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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Inside baseball: What data journalism can learn from sports
This panel will identify areas for data journalism exploration by examining the current state-of-the-art baseball data analysis. Sports are the original form of data journalism -- box scores predate open government movements by about a century. And Joseph Adler's "Baseball Hacks" trained newbie Web CAR reporters how to scrape and analyze data sets using Perl and MySQL. Finally, sports analytics are a leading indicator for other kinds of analysis. Sensors, economic analysis, leverage are all de rigeur in baseball but still up-and-coming in data journalism. We'll take the concepts being used to analyze baseball, football, soccer and apply them to standard data journalism chores.
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Hone your Fusion Tables training skills
Get savvy with the new version of Fusion Tables and learn the newest features and share tips and tricks for smooth trainings. For those who are newer to Fusion Tables, learn what they are, see examples and what types of files can be used. Learn how to do mapping with Fusion Tables and how to style and display them. This tutorial also goes into customizing tables, how to add layers and how to combine maps. Find out more through this link: https://sites.google.com/site/fusiontablestalks/talks/car-2013
Tags: Google; Google Fusion Tables; data
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Using DocumentCloud
IRE training director, Dowdell, lays out step by step tips on how to get started with DocumentCloud. From uploading your first documents, using the collaboration and notes tools, to publishing your documents. If you're new to DocumentCloud and need a simple, step-by-step guide, you'll want to keep this tipsheet handy.
Tags: documents; documentcloud
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The Business of training
Bergantino's Powerpoint describes how newsrooms and nonprofits can add to their bottom line by offering training. Included are great tips and questions to ask yourself.
Tags: training; education; newsrooms; nonprofits
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Data and Documents
Luther, one of IRE's training directors, provides this Powerpoint presentation on the importance of gathering data and documents, not only for the story you already have but for the story that's not been written yet.
Tags: FOIA; open records; data; documents; databases
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Jaimi and Mark’s cool Web tools
IRE's training director and IRE's executive director review their favorite web tools.
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Understanding error messages in Access
When working with Access, actually reading the errors you get can help you figure out what\'s wrong. Dowdell put together a handout on the errors and what they mean.
Tags: microsoft; access; error messages
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Year in CAR 2011
IRE Executive Director, Horvit, and IRE Training Director, Haddix, review the year in CAR with this extensive PowerPoint. With over two dozen examples, you can see that CAR stories are not just about the data.
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Quick shortcut for using PDFTOTEXT
Milholland discusses shortcuts to converting a PDF to text through the use of the PDFTOTEXT application.
Tags: data extraction; data; PDF to textl; converting PDFs
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Investigative Breaking News
This tipsheet helps ready a reporter for breaking news stories. It beings with having the right training and tools at hand, and includes ideas for collaboration and engaging the team when the story breaks. Borowski also touches on what to consider when the dust settles - is there a bigger story here; something to develop down the road?
Tags: breaking news; databases; social media; reporting; management; sources