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 "Security and Exchange Commission" ...
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Digging through SEC filings for public companies
This powerpoint outlines the key SEC filings - registration statements; quarterly and annual reports; proxy statements; etc. They highlight information to look for that might merit a deeper investigation.
Tags: business reporting; business investigation; SEC; Securities and Exchange Commission;
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Ways to Trace Every Business
Campbell walks through the steps to investigate a business, outlining the paper trail that all businesses must create - from a business license to Uniform Commercial Code filings to liquor licenses. Litigation filings also provide a wealth of information about businesses.
Tags: backgrounding business; licenses; trademark; articles of incorporation; UCC; Uniform Commercial Code filing; credit reports; mortgages; liens; professional license; litigation; courts; EDGAR; Securities and Exchange Commission; SEC; Federal Trade Commission; FTC; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority; FINRA
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The business beat: Investigating the corruption
A brief summary of sources for mining securities and exchange documents. \"All public companies are required to file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing their financial performance, insider trading and much more.\"
Tags: business; trading; Security and Exchange Commission; forms; finance; sales
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Proxy Power: What a vital SEC filing tells you about public companies
The author explains how reporters can use corporate proxy statements to find information about corporate executives. For instance, executive's backgrounds, salaries, contracts and stockholdings are all available in these documents.
Tags: business; corporations; beat reporting; stockholders; Securities and Exchange Commission
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Dissecting Profits and Non-Profits
This tipsheet offers sources to use when investigating both publicly traded companies and non-profits. Most of the sources are online, and include the Security and Exchange Commission, Dun and Bradstreet credit reports and Guidestar.
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Investigative Business Journalism: Prepare for the Hunt
This tipsheet walks you through the five most important SEC forms and filings; it explains what they are and why they are useful to journalists. They include: S-1, Registration Statement; 10-K Annual Report; 10-Q Quarterly Report; 14-A, Proxy Statement; 8-K, Current Report.
Tags: documents; paper sources; Securities and Exchange Commission
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Accounting Red Flags
The first two pages of this tipsheet list different sources of information about corporations, such as SEC filings and the 10-K-Annual Report, and describe what information you can find from each source. The last three pages of the tipsheet list 20 "red flags" to look for in business filings that could indicate potential stories.
Tags: Securities and Exchange Commission; corporation; tax; corporate fraud; big business; subpoena
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Backgrounding Business on the Internet
This power point presentation is all about backgrounding businesses on the internet. Donald discusses the SEC, key websites, and possible pitfalls.
Tags: Securities and Exchange Commission; invisible web; backgrounding; sourcing; search engines; beat reporting
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Dissecting Profits and Non-Profits
This tipsheet is composed of a concise list of resources for investigating publicly- traded companies, as well as non-profits. Some of the resources include the Security and Exchange Commission, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Guidestar.
Tags: business; SEC; Better Business Bureau
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Dissecting profits and nonprofits
This tipsheet is a list of online resources for investigating both publicly-traded companies and nonprofits.
Tags: business; SEC; Security and Exchange Commission; economics; charity