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 "bioterrorism" ...
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Investigating Public Health Agencies & Programs
The author discusses how to investigate public health agencies. She includes advice for reporting in crisis situations, as well as story ideas for enterprise pieces about the agencies. The tipsheet includes sources for covering notifiable diseases in your area, bioterrorism funds, lab safety, and lab animal welfare.
Tags: public health; local government; state government; CDC; MMWR; story ideas; beat reporting
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CDC 101
This comprehensive tipsheet covers numerous aspects of the Center for Disease Control. McKenna discusses a brief history of the organization, what the organization's main role is, and tips on covering it.
Tags: health; CDC; government agencies; SARS; Ebola; first responder; research; disease; illness; Department of health and human services; World Health Organization
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Story tip: Biosafety labs
In the United States, there is a limited number of biosafety labs. These labs are capable of dealing with the most dangerous chemical and biological threats. In this tipsheet, Pasternak discusses the development of more biosafety labs and the implications involved. He includes sources and places to find data on the subject.
Tags: biosafety; terrorism; bioterrorism; chemcials; chemistry; defense; homeland security