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 "counter-terrorism" ...
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Why Covering Homeland Security is like Popular Mechanics
Holstege draws on his on experience reporting on homeland security to offer a lot of good advice about the issue. He lists and explains sixteen lessons such as "re-interview sources" and "don't fall in love with your CAR." The tipsheet also includes a list of suggestions for homeland security stories and an overview of one of his own stories for the Oakland Tribune.
Tags: defense spending; Excel; counter-terrorism; FOIA; Homeland Security Grant Program
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International Data: From Routine to Terrorism
Noemi Ramirez of El Mundo (formerly the director of IRE's Resource Center) provides tips for accessing and using international databases. The handouts offers descriptions of the activities and links to the websites of about 20 research organizations that can be helpful in reporting on other countries' policies, terrorism and counter-terrorism, intelligence, worldwide corruption, etc. Spanish version: 2863
Tags: international; data; Spanish; archives; news libraries
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Resources on the discussion about the trade-offs in a free society between civil liberties, the First Amendment and the battle against terrorism
This tipsheet lists some resources and discussion about the First Amendment, the anti-terrorism law (Pub. L. 104-132) and an analysis of immigration and fund-raising provisions in the Omnibus Counter-Terrorism Act of 1995.
Tags: First Amendment; terrorism; counterterrorism