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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Data on Deadline
This tipsheet lists helpful websites to use when you need to access data on deadline. Suggested data links include the American Community Survey to campaign finance data to tracking airplane tail numbers.
Tags: data; quick hit; deadline; census; campaign finance; aviation; transportation; economics; FAA; NHTSA; automobile; consumer safety; politics; courts; federal spending; databases; reporting
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Broadcast CAR: Quick Hits & Sweeps Packages
Thompson outlines the basic rules of CAR for broadcast. She identifies data sets that broadcasters should be familiar with so that when a story breaks they are prepared to effectively cover the story.
Tags: quick hits; broadcast; CAR; computer-assisted reporting; database; statistics; airplane safety; airplane registry; aircraft safety; aircraft registry; OSHA; hazardous materials; state disciplinary database; boating accident; infrastructure; campus crime; UCR database
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Investigating Outbreaks: It's not just about food
Young discusses how to go about investigating outbreaks that threaten public health. She touches on timely issues such as the swine flu outbreak (H1N1). Other stories to follow: sick passengers on airplanes; outbreaks of other notifiable diseases; and school vaccination law compliance
Tags: health reporting; swine flu; H1N1; Centers for Disease Control; notifiable disease database; vaccinations; EMS
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Tips for Covering Aviation Stories
This tipsheet offers a lot of advice for reporters on the aviation beat. Tips include learning aviation lingo and making contact with a local Air Traffic Controller's Union.
Tags: TSA; airplane; transportation; aviation; beat reporting
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Contact List for Aviation Stories and Data
This tipsheet is a list of sources for reporters beginning investigations about aviation. The tipsheet includes contact information for NASA, NTSB and the FAA.
Tags: aviation; sources; federal government; airplanes; flying
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Backgrounding People
The author lists websites that are useful for backgrounding people. The sites span a wide range of information, from inmate registrations to airplane ownership records. Some of the suggested resources are fee-based and others are free of charge.
Tags: backgrounding; internet research; public records; people-finder; courts; Florida records
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Some key aviation databases
The author discusses some sources that will be helpful for reporters covering aviation and airports. The resources he suggests include airline on-time performance data, which his on-time arrival and departure data for nonostop domestic flights. He also suggests using Form 41 data, which airlines are required to submit to the DOT with information about every route flown nationwide. Banstetter also recommends using the origin and destination survey. For every resource, Banstetter explains where to find the data and what sorts of stories are hidden in it.
Tags: transportation; airplanes; consumer stories; online resources; Department of Transportation; FAA
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Obtaining Canadian aviation and other transportation data
The author discusses how to access Canadian transportation data online. He focuses on CADORS, a database of aviation incidents, as well as the Transportation Safety Board. The author also notes that information on flights to and from the U.S. can be obtained through the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Tags: transportation; Canada; airplane; aviation; air travel; airlines; incident data
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Broadcast and CAR: Quick Hits and Visuals
Thompson lists databases to use when breaking news happens. She includes sources for data about airplane crashes, hazardous materials, boating accidents, bridges and campus crime.
Tags: NICAR; databases; breaking news