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• No complaints: Navigating the New American Fact Finder, improvements and updates

  Learn more about how to use the new American FactFinder, or AFF, which has compiled several censuses and surveys. Check out the new enhancements and more user-friendly features of AFF.

  Tags: American FactFinder; AFF; censuses; surveys

  By Erran Persley

  2013

• Moving abuse stories beyond the courthouse

  Davis talks about covering abuse - but steering clear of the "extraordinary" cases and focusing on the other stories. He suggests delving into how often abuse happens, why it keeps occurring, and how the system fails at prevention of abuse.

  Tags: case-tracking systems; public documents; domestic violence; abuse; Complaints and Settlements; Broken Trust; Sarasota Herald-Tribune; Coaches Who Prey; Seattle Times; The ABCs of Betrayal; The Columbus Dispatch

  By Chris Davis

  2008

• 10 Story Ideas for Quick Turn Business Beat Investigations

  Lorek gives a list of quick hit stories for the business beat with suggestions ranging from mining EPA violations to OSHA inspection reports,

  Tags: EPA; military contracts; appraisal district; nonprofits; tax abatements; SEC filings; Attorneys General office; mortgage brokers; databases; complaints; OSHA;

  By Laura Lorek

  2008

• Digging deeper into sports stories - on and off the court

  WIllmsen gives eight examples of places to find public records that will "put you on the trail of a great in-depth sports story."

  Tags: public records; players; GuideStar; booster clubs; coaches; administrators; athletic associations; FERPA; complaints; NCAA; governing bodies; recruiting; foreign students; rosters

  By Christine Willmsen

  2007

• Using data to investigate abusive teachers

  Davis and Doig explain how to investigate abusive teachers. Included are tips as to where to look for complaints against teachers, such as the state Department of Education or the agency in charge of your state's teacher certification. The tipsheet suggests what trends to look for in the data, and what pitfalls to anticipate

  Tags: Department of Education; abuse; complaints; teachers; faculty; education; discipline

  By Chris Davis; Matthew Doig

  2007

• Investigating Infrastructure: Sources for Data

  This tipsheet lists various sources of data that could lead to good investigative stories. Some examples include pothole complaints, broken fire hydrants, and snow removal maps. All together there are 17 suggestions, and each one includes a brief explanation.

  Tags: story ideas; data; databases; public records; open records

  By Adam Symson

  2005

• Examining Long-Term Care with CAR

  This tipsheet is a very comprehensive guide to reporting on nursing homes. It covers how to acquire and interpret everything from state inspection data to medical examiner data and worker safety data. Reporting on nursing homes is a great way to practice your CAR skills, and this tipsheet covers just about every story you can do on the topic.

  Tags: nursing homes; retirement; nurses; patient abuse; bed sores; Medicare data; death certificates; consumer complaints

  By Rick Linsk

  2005

• Public Documents

  In this tipsheet, Skertic provides a detailed list of the documents reporters can and should obtain from the legal system. The author also lists what to look for in the records after getting the documents.

  Tags: public records; public information; legal system; FOIA; courts; municipal court; state court; federal court; bankruptcy; probate; complaint; deposition; lawsuits; criminal records; financial history

  By Mark Skertic

  2004

• Covering and uncovering child neglect stories

  Frazier's tips on covering child neglect stories include understanding the state statutes and juvenile code, familiarizing yourself with juvenile courts, exhibiting caution with complaints from families, reviewing child fatality records, using national statistics carefully, and checking federal reviews of your state's child welfare system.

  Tags: children; child abuse; juvenile court; NCANDS; Adoption and Safe Families Act; ASFA reviews

  By Eric Frazier

  2004

• IRE Consumer Ideas

  This tipsheet offers a long list of consumer investigations that the authors have conducted at their news organizations. In addition to these story ideas are lists of possible consumer scams and complaints that would be worth checking out in any community.

  Tags: broadcast; consumer affairs; investigative reporting; consumer groups; story ideas; scams; public complaints; Internet scams

  By Elizabeth Leamy; Jim Strickland; Lea Thompson

  2004