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 "insider dealing" ...
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Digging culture: The fine art of investigating the business of museums and collectors
Get tips on how to search museum's 990 forms, and 5 red flags to look for
Tags: 990 tax form; 501c3; museums; collectors; insider dealing; GUIDESTAR
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Measuring Whether Lawmakers are Doing Their Job: Places to Gather Data
This tipsheet provides contact information and a brief description of various agencies, resources, and employees pertaining to the legislative branch. Also included are the role of congressional staffers and strategies on how to deal with them.
Tags: staff; staffers; legislative; congress; legislative counsel; disbursement
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Cultivating Whistleblowers: Attkisson Tip Sheet
This tipsheet provides resources for finding and working with whistleblowers. Contact information for a variety of whistleblower groups is included, as well as lengthy advice from Attkisson on how to deal with whistleblowers and "disgruntled" employees. Tips on getting the information you want, as well as warnings about what to avoid, are included. Attkisson goes over strategies for what do to if the whistleblower is reluctant (or refuses) to appear on camera. The tipsheet includes the scripts from six different stories to illustrate these challenges and how to deal with them.
Tags: broadcast; whistleblower; watchdog; insider; transcript; employee; reluctance; accountability; qui tam; federal civil false claims act
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I.R. 101: How do you do "investigative reporting" when you're not an "investigative reporter?"
Michael Gougis and Laure Quinlivan provides some basic insight in how to do investigative reporting.
Tags: investigations; reporting; local stories; internet; sources; information
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Important Local Stories Don't Have to be Dull
Panelists provide ten steps to improve reporting on local stories.
Tags: reporting; local stories; experts; sources; documents; records; community
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Tipsheet No: 341
A guide to the illegal ways of making money from bad real estate deals. Includes information on zoning, land values, and the power of inside information. Audio tape is available for purchase from the IRE Resource Center. Contact us at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org
Tags: Planning and Zoning Board Builder Developer Master-Plan