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 "gun violence" ...
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The Hidden Life of Guns
In this tipsheet, Grimaldi shares how The Washington Post reported the story, The Hidden Life of Guns, which won the 2010 IRE FOI Award. He provides a day-by-day account of the series of events the unfolded as the reporting took place. He also includes a source list of important interest groups.
Tags: firearms; weapons; NRA; ATF; gun violence; gun crimes; gun dealers
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"Covering Criminal Justice"
This special report offers in-depth insight into one of the most oft-trodden and all too overlooked beats - crime. The handbook from the Center on Crime, Communities and Culture, a project of George Soros' Open Society Institute, is brimming with resources, contacts and story ideas in an effort to shift crime coverage from spot reporting to a public policy issue.
Tags: juvenile justice; guns; hate crime; domestic violence; death penalty; prisons; police; drugs; public health; mental health
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"Children and Violence"
This special edition of Nieman reports focuses on the ways the media report on children and violence in the wake of highly publicized school shootings. Schools, police, courtrooms and juvenile detention centers all factor into the series, compiled of articles from editors and writers with firsthand experience in covering violent acts of children and, more often, the acts of violence committed against them. The media's role in shaping public perception of juvenile violence - a thorny issue touching on race and deep-rooted social concerns - is also examined.
Tags: guns; Jonesboro; Arkansas; Pearl; Mississippi; Paducah; Kentucky; Edinboro; Pennsylvania; Springfield; Oregon