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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Hone your Fusion Tables training skills
Get savvy with the new version of Fusion Tables and learn the newest features and share tips and tricks for smooth trainings. For those who are newer to Fusion Tables, learn what they are, see examples and what types of files can be used. Learn how to do mapping with Fusion Tables and how to style and display them. This tutorial also goes into customizing tables, how to add layers and how to combine maps. Find out more through this link: https://sites.google.com/site/fusiontablestalks/talks/car-2013
Tags: Google; Google Fusion Tables; data
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FOIA Machine
Journalists can use the FOIA Machine to better prepare and manage their FOI requests. The system allows them to file requests and support or track other ones.
Tags: Website; FOIA; FOI requests; FOIA Machine
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The I-Files
Talbot provides his Powerpoint presentation to explain The I-Files, a hub for investigative news videos on Youtube.
Tags: I-files; Youtube; investigative news channel
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Jaimi and Mark’s cool Web tools
IRE's training director and IRE's executive director review their favorite web tools.
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Covering Veteran's Issues
If you're covering any form of veterans' issues, this tipsheet is a must. Included are helpful tips on dealing with families of veterans and what documents to request when filing a FOIA.
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An Intro to csvKit
Learn a suite of utilities for converting to and working with CSV, the king of tabular file formats.
Tags: CSV; tabular file formats
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From PDF to Searchable, Sortable Data
Learn how to convert PDFs to a fixed width text file. http://www.kevinschaul.com/2012/02/08/pdf-to-searchable-sortable-table/
Tags: PDF
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Importing data using the Microsoft Excel Import Wizard
Importing data into Microsoft Excel will enhance your reporting by allowing you to do original, in-depth analysis on a variety of different types of information. It's fortunate that Excel can accommodate multiple data formats so you can do basic or complex sorts, filters, pivot tables and more. In this lesson you’ll learn about different data formats, how to identify a format, which ones are Excel-friendly and how to get them into Excel.
Tags: data; excel; import; text file; comma-separated value; database format; html; access file; pdf
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Tracking the Economy and Business
Roush provides links to sites useful for tracking business and the economy - from the SEC to WARN Act filings.
Tags: business; economics; economy; OSHA; SEC; trademarks; patents; FDIC; American Hospital Directory; environment; campaign contributions; uniform commercial code filings