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 "funding" ...
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Shadow Banking
Fricker provides you with a list of professions whom are considered shadow bankers, the 5 steps of shadow banking, what would be considered shadow lending and much more.
Tags: shadow lending, banking; hedge funds; pension funds; ABS; CDO; ABCP; CDS; Repo; SecLand
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Now is TIFIA's Time
Expanding popular federal credit assistance program will encourage infrastructure investment and enhance the effectiveness of available transportation funding.
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Funding Your Project
Gain valuable knowledge from Debruyne, from Belgium, about funding your project overseas. Her Powerpoint gives tips no matter where you are located.
Tags: None
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Covering schools and school construction. Ideas for spotting corruption, mismanagement, and wasted funds.
Review these tips and you'll gain valuable skills on covering your schools. From overcrowding to construction nepotism.
Tags: school; construction; over-population; school board
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Health Information Technologies
Schulte provides a list of websites for tracking developments in health information technologies.
Tags: health care; stimulus; MAUDE; health information technology
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How to investigate police crime reporting and statistics: a cookbook
This tipsheet is a great primer for anyone covering cops and crime and utilizing the FBI's Uniform Crime Report(UCR). Thompson and Eiserer identify the preliminary legwork to do so your ready to cover stories as they arise.
Tags: Uniform Crime Reports (UCR); police; crime; assault; burglary; robbery; police reports; federal funding
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Following the Stimulus Money
Poston and Grabell give links to and information on several sites that can assist you in reporting on and tracking stimulus funds
Tags: Recovery act; stimulus; government spending; federal procurement data; transportation; infrastructure
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Forensic Accounting
This tipsheet discusses forensic accounting with definitions and examples of how it can be used in investigative reporting - from clarifying issues (such as Ponzi schemes); insights into what to investigate (such as various cases of misused funds); and many others.
Tags: forensic accounting; Ponzi scheme; finance; fraud; charities; corporations; Pyramid scheme; mortgage fraud; financial analysis; data mining; Federal Rules of Evidence; economic damages; insurance loss accounting
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Tracking the stimulus in your community
LaFleur equips reporters with the tools they need to track stimulus funding within their community.
Tags: stimulus; federal government; Recovery.gov; USASpending.gov; infrastructure; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Recovery Act; Ethnic Media Workshop - Washington, D.C. (Oct. 2009)