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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Investigating Issues of Race and Poverty
Nixon discusses resources for investigating race and poverty. His list includes the U.S. Census Bureau, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and immigration statistics.
Tags: race; poverty; statistics; data; sources; internet research
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Making the most of the U.S. Census Bureau's Factfinder
Guckian explains the uses of the U.S. Census Bureau's Factfinder and also gives information on how to find the information. Furthermore, she provides a detailed explanation of how to use the information in the American Community Survey (ACS).
Tags: Factfinder; Census data; interpreting data; American Community Survey (ACS)
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Making the most of the U.S. Census Bureau's Factfinder
The author discusses how to use the U.S. Census Bureau's Factfinder feature on the organization's website to find information about the American Community Survey. She discusses how to find example questions from various questionnaires, reviews some of the definitions, and compares the material covered in the American Community Survey to that in the Decennial Census. The tipsheet includes screen shots from the Census Bureau's website to illustrate how to use the Factfinder.
Tags: population; demographic; Census; survey; historical census; internet
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Finding great stories in the Census
This tipsheet has a list of websites produced by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census is a great place to find story ideas! On the tipsheet, there are links to the U.S. Census Bureau website, the population estimates division, the Economic Census, and the American Community Survey.
Tags: Census; story ideas; U.S. Census Bureau; Economic Census; American Community Survey; population estimates
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Local Employment Dynamics (LED): New Information from the Census Bureau
Wu explains details about Local Employment Dynamics (LED), a new Census Bureau database used to track changes within the work force.
Tags: LED; Local Employment Dynamics; U.S. Census Bureau; Quarterly Workforce Indicators; industrial classification codes
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Finding great stories in the Census
This tipsheet provides Web sites for finding Census data such as the U.S. Census Bureau and their population estimates division, the Economic Census and the American Community Survey.
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The American Community Survey -- "Census Data Every Year"
This tipsheet explains how the American Community Survery -- an every year Census -- will work. The program is planned to begin in 2003.
Tags: census; American Community Survery
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U.S. Census Bureau
This handout contains a printout of the Census Bureau home page and a sample of data products that are available from the Census Bureau.
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Getting Ready for Census 2000 Data
This tipsheet explains some of the first data to come out from Census 2000.
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United States Census 2000
This tipsheet file contains four handouts. The first is "The Importance of a Fair and Accurate Census," which explains potential shortcomings and their ramifications. The census is the basis for virtually all demographic information used by educators, policy makers, journalists and community leaders. The second handout is "Updated Summary; Census 2000 Operational Plan." The official plan published in February 1999 by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The third handout is a transcript titled, "Oral Statement of Kenneth Prewitt, Director, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, March 2, 1999." His presentation was his opportunity to comment on Chairman Miller's ten suggestions for how to improve the census. The fourth handout is a worksheet titled, "Proposed Data Products for the Census 2000 Products and Dissemination Program." It lists what information will be published and how it will be made available.
Tags: CAR