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:
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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;
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Covering a local prosecutor's office effectively day to day
In the criminal justice system, not everything plays out like Law & Order. Sometimes the prosecutor is the bad guy. Steve Weinberg discusses how journalists can improve the coverage of their local prosecutor and why it is so important in this informative tipsheet.
Tags: prosecutors; crime; law; courts; lawyers; district attorney; prosecutorial misconduct; plea bargains
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Courts/Cops Records
"Knowing courts and cops records can help you track important stories..." Records that should be used often are: offense/incidents reports, police calls, arrest reports, search warrants, arrest warrants, sex offender registration, jail booking information, autopsy reports, medical examiner investigator's report, subpoenas, appellate files, search warrants, district attorney files and grand jury attachments.
Tags: crime
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Covering the courts
This file includes three tipsheets: 1. "Top 10 Court Tips." This tipsheet provides a guide to the different types of courts and the documents used there, along with definitions of other terms. 2. "What to say if a judge closes the courtroom during a civil trial or hearing." This is a script, including a legal citation, to protest the closing of a courtroom. 3. "Covering the Courts: A Journalist's Guide to the California Court System." A document published by Sandi Gibbons, public information officer of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. The preface reads: "You can take the editor out of the newsroom, but it's a little more difficult to take the newsroom out of the editor. The following is similar to memos that I wrote for reporters while editor of City News Service and city editor of the Daily News in an attempt to help those unfamiliar with the California judicial system cover the courts. Hopefully, it will acquaint you with our rather complex system and offer some basics and a couple of short cuts to save you from spinning your wheels when trying to get information."
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Orange County Chiefs of Police and Sheriff's Assoc., Operational and Procedural Protocol; Memo County of Orange District Attorney's Office; California Codes, Government Code; Tips for Reporting on Police Shootings of Civilians
This includes three examples of what can be obtained to help an investigation. The Orange County Operational and Procedural Protocol, the memo from the D.A.'s Office and the California and Government Codes give information needed to continue the investigation. With the Tips for Reporting on Police Shootings of Civilians, a list of recommendations are given on what to do before and after the shooting.