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 "Newsgathering" ...
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Feeding the Beast: Strategies for Investigations at Local Stations
Twelve steps for I-teams to help them keep connected to the newsroom and active.
Tags: investigative teams; broadcast; newsgathering; broadcast track
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Secret Justice: Gag Orders
This is a booklet which highlights and explains various aspects of gag orders. According to the booklet, "A judge's issuance of a gag order is hardly news these days, and not many journalists seem willing to challenge them. But the ease with which they are obtained poses a real threat to newsgathering, and to the public's understanding of the judicial process." The booklet contains multiple articles by various authors about gag orders.
Tags: gag orders; judges; trial; court; judicial process; lawyers; gag order
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Newsgathering and the "Inadvertent" Crime
While covering the news, reporters often come across many illegal activities. Sometimes this crosses a line from reporting on illegal actions and possibly engaging in them to aid a story. Tobin explains how the law rules on such matters and how to make sure you stay within legal limits.
Tags: law; legal issues; media law
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Web Target -> Backgrounding a Beat
Debbie Wolfe of the St. Petersburg Times offers 10 Web sites that can help you build a solid foundation for any beat.
Tags: Web; site; Web site; beat reporting
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Search Engine Comparison
Debbie Wolfe of the St. Petersburg Times offers comparisons of the most-used online search engines -- Google, Yahoo, AltaVista, Excite, HotBot, Fast "All The Web" and RefDesk.
Tags: online; Web; internet; search engines; Web searchers; professional Web searchers
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The Star-Ledger's "Web Sites to Know"
This is a listing of Web sites favored by the staff of the Star-Ledger.
Tags: Web sites; backgrounding; archives; fedstats; directories
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Online databases for Tracking Individuals: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and Credit Header Info
This tipsheet lists five web sites that address new privacy rules of the Federal Trade Commission Privacy
Tags: privacy; online privacy; tracking individuals; CAR; FTC
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Making the transition from traditional to online journalism in 5 easy steps
This tipsheet lists five steps to follow when switching from traditional journalism to online investigative journalism.
Tags: online publishing; online newsgathering; online investigative journalism
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Drug War source list -- Internet resources
This list is a sample of the information sources and resources, both government and private, available to reporters via the World Wide Web.
Tags: Online Resources; Newsgathering
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Reporter's Desktop
This tipsheet gives an overview of Reporter's Desktop, a free, non-profit Web site to help reporters in their online newsgathering tasks.
Tags: Online resources; Internet; World Wide Web; Search engines; News archives