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• Government Waste Initiative

  McIntosh addresses the collaborative efforts of the Journal-Constitution, WBS-TV and WBS Radio to cover "questionable government spending, inefficiency and waste." She outlines the documents and public records a reporter should mine when covering the topic of government waste. She also outlines some reporting routines that our beneficial when covering government.

  Tags: government waste; public records; budgets; audits; bond issues; expense reports; expense records; lawsuits; salary records; RFPs; RFQs

  By Shawn McIntosh

  2010

• Quick hit watchdog stories: No-nonsense nonprofit reporting

  Sforza discusses what to look for when doing quick hit stories on nonprofit organizations. Focusing on the 990, she points out where the story might be. For instance, how does total revenue compare to total expenses?

  Tags: nonprofits; Guidestar; investigation; quick hits; 990 form; charities

  By Teri Sforza

  2009

• CAR after the disaster: FEMA, SBA and other data

  This tipsheet is a good guide to investigating the government aid that generally follows large natural disasters. Specifically, Maines discusses his own experience investigating FEMA after Hurricane Katrina. He recommends various websites as a good starting point, and then offers advice for more detailed investigations. For example, Maines suggests comparing the FEMA database of funeral-related expenses to the number of deaths listed by the local medical examiner.

  Tags: government aid; federal government; relief efforts; humanitarian aid; FEMA; computer assisted reporting; hurricanes

  By John Maines

  2006

• After the storm: Using FEMA records to piece together winners & losers

  Gaul's tipsheet outlines approaches to analyzing Federal Emergency Management Administration records to show "how the breathless coverage of storms greases the skids for disaster declarations." Tips include tracking how, where and to whom FEMA dollars are allocated following a disaster, whether National Flood Insurance Program premiums are covering expenses, and who are receiving Small Business Administration loans following a disaster.

  Tags: disasters; FEMA; Federal Emergency Management Administration; National Flood Insurance Program; NLIP; Small Business Administration; SBA; CAR; computer-assisted reporting

  By Gilbert M. Gaul

  2004

• Sports Investigations

  MaryJo Sylwester provides tips on how to make data collection an easier process. This tipsheet has ideas for high school and college sports stories. She also provides data sources regarding schools and athletes. The tipsheet also has links to recent sports stories using computer assisted reporting and/or investigative techniques.

  Tags: database; high school sports; gender; athletic expenses; athletic revenues; coaches; teams; expense accounts; student fees; National Federation of State High School Associations; Office of Post-Secondary Education; Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act; NCAA

  By MaryJo Sylwester

  2004

• Criminal Court Records

  Sullivan lists 18 documents that can help reporters uncover stories in criminal courts. Some examples: judicial assignment and expense records, indigent fee request forms, and judicial disclosure forms.

  Tags: judges; inmates; criminal justice

  By John Sullivan

  2001

• CAR for TV: Making it Work

  While this tipsheet was written by a broadcast reporter, its careful advice and ideas are useful for any reporter delving into expense reports of state officials.

  Tags: CAR; broadcast; TV; travel; expense reports

  By Nancy Amons

  2000

• The Graying of America's Prisons: An Emerging Corrections Crisis

  A tipsheet on the cost of prisons and whether not elderly convicts should be kept in prison. This tipsheet lays out the expenses that are used in high security prisons.

  Tags: crime; criminal

  By Karl Idsvoog

  1999

• Tipsheet No: 820

  Tips for saving money in the world of CAR, mainly focused on ways to share expenses among news outlets without getting scooped. Includes a 4/18/98 article from Editor & Publisher.

  Tags: CAR; computer-assisted reporting; sharing

  By None

  1998

• Tipsheet No: 269

  The handout provides some guidelines for those who cannot afford a sophisticated CAR program. The handout answers some questions about how to do computer-assisted reporting without the necessary resorces. Also lists some of the more affordable communications, database, statistics, spreadsheets, mapping and wordprocessing programs. There is a list of other software programs that are available and can do the same things as the more expensive programs. KEYWORD] Clemings CAR Programs Software 8 pages

  Tags: None

  By None

  1994