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 "international data" ...
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Finding Data Online
There are plenty of clues on the Web that data exist, even though so much information is buried deep beyond search engine eyes. This session will highlight advanced searches and strategies for finding data that can't be found with a traditional search engine. We'll also point you to the best sites for tracking down local, national and international data. All you need is a browser and some curiosity.
Tags: data online
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Policing the Police
This tipsheets lays out ten important things to keep in mind when investigating police and police corruption.
Tags: Police; policies; internal affairs; data; squad car video
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Mining Around the Data Globe
Learn to find international data easily and quickly with the help of this tipsheet.
Tags: International Data
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Ivory tower inspections: Holding higher education's complex bureaucracies accountable
Gabrielson discusses the challenges of deciphering the world if higher education. He suggests ways of demystifying the institutions if you're covering higher education; who to know to get the information/data you need; reading internal control audits to better understand university finances; and map the university's income sources.
Tags: education; higher education; college; university; administration; students; academic fraud; audit; tuition
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Campaign Finance: Tracking the Money
This tipsheet outlines important facts for those reporting on campaign finance and outlines information reporters should look at when analyzing campaign finance information. It also provides links to several useful sites/organizations who track campaign finance information, including some that provide data for download.It also touches on lobbying information.
Tags: campaign finance; lobbying; Federal Election Commission; FEC; PAC; political action committees; Center for Responsive Politics; Sunlight Foundation; Political Party Time; Internal Revenue Service; IRS; National Institute on Money in State Politics; TransparencyData.com; Congrelate.org
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Resources for health topics
Richards highlights data on health topics including mortality, prescription drugs and hospital performance.
Tags: Centers for Disease Control; mortality; National Bureau of Economic Research; National Center for Health Statistics (CDC); international classification of diseases; coroner; medical examiner; autopsy report; Drug Enforcement Agency; controlled substance task force; ARCOS; Automation of reports and Consolidated Orders System; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services; HCUPnet
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Backgrounding People and Companies/International: Mining database and the deep web
Williams has compiled and extensive list of web resources when researching international topics. Additionally, she has included a wealth of material for backgrounding people and companies on the web - a "beyond Google" compendium of online resources
Tags: backgrounding; international data; lobbying; Foreign Agents Registration Act; FARA; Speically Deisgnated Nationals List; SDN; worldwide incidents tracking system; World Bank; European Union;
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Battling the VA
Adams discusses the approach to covering the Veterans Administration - both as a health system and a disability compensation system. He addresses the challenges of making FOIA requests of the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). He outlines the data available from the VA, but also discloses the difficulty in having FOIA requests honored
Tags: Veterans Administration; VA; Veterans Benefits Administration; VBA; Comp and Pen Master File; Voard of Veterans Appeals; VACOLS; Veterans Satisfaction Survey; National Survey of Veterans; Vital Signs database; internal VA memos; Monday Morning Reports; National Association of Veterans' Program Administrators; National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs; NAVPA; NASDVA; National Association of State Charities Officials; NASCONET
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International data
Mulvad explores a myriad of available international data sets, including information on the quality of the data sets. Included are: farm subsidy data, fish subsidy data, lobby register; business data; and the status of other data sets in the European Union.
Tags: international; international data; farm subsidy data; European Union; EU; wobbing
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Tracing Money In Federal Politics
Campbell details how to track federal campaign finance information. He identified the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as the "fountainheads of federal campaign data." Campbell gives an overview of the type of information available on these sites. And recommends searching the FEC site whenever you are backgrounding an individual.
Tags: campaign finance; federal elections; Federal Election Commission; FEC; Internal Revenue Service; IRS; backgrounding; money in politics; political contributions; campaign donations; donors