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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Immigration Resources for Journalists
This tipsheet lists helpful links when covering immigration. Included resource heading: U.S. government; Mexican government; research; lawyers; advocates, restrictionists; advocates, pro-immigrant; movies.
Tags: immigration; immigrants; border issues;
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Accountability Reporting in Higher Education
Lombardi's tipsheet addresses covering campus crime. She talks about finding sources, a difficult process through the student judicial process. She suggests sources for campus crime data; public records laws by state; and points to a toolkit developed by the Center for Public Integrity for covering campus crime
Tags: higher education; campus security; rape; Victim Rights Law Center; victim advocates; Clery Act; Department of Education; assault
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Cultivating Sources and Better Interviewing
Young's tipsheet discusses finding sources; persuading sources to help your investigation; getting sources to come to you; taking care of your sources; and tips for better interviewing
Tags: sources; watchdog; whistleblower; advocate; interviewing; documents
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The Bupe Fix
Schulte discusses a recent Baltimore Sun investigation into the drug buprenorphine, which is often recommended to treat narcotics addicts. Schulte lists sources that were helpful to the reporters during the investigation, such as the DEA's ARCOS system and the National Alliance of Advocates for Buprenorphine Treatment.
Tags: drugs; addiction; prescription; substance abuse; internet resources; sources
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Getting the most mileage out of your broadcast investigation
McKie advises journalists to "choose a topic that has important public policy implications," and then, quoting Carl Sessions Stepp 'show the impact of your story." On methodology, he suggests locating the "greatest number of records" and identifying the players: regulators, advocates, winners, losers, etc. McKie also has advice on story lines, getting the most out of the Web and building a team, and including the online people from the beginning.
Tags: public policy; government action; government inaction; regulators; E-journalism; workplace safety; story ideas; convergence; broadcast track
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10 Tips on How to Juggle Projects with Covering a Beat
Dunne offers ten tips on time and resource management for busy reporters. Dunne includes a time management chart to help reporters prioritize their daily tasks.
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Investigating stories while working a beat
Dunne offers six tips to work on a meaningful investigation while still handling the responsibilities of a regular beat.
Tags: None
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Investigating Municipal Judges
This tipsheet describes a 14-month probe of municipal judges which revealed wasteful spending, frequent absences and travel to conferences that had little to do with the largely traffic and misdemeanor court.
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The Basics of Good Interviews; Painless Confessions: How to get the truth out of the people you interview; Loosening Lips: The art of the interview
Tips for preparing and asking questions; how to get the interviewee to answer your questions on delicate subjects.
Tags: delicate subjects; investigations
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Tipsheet No: 119
Tips for investigating abuses of children and the elderly, including agencies to contact, paper trail to follow, and a list of advocates for children and the elderly.