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 "attacks on journalists" ...
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Authenticity: When things go wrong -- Lessons learned from the journalistic disasters
This tipsheet is broken down into two parts: "7 Things to Remember When Chasing a Live One" is about steps to take while reporting, to make sure your story is accurate; "7 Things to Do When Your Reporting is Under Fire" is a list of ways to deal with an attack on your story.
Tags: journalistic ethics; authenticity; sourcing; fact-checking; accuracy
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Attacks on Freedom of Information and How to Fight Back
This is a list of helpful resources for learning about access to government information, and how to make requests under the federal Freedom of Information Act and comparable laws in the states.
Tags: FOIA; Freedom of Information Act; FOI; ACLU; Privacy Act; FOI Center; Brechner Center for Freedom of Information; Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Government Secrecy.
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After the death of a journalist: the stories to do; the work to finish
This is a transcript of the keynote speech by Fernando Rodrigues at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference. According to the speaker, the speech is about "the attacks against journalists and deaths of journalists on duty around the world." The speech includes facts and figures about journalists who have been killed, arrested, etc.
Tags: Fernando Rodrigues; Global Investigative Journalism Conference; attacks on journalists; journalists; journalists killed on duty; attacks; journalists in danger
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Press Needs to Challenge New Concentration of Power
Jennifer LaFleur of the St. Louis-Post Dispatch provides a copy of a powerful column (by Charles Davis of the University of Missouri) published in the January/February 2002 issue of the IRE Journal, which challenges journalists to question the limits placed on the public's access to information in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Tags: FOIA