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 "information demands" ...
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Computational Journalism and the 5 Ws
Hamilton describes computational journalism ("the combination of data, algorithms, and knowledge from social science to yield information that can supplement and, in the future, substitute for part of journalism’s watchdog function"), and describes the "why, what, when, who and when" it is necessary for effective reporting.
Tags: computational journalism; social science research; information demands; research; statistical analysis; visualization; mapping; matching; personalization
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Covering Higher Education
This tipsheet provides pointers on access to crime and salary information in the higher education system. It provides some guidelines on what is considered public information and how to evaluate the information once you have it. This file includes full text of four series: Women's Teams in NCAA's Division I See Gains in Participation and Budget; Alcohol Arrests on Campuses Jumped 10% in 1996, Drug Arrests Increased by 5%; Student Rioters Demand the 'Right to Party': What They Earned in 1996-97: a Survey of Private Colleges' Pay and Benefits.
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