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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 "Nutrition" ...

  • Sports Science and Medicine: Gettnig Beyond the Gee-Wiz Story

    Epstein lists and describes some interesting sports investigations that any reporter could do, anywhere in the country. Examples include pre-participation screening of high school athletes and analyzing nutritional supplements.

    Tags: sports; beat reporting; athletes; sources; high school athletes

    By David Epstein

    2008

  • Consumer, Health, Safety and Environmental Reporting: Story Ideas

    This tipsheet is just one super-long list of story ideas. It spans a whole variety of topics, including everything from real estate scams to transportation and nutrition. Most ideas can be done at any size news organization.

    Tags: reporting; investigative journalism; scams

    By Jacqueline McLean, Robin Guess, Lea Thompson

    2005

  • Mannatech Nutritional Supplements

    This tipsheet includes articles investigating Mannatech Inc. The company tells consumers its nutritional supplements are safe but tells investors that the company doesn't know if its products are safe or if they even work. Evans also includes a statement distributed by Mannatech Inc.

    Tags: nutritional supplements; health; Evans; Mannatech

    By David Evans

    1999

  • Seven must-have nutritional supplements sources

    This tipsheet includes sources, contact persons, phone numbers and web pages of many different nutritional supplement sources.

    Tags: supplements; Podolsky

    By Doug Podolsky

    1999

  • Tipsheet No: 566

    Consumers are hungry for timely, accurate information on food, health and nutrition. The Media Guide provides definitions of scientific terms and tips on evaluating research reports; basics on the food production system; responsibilities of governmental agencies and organizations that protect the food supply; and names and phone numbers of academic, government and other nutrition and food safety experts. It also covers pesticides, animal agriculture, food biotechnology and international issues. Because the IFIC Foundation sells this guide, the Resource Center may provide up to three pages only and order information.

    Tags: The Food Insight Media Guide on Food Safety and Nutrition

    By None

    1996

  • Tipsheet No: 17

    List of sources, including regulators, consumer groups, publications, unions. Includes the table of contents and some relevant pages from The Capital Source: The Who's Who, What, Where in Washington.

    Tags: Nutrition; health; food safety

    By None

    1992