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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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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Reporting on Federally-Funded Transportation Projects
This is a copy of David Barnes' speech about reporting on transportation projects. En espanol: #2871
Tags: U.S. Department of Transportation; fraud; roads; transit; airports; construction
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Reporting on Federally-Funded Highway and Transit Projects
This tipsheet provides assistance for reporters who are covering highway, transit and airport construction projects that involve the use of federal funds. Barnes provides an oversight of federal transportation funds, common contract fraud schemes, ways to find problems during construction projects and helpful Web sites, along with much more. En espanol: #2870
Tags: U.S. Department of Transportation; fraud; roads; airports; construction
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Racial Profiling in US Customs Searches
Dale Russell shares the lessons learned from a recent I-team investigation about racial profiling in US Customs searches at airports. The tipsheet includes helpful facts about human sources, getting original source documents, and using IRE as a resource.
Tags: racial profiling; U.S. customs inspectors; airport security
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Covering Aviation Security
Morrison's tipsheet focuses on finding the story in airport security. The tipsheet gives good insight into getting to know airport employees and developing good sources among the air marshalls. There are also hints about what types of documents and Web sites could be useful.
Tags: Transportation Safety Administration; Federal Aviation Administration
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Tips for covering government contracts
Fazlollah's tipsheet on ways to investigate government contracts gives reporters a guide to checking for municipal malfeasance. Sources include campaign finance disclosure reports, Thomson Financial's bond data, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, a Web site to check the backgrounds of brokers and securities firms, airport concession contracts, minority business contracts, and bank loans to government officials.
Tags: government contracts; contracting; bonds; campaign finance; CAR; computer-assisted reporting; securities dealers; pension funds; SEC; NASD; airport; bank loans; minority business contracts
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Covering Aviation Security
Morrison offers some advice for reporters on covering the Transportation Security Administration and security at airports in general. He includes the names of the federal security directors for many airports as well as the contact information for the regional TSA press persons. Morrison also provides a glossary on aviation acronyms.
Tags: aviation; TSA; FAA; airports; security; air marshals; AAAE; defense; police; law enforcement; federal security directors; FSD; transportation
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Aviation Security
The tipsheet presents general guidelines for covering the secret world of air security. One of the most interesting tips is "Think like a terrorist"....
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Aviation Safety Tip Sheet
This tipsheet lists Internet resources for covering aviation safety.
Tags: Aviation safety; airports
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Aviation Security: Tracking data & paper
Marchak of the Plain Dealer how to work off deadline on the aviation beat. The handout offers tips how to put in use GAO reports and other audits, and how the Federal Aviation Administration works.
Tags: Aviation Security Act; HazMat; pilots; airports; aircraft