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 "aviation accidents" ...
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Broadcast: After Breaking News, What's Next?
This tipsheet is comprised of many useful web links covering topics of aviation accidents, automobiles and trucks, political campaign data, federal spending, U.S. court system, crime, business records, weather and more.
Tags: aviation; transportation; accidents; weather; government; federal spending; courts; crime
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Useful Websites for data and quick lookup
A comprehensive list of links for accessing data and information online for topics such as: aviation accidents; automobiles/trucks; political campaign data; federal spending; U.S. court system; crime/inmates; business records and nonprofits; weather; general useful tools online.
Tags: aviation accidents; automobiles/trucks; political campaign data; federal spending; U.S. court system; crime/inmates; business records and nonprofits; weather
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Understanding Military Aviation
This tipsheet is a basic guide to reporting on military aircraft. O'Reilly discusses the different stages of flight of military planes, and explains possible reasons for crashes. O'Reilly includes a list of questions to ask in the event of a military plane crash - this list would be helpful to anyone trying to turn a spot-news story into a more involved piece. He also suggests several websites about military safety that could be useful for reporters.
Tags: airplanes; FAA; flying; pilots; crashes; accidents; Air Force; military
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Military Aviation Safety Data
This tipsheet lists the various websites where each branch of the military publishes information of the safety of its equipment. The tipsheet clarifies the different classifications for aviation accidents (ie the difference between "class A" and "class B" in the database). The tipsheet also defines the different causes for aviation accidents, such as "operations" or "miscellaneous."
Tags: military; safety; naval safety center; navy; coast guard; air force; statistics
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Investigating airline safety
Alexander's tipsheet highlights a handful of useful databases available online, from the National Transportation Safety Board's aviation accident database to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' TranStats database.
Tags: airline safety; transportation; FAA; airplanes; database; CAR; computer-assisted reporting
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Colliding Databases: Covering disasters and accidents; How I Investigated the Story: ValuJet and the FAA; Aviation Sites Online; Crash Course: Databases of Transportation Accidents
This handout includes tips for aviation reporting and information on databases of transportation accidents and transportation Web sites.
Tags: aviation; databases; transportation; accidents; Web sites
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Tipsheet No: 159
"On-line: 20+ Sources You Can't Live Without" describes sources of information available to the public through on-line computer access. Topics range from accident reports for nuclear waste to Federal Aviation Administration information. Includes hook-up information and costs.
Tags: NUDOCS TRANSNET TOXNET NEXIS MEDLARS Compuserve FEC CENSUS