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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Covering immigration
Whether you work in a rural area, a big city or a border town this tipsheet will provide you with story ideas, website to go to and much more.
Tags: immigration; border towns; visas; story ideas
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Contracts, Strategies and Resources for Border and Immigration Cover
Olsen provides tons of links for covering border and immigration (in English and español). From links to the Federal Court websites to the ACLU’s immigrant rights page; your story will not lack the information needed to provide a good investigative story.
Tags: bilingual; español; immigration
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Immigration
Preston provides an extensive list of links to information online to aid in your coverage of immigration issues. Links include information from: the US government, state laws, law websites, data, and immigration debates.
Tags: immigration; immigrants; data; government; law
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Contacts, Strategies and resources for Border and Immigration Coverage
Olsen provides an extensive lists of resources for covering issues related to immigration - including US Government sites/data, Mexican nonprofit organizations, key journalism sites, think tanks, lawyers, and much more
Tags: immigration; human rights; boarder patrol; boarder states; crime statistics; legal issues; immigrants; immigration studies
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Covering Immigrations
This presentation gives myriad suggestions for story ideas when covering immigration; suggested sources and organizations helpful to such coverage; key immigration websites; identifying local trends; and important terms.
Tags: immigration; immigrants; undocumented immigrant; illegal alien; undocumented worker; border issues;
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Immigration Resources for Journalists
This tipsheet lists helpful links when covering immigration. Included resource heading: U.S. government; Mexican government; research; lawyers; advocates, restrictionists; advocates, pro-immigrant; movies.
Tags: immigration; immigrants; border issues;
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Terminology and Reporting About Illegal Immigration
This tipsheet discusses the wide variation across media about the terms used to address those \"who entered the U.S. without valid immigration documents or those who have overstayed their visas.\" Examples are given from different style guides.
Tags: undocumented workers; illegal immigrants; illegal aliens; immigration documents; AP stylebook; Wall Street Journal; Los Angeles Times
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Immigration Links
This documents contains links to government pages, sites, blogs and data that may be useful for reporters covering issues related to immigration.
Tags: immigrants; immigration; visas; TRAC; Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse; immigration reform
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Sports business: Investigating teams and companies that own them
Upton outlines information pertinent to covering sports - from professional teams down to high school athletics. She identifies key issues worth investigating for each category. She has also collected some miscellaneous resources that may be beneficial when covering sports.
Tags: sports; professional athletes; immigration; unions; NFL; NHL; NBA; agents; endorsements; college athletics; private school; public school; NCAA; Olympics;
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Immigration Consequences of Criminal Conviction
This tipsheet offers "a brief overview of parts of immigration laws which are relevant to attorneys defending non-citizens against criminal charges."
Tags: immigration; law; government; justice; attorneys; courts; deportation