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 "WhoIs" ...
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Who Is John Doe -- And How To Get The Paper On Him
Useful links for investigating individuals in areas such as living history, credit history, licensing, past or current incarceration, current occupation, etc. http://www.reporter.org/desktop/tips/johndoe.htm
Tags: person; search; credit; history; incarceration; occupation
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Money and Politics-Who's Giving
This tipsheet is a detailed guide to finding out who is giving money to politicians and their staffers and why.
Tags: campaign finance; lobbyists; lobbying; nonprofits; regulations; 527 groups
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How Well Does Your State Oversee Nurses (and pharmacists, dentists, psychologists...)?
Government oversight can be tricky when it comes to our caregivers. Find out who is overseeing your nurse, and whether or not they are qualified to be evaluating such performances.
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How to find nonprofit leaders lining their own pockets
Find out who is really profiting from nonprofits. With the possibility of dozens in a community, learn how to wade through 990's and what to look for.
Tags: nonprofits; 990 tax forms
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Covering Nonprofits and Private Companies
Find out who is working for the underdog, and who's not. Gary Cohn shares his years of experience, including digging into the new Form 990.
Tags: nonprofits; private companies; 990 tax form,
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Backgrounding People
This tipsheet provides a list of resources to use when backgrounding individuals. Lyle's is careful to denote which resources are free vs. for a fee. Her list is broken down to include national resources (for the U.S.) and regional resources specific to New York state. She also gives phone service information for several international countries.
Tags: background; phone records; public records; business records; property records; New York; professional licenses; aviation administration; medical license; biographies; WhoIs; social networking; international phone records
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Investigating Sports
Wilson lists popular sources and significant documents for reporters on the sports beat. He also suggests visiting www.reporter.org to use the "who is John Doe?" feature. The tipsheet includes reprints of some of Wilson's own sports investigations.
Tags: sports; beat reporting; sources; story-telling; backgrounding
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Digging into Nonprofits: IRS Form 990
Campbell goes over every detail of the IRS 990 form. He discusses the basics (who is required to submit a form, etc), as well as the important sections on each page of the form. He lists individual lines of the form, and explains what information you can find in each one.
Tags: 990; IRS; nonprofit; Guidestar; government information
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Tipsheet: Investigating the pharmaceutical industry
The author offers ten tips on investigating the pharmaceutical industry, The tipsheet include "Think through what effect your story might have on patients," and "Try to find out who is organizing the continuing medical education in your country." Each tip has a detailed explanation. The tipsheet ends with lists of websites and books that are useful when researching this topic.
Tags: medicine; drug companies; pharmacists; doctors; big business; health; health care
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Numbers Behind the Stories
Alpert's presentation shows how even someone who is terrible at math can strengthen his stories by including statistics. The tipsheet discusses not only why and how to use statistics, but also give a brief overview of several simple ways to do statistical analysis.
Tags: numbers; math; statistics; fact checking; eliminating bias; analysis; bell-curve; distribution