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 "joint reporting" ...
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Partnerships: The Promise and the Pitfalls
Limor explores the issues involved with partnering with other people/news organizations on a project. The tipsheet gives pointers on what to keep in mind when you're approaching such a project.
Tags: partnership; reporting; budget; logistics; collaboration; joint reporting; broadcast
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Three Things to Know About 2008 Political Money
Overby explains three important aspects of covering contemporary political campaigns: bundling, joint fundraising committees, and independent groups. For each issue, Overby provides a description, sources of information, and story ideas. The tipsheet also includes a list of useful FEC reports that reporters should recognize and understand.
Tags: campaign finance; FEC; elections; politics; federal government; story ideas; fundraising; 527 groups
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The Cooperative Investigation: Print and Broadcast Working Together
This tipsheets offers some of the rules of engagement necessary for collaborative efforts on stories between print and broadcast. Remember NOT to oversell the story and use the advantages of a bigger staff to find a better story. Not scanned are the transcripts of the Dateline report and the Washington Post.com stories (77 pages; order by calling IRE at 573-882-3364 or see link below).
Tags: project; managment; joint efforts; online; promotions; impact; resources; databases; on-camera interviews; payment
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LAUSD Document Protection for the Joint Legislative Audit Committee has not been Responsive
This is a copy of a report filed by the chairman of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee of the California Legislature that states that "..the list included here illustrates the types of document the (Los Angeles Unified School District) has in its possession but has not provided to JLAC as of February 9, 1998. Some of these documents are also cited in earlier and still unfulfilled JLAC record requests..." The JLAC audited the LAUSD about the project to construct Belmont School. The JLAC claims documents that should be public were withheld by the LAUSD to obstruct or delay the audit.
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International Business Reporting - 25 places to go digging
Dietz' handout lists 25 places to go digging when embarking on international business reporting. Simpson, director of Project on Satellite Imagery and the News Media, provides a packet on a revolutionary long-range surveillance and targeting system -- Joint STARS. Audio tape available through the IRE Resource Center at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ ire.org. Ask for tape #IRE96-61.
Tags: Multinational investigations -- Multinational corruptions 20 pgs.