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 "fundraising" ...
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Monetizing Monet: Investigating Museum Sales of Art Held in Public Trust
Has a museum just come up with a large sum of cash without putting on a fundraiser or event? They could be selling art to bolster the bottom line. Rosenbaum gives great tips on how to find out if they are following the ethical guidelines.
Tags: deaccessioning; museums; art; AAMD
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Nonprofit Watchdog Centers: The do's and don't of fundraising
Hale provides an extensive list of "do's and don'ts" when fundraising for nonprofit watchdog centers.
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Ten Things to Look For Next Month - Midyear campaign finance filings
This list looks at what to look for in the midyear filings for both campaign finance and lobbying. From largest contributors and opponents' fundraising to new registrations and issues in the news.
Tags: campaign finance; lobbying; PAC; donations; contributions; political action committees
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Three Things to Know About 2008 Political Money
Overby explains three important aspects of covering contemporary political campaigns: bundling, joint fundraising committees, and independent groups. For each issue, Overby provides a description, sources of information, and story ideas. The tipsheet also includes a list of useful FEC reports that reporters should recognize and understand.
Tags: campaign finance; FEC; elections; politics; federal government; story ideas; fundraising; 527 groups
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How to use campaign finance data to track fundraising, and other lobbyist largesse
The author discusses how to use FEC records to track fundraising done by lobbyists. He gives examples of data analysis and explains how to interpret the results. The author also discusses how to report on in-kind contributions from lobbyists.
Tags: campaign finance; FEC; fundraising; lobbyists; politics; state government; federal government
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Info merchants and influence peddlers: tracking lobbyists, consultants and fund-raisers
Wilkinson and Drew's tipsheet focuses on obtaining campaign finance records in Ohio, but they also address federal campaign finance records, and their principles can be applied to other states, as well. They also advise on how to effectively pursue FOI requests.
Tags: campaign finance; public records; open records; FOI; politics; lobbying; lobbyists; 527; government contracting; political contributions; state government; federal government
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50 Campaign Finance Stories in 50 Minutes
Overby and Salant provide tips that reporters covering campaign finance can use, along with numerous questions they should ask during the reporting process. They also provide a list of Web sites that are helpful to reporters who are tackling this subject.
Tags: investigations; candidate fundraising; elections; political action committees; lobbyists
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Campaign Finance Workshop
This Power Point presentation covers everything reporters need to know about campaign finance. It begins with an explanation of why campaign finance deserves a place in every news organization. Then, the author offers several examples of quality campaign finance investigations. Finally, the tipsheet explains new campaign finance laws and offers a list of resources for reporters covering the subject.
Tags: campaign donations; federal government; fundraising; elections; politicians; voting
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Tracking Political Influence
This very dense tipsheet is full of resources for investigating how businesses influence both the federal and state government. It discusses lobbying, campaign donations and other ways of influencing lawmakers, such as giving gifts. The tipsheet references a lot of websites that will be useful in this sort of journalism.
Tags: business; corporate fraud; campaign fundraising; campaign donations; backgrounding; state government; county government
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Money in Politics: The Politicians, Lobbyists and Their Crazy Circle of Friends
The tipsheet presents some directions in what to look when reporting about money, politicians and fund-raising campaigns. Three related articles from SF Gate are included.
Tags: Politicians; lobbyists; campaign cash; Gov. Gray Davis; Berkeley