safety documents
This handout covers how to use aviation safety documents when an aircraft crashes in your hometown. The handout includes information on what documents are obtainable and where to find the documents. Audio tape is available for purchase from the IRE Resource Center. Contact us at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org.
Tags: FAA Federal aviation administration NTSB National transportation safety board 9 pgs.